“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” — Lin Yutang In 2025, we saw that road take shape. Step by step, through shared purpose and collective action, hope became something tangible in the work of Defend Dignity. It is the reason we …
Defend Dignity announces that Julia Ellergodt has been appointed as our interim Executive Director. Julia has been involved with Defend Dignity since its inception in 2010, serving for many years on our advisory team and more recently as chair of our board of directors. She brings to this new role a passion for the work of ending sexual exploitation and …
This week the federal government introduced their Online Harms bill (Bill C-63). This long-awaited bill is very broad in scope, covering issues ranging from online hate speech to child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Defend Dignity, and many others, feel that the sexual exploitation issues being addressed by Bill C-63 are so critical that they merit their own dedicated legislation …
Defend Dignity is excited to share that we’ve officially received our independent registered charitable status. This is another milestone in the journey of Defend Dignity which began as a small social justice initiative under The Alliance Canada in 2010 and has grown to become a respected national voice on sexual exploitation issues. “We are so grateful to The Alliance Canada …
Today the Ontario Superior Court released its decision to uphold PCEPA, Canada’s prostitution laws, thereby dismissing the constitutional challenge brought forward against it by sex industry advocacy groups in 2021. Defend Dignity applauds this crucial decision to uphold laws that fight sexual exploitation and reduce the demand for paid sex. “This decision recognizes the harms that prostitution involves and the …
1,200 people attended the first ever virtual Canadian Sexual Exploitation Summit: Disrupt Demand on May 6,7, 2021. The event was hosted by Defend Dignity along with 7 sponsors including the Manitoba government’s Tracia’s Trust Sexual Exploitation Strategy. The purpose of the Summit was to bring awareness to the rarely acknowledged demand side of sexual exploitation. Without demand there would be …
