The Association for New Canadians is hosting an Anti-Human Trafficking Summit in the capital city today to mark Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

The ANC is bringing together survivors, service providers and representatives of support networks to discuss the issue.

The SEA Project, developed by the ANC, was created following an influx of newcomers who had experienced human trafficking before coming to the province.

Project Lead Geraldine Ankrah says they saw the need and decided to act.

“We thought why not put something together to support immigrants who have been through it and also to educate service providers as to how to provide services to immigrants in a culturally competent way.”

The summit is taking place at the Emera Innovation Centre from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 this afternoon.