Event Media Advisory - Check the Chain Canada!

How Canadian companies can stop child labour

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 20, 2015 /CNW/ -

WHAT:	Business, education and civil society leaders gather to discuss the need for Canadian supply chain transparency legislation to address the worst forms of child labour
WHEN:	1:30pm, Wednesday, October 21 (doors open at 1pm)
	***PLEASE RSVP TO SECURE A SPACE***
WHERE:	Schulich School of Business, York University campus, Toronto
WHO:	Panel media availability following the event:
	Moderator: Andrew Crane, Professor of Business Ethics & Policy/Strategy, Schulich School of Business Kevin Thomas, Director of Shareholder Engagement, Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) Barry Laxer, President of Radical Designs Ltd.  Declan Croucher, Director of Business Development, Verite Harry Kits, Senior Advisor, Corporate Engagement, World Vision Canada Reena Vohra, Child Protection Policy Advisor, World Vision Canada
FACT:	85 million children are toiling in dirty, dangerous, and degrading jobs and many of those child labourers are hidden within the supply chains of products that Canadians use every day

MEDIA RESOURCES:

Photos of child labour	Full World Vision Check the Chain report
Info on the UK Modern Slavery Act.	World Vision UK report on child labour
Info on the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act	10 Steps Companies Can Take

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision serves all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. Visit our News Centre at worldvision.ca

SOURCE World Vision Canada

Image with caption: "A child coffee picker in El Salvador. (CNW Group/World Vision Canada)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20151020_C4433_PHOTO_EN_524543.jpg

To RSVP or request interviews please contact: Brett Tarver: 647-825-2712, [email protected]; Britt Hamilton: 416-419-1321, [email protected]