UPS Canada brought its mobile 18-wheeler exhibit and training to its international hub in Calgary, to train drivers to recognize and fight human trafficking.
“We get involved in it because we can and because we should,” said Wilna Stewart-Franklin, community relations director with“We are the eyes and ears on the road. We see that things aren’t safe. We see that things aren’t the way they should be. So it’s very easy for us to make that phone call.”
Human trafficking is a global crime in which people are bought and sold for forced labor or commercial sex. UPS began a partnership with TAT in 2016, and says they have trained over 100,000 drivers in the United States and Canada.— with extensive travel, the variety of venues drivers visit, and their sheer numbers – creates opportunities for industry members to interact with potential victims of human trafficking regularly.Stewart-Franklin said UPS drivers are recognizable and in neighbourhoods already, it’s a natural fit.
Stewart-Franklin said the mobile 18-wheeler exhibit and training program UPS Canada shares with TAT was scheduled to arrive in Calgary prior to this year’s Stampede.
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