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The Mary Ward Centre’s work with migrant workers is closely connected to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities, SDG 1: No Poverty, and SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being. These goals reinforce the importance of protecting migrant workers’ rights, promoting safe and fair working conditions, reducing inequalities, and improving access to essential health and social supports.

Rich northern countries often do not recognize the struggles they and their corporations cause over other countries' territories, over rural places, and traditional territories of Indigenous communities. They extensively resort to creating a harm narrative around migration as an uncontrolled and illegal phenomenon that affects their populations, economies, and security.

On this International Day of Education, proclaimed by the United Nations, we reaffirm that it is one of the most powerful tools to prevent injustice and protect human dignity. During Reading Week 2026, four inspiring University of Toronto student volunteers — Skyler, Ishita, Solbi & Jina — took initiative and asked their peers a critical question: What do University of Toronto students know about human trafficking?