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She was amazing. You can tell by how hard they tried to shut her down. They were terrified of her.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
She was amazing. You can tell by how hard they tried to shut her down. They were terrified of her.
17/ That same year the Joy Smith Foundation recognised her work in human rights by giving her its International Freedom Award, and she was added to the Catalyst Conference's Young Influencers List.
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Tara Teng - Wikipedia
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November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
17/ That same year the Joy Smith Foundation recognised her work in human rights by giving her its International Freedom Award, and she was added to the Catalyst Conference's Young Influencers List.
Learn more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Teng
Learn more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Teng
16/ In 2011, Chatelaine named her one of Canada's "Hot 20 Under 30" women. In 2012 she was one of 30 Langley residents to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
16/ In 2011, Chatelaine named her one of Canada's "Hot 20 Under 30" women. In 2012 she was one of 30 Langley residents to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
15/ Teng currently works as a life and style blogger and is the B.C. director of the Joy Smith Foundation, an organization which serves to combat human trafficking and help survivors.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
15/ Teng currently works as a life and style blogger and is the B.C. director of the Joy Smith Foundation, an organization which serves to combat human trafficking and help survivors.
14/ In 2012, Teng was a keynote speaker at the Freedom and Honor Conference in Seoul. Later in the year, she travelled to Sri Lanka. There, she visited World Vision's development programs in Thanamalvila Divisional Secretariat and Bogawantalawa to help fundraising efforts.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
14/ In 2012, Teng was a keynote speaker at the Freedom and Honor Conference in Seoul. Later in the year, she travelled to Sri Lanka. There, she visited World Vision's development programs in Thanamalvila Divisional Secretariat and Bogawantalawa to help fundraising efforts.
13/ In Chiang Mai, Thailand, Teng spoke to an audience of 40,000 people at the MTV Freedom Concert in support of MTV EXIT, a campaign to end human trafficking and exploitation. The Cambodia trip was supported by the advocacy group Traffic Jam and World Orphans.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
13/ In Chiang Mai, Thailand, Teng spoke to an audience of 40,000 people at the MTV Freedom Concert in support of MTV EXIT, a campaign to end human trafficking and exploitation. The Cambodia trip was supported by the advocacy group Traffic Jam and World Orphans.
12/ In June 2011, Teng visited towns and slums in Cambodia and Thailand where families had sold their daughters to sexual slavery. These included Patpong, Thailand where she partnered with Rahab Ministries Thailand to spend time with female human trafficking survivors.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
12/ In June 2011, Teng visited towns and slums in Cambodia and Thailand where families had sold their daughters to sexual slavery. These included Patpong, Thailand where she partnered with Rahab Ministries Thailand to spend time with female human trafficking survivors.
11/ Teng partnered with World Vision International to give speeches at events raising funds for International Justice Mission, which rescues children from brothels.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
11/ Teng partnered with World Vision International to give speeches at events raising funds for International Justice Mission, which rescues children from brothels.
10/ In April 2012, Teng and Hauptman presented Langley Township with an "action plan" and asked the township to accept the plan's first two stages, dealing with prevention and education.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
10/ In April 2012, Teng and Hauptman presented Langley Township with an "action plan" and asked the township to accept the plan's first two stages, dealing with prevention and education.
9/ Teng participated in an anti-human trafficking task force in her hometown of Langley, British Columbia, producing a report on measures the community could do to tackle it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
9/ Teng participated in an anti-human trafficking task force in her hometown of Langley, British Columbia, producing a report on measures the community could do to tackle it.
8/ That August, she participated in the Ignite the Road to Justice Mission Tour, beginning in Vancouver. The tour continued across the country eastwards.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
8/ That August, she participated in the Ignite the Road to Justice Mission Tour, beginning in Vancouver. The tour continued across the country eastwards.
7/ Teng participated in "Buying Sex is Not a Sport", a campaign during the 2010 Winter Olympics. After participating in Toronto's second annual Freedom Walk in March 2011, she organized the Freedom Week campaign in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia with Todd Hauptman.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
7/ Teng participated in "Buying Sex is Not a Sport", a campaign during the 2010 Winter Olympics. After participating in Toronto's second annual Freedom Walk in March 2011, she organized the Freedom Week campaign in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia with Todd Hauptman.
