Canada is one of the safest places in the world for children. Unless they’re online. No child is safe online.
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) and No Fixed Address’s Safe Spaces campaign features heart-breaking true stories of online abuse from six courageous mothers.Safe Spaces alerts parents to the fact that nowhere is currently safe for a Canadian child – not their school, not their playground, not even their own bedroom – as soon as they’re online.
In the campaign film, the mothers of the six victims of online sexual exploitation telling their child’s story from the same places they assumed their child would be safe. These mothers have not only suffered the nightmare of what happened to their children, they’ve suffered under the assumption by many Canadians that it is somehow their fault for not keeping their children safe. This is the preconception the Safe Spaces campaign seeks to change. This can happen to anyone. Predators are everywhere online. And they’re targeting everyone. The campaign is urging Canadians to support the federal government’s Online Harms Bill, which would require social media companies to provide meaningful protection to children online.
“These courageous moms chose to share their heartbreaking stories to help Canadians understand why we desperately need legislation to protect our children from dangerous spaces online, just like we do offline,” stated Lianna McDonald, executive director of C3P. “This is why we need safety regulations for the platforms kids use every day, as proposed in the Online Harms Bill.”
“We were blown away by the courage of these moms for sharing their stories. As a parent, it’s terrifying to think that we let our kids online everyday while there’s currently so little protection in Canada. This is a wake-up call to all parents that this can happen to anybody, anywhere,” added Alexis Bronstorph, chief creative officer at No Fixed Address.
Credits
Client: The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P)
Executive Director: Lianna McDonald
Associate Executive Director: Signy Arnason
Communications Senior Manager: Avery Wolaniuk
Communications Coordinator: Nicole Brownlee
Creative Agency: No Fixed Address Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO: Dave Lafond
President: Priyanka Goswami
CCOs: Alexis Bronstorph & Kelsey Horne
Executive Creative Director & Copywriter: Stuart Macmillan
Creative Director Art & Designer: Jean-Philippe Dugal
VP, Integrated Production: Cherie O’Connor
Group Account Director: Shawne Elnicki
Account Supervisor: Sarah Loo
Production Company: Carton Rouge
Director: Amélie Hardy
Executive Producer: Nicolas Robert
Art Director: Maxine Dutil Gravel
Production Manager: Marie-Anne April-Horth
Production Coordinator: Aryane Roberge
Music Production: Circumflex
Creative Director: Paul-Etienne Cote
Executive Producer: Houng Ngui
Editing: Outside
Editor: Alison Gordon
Executive Producers: Kristina Anzlinger & Kayan Choi
Post-Production: Alter Ego
Colourist: Lily Henry
Online Artist: Victoria Gatson
Producer: Spencer Butt
Executive Producer: Hilda Pereira
