we can end human trafficking.
Through awareness
education &
...resource coordination
What is
GREAT is a registered Canadian charity serving as a multi-sectoral resource and coordination centre to combat human trafficking.
The Global Resource Epicenter Against Human Trafficking (GREAT) was convened with the intent to bring increased public awareness, promote research, and improve professional skills, and provide information sharing and analytical support to the fight against human trafficking in all its forms
What is our
The mission of Global Resource Epicenter Against Human Trafficking (GREAT) is to bring increased public awareness, promote research, and improve professional skills, and provide information sharing and analytical support to the fight against human trafficking in all its forms.
What do we do?
Training and awareness
Research and education
GREAT provides resources and direct training to practitioners (ranging from patrol officers and investigators) to educators. GREAT also provides awareness learning tools designed for “at risk” groups and individuals (ranging from our in-school programs to initiatives designed for marginalized community members).
Human trafficking takes on many forms, has many causal factors and is influenced by a myriad of social elements. Unfortunately there is no single solution for this issue. As a result, complex academic research is required to gather a fuller understanding of the issue in communities around the globe, in order to inform public policy decisions and make resources allocation decisions.
GREAT is linked to universities around the globe where we provide advanced academic instruction and coordinate post-doctoral research.
Convening dialogue
Information and intelligence development
GREAT works towards building strong and resilient communities by convening dialogue amongst stakeholders and service delivery partners. We bring together experts at the local, regional, national and international level to share experiences, best practices and lessons learned to support resources coordination and community collaboration.
Since 2013, GREAT has hosted the international human trafficking conference series “Together Let’s Stop Traffick” in furtherance of this goal.
While, training, education, research and dialogue are all crucial elements in combating human trafficking, there is a need to get this information out to the people that on the front line working with “at risk” communities, vulnerable sectors and those being trafficked.
GREAT draws upon our resources in the academic and intelligence fields to produce and disseminate strategic intelligence documents designed to inform and help guide people, organizations and governments in their efforts to combat human trafficking in their community.
How can you help?
Support awareness and community dialogue
Make a financial contribution
Make a scholarship contribution
Learn more about the issue (we hope that you can use the resources that we’ve provided on this site), speak to friends and neighbours, convene community discussions, encourage discussions and education at community schools, as local politicians what action they are taking, be a community amplifier.
Make a financial contribution to GREAT to assist us in our work on your behalf, for communities around the globe.
Make a contribution in support education and research to help with the development of greater understanding on solutions to help combat human trafficking
Our Vision
Global Resource Epicenter Against Human Trafficking (GREAT), in collaboration with its global network alliance, seeks to bring about a world free of human trafficking, in all its forms.
Our Mission:
The mission of Global Resource Epicenter Against Human Trafficking (GREAT) is to bring increased public awareness, promote research, and improve professional skills, and provide information sharing and analytical support to the fight against human trafficking in all its forms.
Our Mandate
To achieve our mission for human trafficking victims and together with our global network alliance, GREAT will develop and sustain the following capabilities:
• Comprehensive database of ongoing international human trafficking organizations, programs, and resources;
• Global compendium for combatting human trafficking and victim support training materials;
• The ongoing development of tools and products to facilitate robust analytical support and information sharing;
• The sponsorship and facilitation of human trafficking research projects; and
• The development and maintenance of a repository of effective policies, procedures and processes for combatting human trafficking.
How we measure success
The Global Resource Epicenter Against Human Trafficking (GREAT) will be successful to the extent that we make demonstrable impact to:
• Public and private awareness of human trafficking activities, trends, risks, and indicators;
• Law enforcement dismantlement of human trafficking organizations;
• Prosecution of human trafficking operators and enablers, and
• The rescue and reintegration of victims of human trafficking in all its forms.
Declaration of Key Principles
Focus on the gaps
GREAT is focused on addressing existing gaps, and never to duplicate existing effective efforts addressed by other agencies
Working through partnerships
• GREAT intends to forge partnerships and networks to leverage the collective effort in the fight against trafficking.
Think global, work local
GREAT works with local communites while drawing upon our network of global exports, and supports the development of regional fusion centers around the globe to support this initiative.