6/ In November 2011, Joy Smith and Bruce Stanton, Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, hosted a reception in Teng's honour, at which she gave a speech to Senators and MPs about human trafficking.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
6/ In November 2011, Joy Smith and Bruce Stanton, Assistant Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, hosted a reception in Teng's honour, at which she gave a speech to Senators and MPs about human trafficking.
5/ In October 2010, Teng met with Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to discuss human trafficking.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
5/ In October 2010, Teng met with Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to discuss human trafficking.
4/ Teng was inspired to begin working against human trafficking when, at age 16, she moved to suburban Vancouver and met a neighbour whose daughter had been lost to human trafficking when she was 14 and prostituted by the girl's then-boyfriend.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
4/ Teng was inspired to begin working against human trafficking when, at age 16, she moved to suburban Vancouver and met a neighbour whose daughter had been lost to human trafficking when she was 14 and prostituted by the girl's then-boyfriend.
3/ While in Ottawa, she had a year-long internship with Joy Smith, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kildonan—St. Paul in Winnipeg, who had been working to implement laws to reduce the demand for prostitution in Canada and on improving awareness about human trafficking.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
3/ While in Ottawa, she had a year-long internship with Joy Smith, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kildonan—St. Paul in Winnipeg, who had been working to implement laws to reduce the demand for prostitution in Canada and on improving awareness about human trafficking.
2/ Teng spent four months studying at TWU's Laurentian Leadership Centre (LLC) in Ottawa, participating in the Laurentian Leadership Program.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
2/ Teng spent four months studying at TWU's Laurentian Leadership Centre (LLC) in Ottawa, participating in the Laurentian Leadership Program.
42/ Gary Mill's 2016 novel My Good Lady is a dramatised account of Inglis's service with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service in the Balkans during World War 1.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
42/ Gary Mill's 2016 novel My Good Lady is a dramatised account of Inglis's service with the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service in the Balkans during World War 1.
Learn more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_...
Learn more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_...
41/ Her name appears on the screens commemorating the 1,513 women who lost their lives in the First World War as part of the Five Sisters window in York Minster.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
41/ Her name appears on the screens commemorating the 1,513 women who lost their lives in the First World War as part of the Five Sisters window in York Minster.
40/ Awards and honors
In April 1916, Inglis became the first woman to be awarded the Order of the White Eagle (First class) by the Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia at a ceremony in London. She had previously been awarded the Order of Saint Sava (III class).
In April 1916, Inglis became the first woman to be awarded the Order of the White Eagle (First class) by the Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia at a ceremony in London. She had previously been awarded the Order of Saint Sava (III class).
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
40/ Awards and honors
In April 1916, Inglis became the first woman to be awarded the Order of the White Eagle (First class) by the Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia at a ceremony in London. She had previously been awarded the Order of Saint Sava (III class).
In April 1916, Inglis became the first woman to be awarded the Order of the White Eagle (First class) by the Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia at a ceremony in London. She had previously been awarded the Order of Saint Sava (III class).
39/ Elsie Inglis was included in the series along with Captain Flora Sandes, Evelina Haverfield, Elizabeth Ross, Katherine MacPhail and Isabel Emslie Hutton (pictured with Inglis above).
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
39/ Elsie Inglis was included in the series along with Captain Flora Sandes, Evelina Haverfield, Elizabeth Ross, Katherine MacPhail and Isabel Emslie Hutton (pictured with Inglis above).
38/ In December 2015, the British Embassy in Serbia partnered with the Serbia Post to launch a series of six stamps commemorating "British Heroines of the First World War in Serbia".
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
38/ In December 2015, the British Embassy in Serbia partnered with the Serbia Post to launch a series of six stamps commemorating "British Heroines of the First World War in Serbia".
37/ On her final journey, she was seen to stand on deck saying a farewell to each of the Serb officers being evacuated "in quiet dignity." Inglis died on 26 November 1917, the day after she arrived back in Britain.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
37/ On her final journey, she was seen to stand on deck saying a farewell to each of the Serb officers being evacuated "in quiet dignity." Inglis died on 26 November 1917, the day after she arrived back in Britain.
36/ Inglis, "an indomitable little figure" lasted another summer in Russia, before she too was forced to return in poor health to the United Kingdom, dying almost on arrival, suffering from bowel cancer.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
36/ Inglis, "an indomitable little figure" lasted another summer in Russia, before she too was forced to return in poor health to the United Kingdom, dying almost on arrival, suffering from bowel cancer.