1) What are the similarities and/or differences between criminal law, municipal bylaws and immigration laws in regard to the resultant impacts on sex workers?

2) What are the links or interactions between sex work, immigration control and antitrafficking discussed throughout the course?

3) What are the main priorities raised by sex workers regarding the regulation and policing of sex workers? What are the main critiques raised by sex workers regarding the regulation and policing of sex workers?

readings to use Required Readings (both of the following): Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform. (2014). Canada v. Bedford: The importance of the SCC decision. Toronto: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform. Available at: https://sexworklawreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/canada_vs_bedford _140322.pdf Open Society Foundations. (n.d.). Laws and policies affecting sex work: A reference brief. New York: Open Society Foundations. Available at: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/sex-work-laws-policie s-20120713.pdf

Required Readings (both of the following): Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform. (2014). Canada v. Bedford: The importance of the SCC decision. Toronto: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform. Available at: https://sexworklawreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/canada_vs_bedford _140322.pdf Open Society Foundations. (n.d.). Laws and policies affecting sex work: A reference brief. New York: Open Society Foundations. Available at: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/sex-work-laws-policie s-20120713.pdf

Seminar readings: Benoit, C., Smith, M., Jansson, M., Magnus, S., Ouellet, N., Atchison, C., Casey, L., Phillips, R., Reimer, B., Reist, D. & Shaver, F.M. (2016). Lack of confidence in police creates a "Blue Ceiling" for sex workers' safety. Canadian Public Policy, 42(4): 456-468. Available at: https://oculbu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_BU/p5aakr/cdi_openaire_primar y_doi_73439733e889ac4b9e14fd4a9cf71dd5 The link in the syllabus is no longer working so this article has been posted under Week 4. Stardust, Z., Treloar, C., Cama, E. & Kim, J. (2021). 'I wouldn't call the cops if I was being bashed to death': Sex work, whore stigma and the criminal legal system. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10(3): 142-157.

Seminar readings (one of the following): Benoit, C., Smith, M., Jansson, M., Magnus, S., Ouellet, N., Atchison, C., Casey, L., Phillips, R., Reimer, B., Reist, D. & Shaver, F.M. (2016). Lack of confidence in police creates a "Blue Ceiling" for sex workers' safety. Canadian Public Policy, 42(4): 456-468. Available at: https://oculbu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_BU/p5aakr/cdi_openaire_primar y_doi_73439733e889ac4b9e14fd4a9cf71dd5 The link in the syllabus is no longer working so this article has been posted under Week 4. Stardust, Z., Treloar, C., Cama, E. & Kim, J. (2021). 'I wouldn't call the cops if I was being bashed to death': Sex work, whore stigma and the criminal legal system. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10(3): 142-157.

Seminar readings (both of the following) o Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network). Protecting the safety of workers in holistic centres and body rub parlours by allowing them to lock their doors [Policy Brief]. Toronto: Butterfly. Available at: https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_50b08bb810734d928a0ead40fa f0dca1.pdf o Lam, E. (2016). Inspection, policing, and racism: How municipal by-laws endanger the lives of Chinese sex workers in Toronto. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 75, 87-112.

Seminar readings (both of the following) Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network). Protecting the safety of workers in holistic centres and body rub parlours by allowing them to lock their doors [Policy Brief]. Toronto: Butterfly. Available at: https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_50b08bb810734d928a0ead 40faf0dca1.pdf Lam, E. (2016). Inspection, policing, and racism: How municipal by-laws endanger the lives of Chinese sex workers in Toronto. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 75, 87-112.

Seminar readings (both of the following) Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network). Protecting the safety of workers in holistic centres and body rub parlours by allowing them to lock their doors [Policy Brief]. Toronto: Butterfly. Available at: https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_50b08bb810734d928a0ead 40faf0dca1.pdf Lam, E. (2016). Inspection, policing, and racism: How municipal by-laws endanger the lives of Chinese sex workers in Toronto. Canadian Review of Social Policy, 75, 87-112.

Sterling, A. & van der Meulen, E. (2018). "We are not criminals": Sex work clients in Canada and the constitution of risk knowledge. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 33(3), 291-308. Dodillet, S., & stergren, P. (2011). The Swedish Sex Purchase Act: Claimed Success and Documented Effects. Conference paper presented at Decriminalising Prostitution and Beyond: Practical Experiences and Challenges, The Hague, Netherlands, March 3-4. Available at: https://gup.ub.gu.se/file/56243