Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Events: Two Upcoming Trafficking Conferences

1. The Commodification of Illicit Flows: Labour Migration, Trafficking and Business



Location: Toronto, Canada
Date: Friday, October 9- Saturday, October 10, 2009

Direction: Robert Gill Theatre, Koffler Student Services Centre
, 214 College Street, Third Floor
*Free and open to the public

Our very own Elise Garvey and Renan Salgado of Farmworker Legal Services of New York (an IIB Trafficking Victim Services Program Task Force Partner) will be co-authoring a paper and presentation on the trafficking of farmworkers from Southern Mexico to Western New York at a conference entitled, “The Commodification of Illicit Flows: Labour Migration, Trafficking and Business” which will be held at the University of Toronto from October 9th to October 10th


2. First Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking




Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: Friday, October 29- October 31, 2009

Direction:
1040 P Street, Embassy Suites Hotel
* Early registration is $295 before October 2, after this date registration is $350

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proud to host The First Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking. The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from many disciplines, as well as government and non-governmental agencies who have responsibility for anti-trafficking efforts, to develop a research agenda.


Elise Garvey will also be giving a presentation at this conference on the topic of Utilizing Scholarships and Service Programs to Conduct and Facilitate Research on Human Trafficking.

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