U.S. Prison Labour in Canadian Supply Chains: IHRP Report Launch

Join the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) for a special event for the release of our newest report, Exports & Exploitation: Canadian Goods Tainted by Prison Labour, which investigates how goods made using American prison labour are quietly making their way into Canadian supply chains — despite Canada’s ban on forced labour imports.

Though the U.S. has taken steps to turn away goods produced in China’s Xinjiang region and urged Canada to increase enforcement, there is a glaring blind spot: forced labour within the U.S. itself. Often described as “modern day slavery,” prison labour is especially pressing today with the shifting U.S.-Canada trade relationship and ongoing tariff threats.

This event will feature a panel discussion with formerly incarcerated workers and prisoners’ rights advocates, along with IHRP summer fellows who traveled to Alabama to investigate prison labour practices firsthand.

Lunch will be served.

Register in person here or online here.