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Community support
Air Canada Foundation
Established in 2012, the Air Canada Foundation
provides financial or fundraising support to
Canadian-registered charities focused on the
health and well-being of children and youth
in need. We continue to work closely with the
Air Canada Foundation that also works to support
human trafficking survivors through its protection
pillar. The Foundation’s initiatives are aligned
with and support our efforts to mitigate the risk
and alleviate the impact of modern slavery and
human trafficking:
— Since 2022, the Air Canada Foundation
supports the Joy Smith Foundation to safely
transport human trafficking survivors back
home. In 2023, increased support was
provided in the form of a grant to provide
intervention programming for victims of
human trafficking. Once a survivor has
been safely moved out of harm’s way
through transportation to safety provided
by Air Canada, intervention programming
is implemented to help them navigate their
path of healing and reintegration into their
community. Programming for each survivor
is individualized, based on their unique
circumstances. The Joy Smith Foundation’s
mission is to ensure that every Canadian
is safe from manipulation or the abuse of
power that is designed to lure and exploit
them into the sex trade or forced labour.
— Every year since 2017, the Air Canada
Foundation has donated funds to the
Missing Children’s Network to support
SHINE, a program for preventing sexual
exploitation of Quebec youth. The program
educates around 12,500 youth annually
about sexual exploitation, the dangers
that runaways face and how to protect
themselves and find help.
Awareness, prevention and training
All Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants are trained
on modern slavery and human trafficking awareness and on how
to recognize and report suspicious behaviour. Their recurrent
annual training includes any relevant updates in relation to
modern slavery and human trafficking.
Human trafficking training includes:
— Defining and understanding the differences between human
trafficking and human smuggling.
— Recognizing indicators of human trafficking to assess
and identify a possible trafficking situation, including the
appropriate follow-up actions (on duty or outside of work).
— Contacts and information on reporting procedures for
human trafficking in Canada either as a witness, a survivor
or an anonymous reporter.
— Resources available to help human trafficking survivors
access victim services.
We will also review other opportunities to communicate
awareness regarding modern slavery, forced labour and
human trafficking.
Remediation measures
No remediation measures were required in 2023. Any reports
of suspected incidents by our in-flight crews or customers are
reviewed and investigated as required. If incidents within our
activities or supply chains are identified, we will implement the
required remediation measures.
Assessment of effectiveness
As part of its ongoing commitment, Air Canada introduced
certain measures in 2023 aimed at reducing the risk that forced
labour or child labour may be used in our activities and our supply
chains as described above. We are refining our plans to assess the
effectiveness of these measures.
Continuous improvements
We are currently working on several initiatives aimed at
further mitigating the risk of modern slavery and human
trafficking, including:
— Offering comprehensive training sessions for employees
involved in the procurement process to educate them on
modern slavery practices and prevention.
— Providing training on human trafficking for customer
facing roles at the airport to recognize and report
suspicious behaviour.
— Enhancing general employee awareness and understanding
of modern slavery issues, indicators and impacts on
supply chains.
— Refining KPIs to ensure they remain relevant and suited to
our activities.
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MODERN SL AVERY, FORCED L ABOUR AND HUMAN TR AFFICKING REPORT
