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SWAN Vancouver
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We promote the rights, health, and safety of im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work through frontline service and systemic advocacy.
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Your gift goes twice as far this #GivingTuesday! For the second year, Blackbird Fabrics is matching donations up to $1,000 to our "Healthcare Without Fear" campaign — supporting healthcare access designed to protect im/migrant sex workers’ safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
SWAN fills the gaps left by systems that exclude or endanger im/migrant women in sex work - from STBBI testing and healthcare accompaniments to safer sex supply delivery. Ahead of the launch of our Healthcare Without Fear campaign, we’re highlighting donors who help make these services possible.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Our supporters give because they believe every woman deserves to access Healthcare Without Fear -- without arrest, stigma, racism, or discrimination. At SWAN Vancouver, we make that possible through programs designed to protect im/migrant women’s safety and privacy. swanvancouver.ca/donate/
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Seventy per cent of calls from the im/migrant women we support are about accessing healthcare. Help us ensure Healthcare Without Fear this #GivingTuesday - because no one should have to choose between their health and their safety.

DONATE on GivingTuesday or give early: swanvancouver.ca/donate/
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We attended the GAATW Canada conference in Winnipeg, where we spent two days connecting with organizations across Canada that are fighting exploitation, dispelling harmful misinformation, and finding ways to collaborate due to limited resources.
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Our Community Program is in full swing! Being a newcomer in Canada can be isolating, but our English classes, cooking sessions, outdoor activities and more bring im/migrant women together for learning opportunities and social activities. Your support helps run this program: swanvancouver.ca/donate
October 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋節快樂!
October 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We’ve expanded beyond the Lower Mainland. Through a multi-year project, our staff trained settlement agencies, sex work organizations and harm reduction groups on the barriers im/migrant sex workers face, to ensure women are accessing safe services wherever they work.
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We’re looking for a fluent Japanese speaker to join our Outreach Team! You’ll meet women where they work and deliver safer sex supplies, collect samples for STBBI testing, and provide client-centered support, advocacy and case management. APPLY NOW: swanvancouver.ca/who-we-are/#careers
September 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
How do Canada’s sex work and immigration laws affect massage parlour workers? Im/migrant women who are simply trying to earn a living face arrest, detention and deportation when police enter their workplace. Learn more: swanvancouver.ca/resources/
August 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Have you noticed headlines and quotes about human trafficking are getting increasingly more alarmist? They’re contributing to a moral panic and don't actually help victims. Learn more about ways to address trafficking without harming im/migrant women in sex work, at ResponsibleReporting.ca
April 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Who is behind unfounded claims that sex trafficking spikes during large sports events? Learn about this myth’s ties to Vancouver, Calgary and racist stereotypes about massage parlour workers from Southeast Asia.
SIGN UP: swanvancouver.ca/events2024/
April 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sonya’s visa was cancelled under Operation Inglenook, which aims to identify victims of trafficking "within the sex industry.” Advocates say sex work is decriminalized in New South Wales, but community members are still targeted through this racist and sexist legislation.
April 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Racist stereotypes are often used to portray Asian im/migrant sex workers as victims and justify inspections, enforcement, arrests and deportations. Push back against this false narrative on the #InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfRacialDiscrimination
March 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
On March 16, we remember eight people, including six Asian women, who were killed in the Atlanta spa shootings. They include a migrant supporting family in China and a single mother who tirelessly worked the overnight shift at a massage parlour. LEARN MORE: www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03...
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Keep talking about rights, workplace safety, access to healthcare and justice and repealing prostitution laws and the immigration ban on sex work. People who paint im/migrant sex workers as victims are often trying to suppress discussions about their basic rights. #InternationalSexWorkersRightsDay
March 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Many anti-trafficking groups do not advocate for this solution, and they support Canada’s prostitution laws, which also make sex workers more vulnerable to violence and exploitation.
February 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
These “signs” play off of parents’ fears over their children, make racist assumptions about suspected victims and traffickers, conflate sex work with trafficking. Some are just perplexing. swanvancouver.ca/project_cate...
February 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Leading up to #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay, many anti-sex work campaigners are disguising themselves as anti-trafficking heroes and asking the public to look for “signs” that someone is trafficked. But there's no evidence that says visible “signs” can indicate someone is a victim.
February 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Our workshops are back to their regular lunch slot. Join us online on March 6 and March 20. These workshops are open to journalists, the public, frontline workers and anyone hoping to learn more. Register now: swanvancouver.ca/events2024/
February 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Do you have extra PPE that you’re not using? We’d love to take it out of your hands! If you have these items, you can drop them off at our office on Wednesdays. Contact us if you have a large quantity and we can arrange a pick-up in the Lower Mainland.
January 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
天鹅祝您们蛇年吉祥 ,事事顺心,身体健康! SWAN wishes you good luck, success and good health in the Year of the Snake!
SWANは皆様の幸運、成功、そして健康を祈っています!For Lunar New Year, consider giving a gift to the Asian im/migrant women we support by donating to SWAN's programs and services: swanvancouver.ca/donate/
January 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This story isn’t centred around sex workers or even trafficking victims. It’s about police – police actions, police beliefs and police PR without any critical questions about their effectiveness or the negative impact on sex workers. This is not journalism. swanvancouver.ca/resources/fo...
January 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We have new evening slots for our workshops! Learn why many police trafficking raids aren’t finding any victims and how a commonly cited report on Canadian “trafficking corridors” didn’t turn up any evidence to prove they exist.
REGISTER: swanvancouver.ca/events
January 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
SWAN Vancouver and many of the im/migrant women we support are celebrating Lunar New Year later this month! Our Peer Program will be running activities while our Outreach Teams deliver small gifts to women leading up to January 29. Drop off donations or send $5 to swanvancouver.ca/donate
January 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM