Jamie McIntosh is both the founder and the

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(IJM)

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, an organization dedicated to rescuing children from being exploited overseas. He has a

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from the

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Organization

McIntosh founded the Canadian branch of IJM in 2002, after having spent a year and a half in

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about how to alleviate

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in other countries.

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performed a

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for IJM Canada in 2006 after McIntosh recommended a book to him that made Moon aware of the organization. Also in 2006, McIntosh appeared before the

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, calling the

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to rescue female slaves in

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from their bondage.

Human trafficking

At the 2008 Slavery in the 21st Century conference at

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, McIntosh delivered a presentation entitled "When the Good Do Something: Countering Human Trafficking". At a 2011 contemporary-slavery-themed gathering at

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, McIntosh spoke about

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on a global scale, while

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and Peter Fassbender spoke to the issue on the provincial and local levels respectively. In 2012, McIntosh spoke about slavery and IJM at the Justice Summit at the Metropolitan Bible Church in Ontario. McIntosh is one of several

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who have strongly endorsed

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's ''

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'', a play toured across Canada in 2012 educating Canadians about

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References

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