Overview

Every year, the tipline undertakes public awareness campaigns to lead Canadians to www.cybertip.ca. These campaigns promote the fact that reporting makes a difference in the lives of children. For example, Cybertip.ca issued a public alert in 2005 about the growing trend of young girls posing nude for webcams and the distribution of the resulting photos and videos on the Internet. (more)

Working with stakeholders, Cybertip.ca chairs the Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation (CCAICE), a voluntary group of partners who work to reduce child sexual exploitation on the Internet. At the June 2007 meeting, CCAICE created a three-year action plan for furthering its efforts. (more)

Every day, Canadians encounter child pornography on the Internet; Cybertip.ca has received 30,000 reports from the public relating to child pornography. As the central clearinghouse for online child exploitation, Cybertip.ca maintains a regularly updated list of foreign-hosted Internet addresses (URLs) associated with images of child sexual abuse. We provide that list to internet service providers (ISPs) participating in Project Cleanfeed. Launched in January 2007, Project Cleanfeed Canada reduces accidental access to child sexual abuse images, and discourages those trying to access or distribute child pornography. (more)

Exclusive, extensive data is collected through both Cybertip.ca and the Kids in the Know program. We analyze this information and use it to develop educational programs, as well as to train professionals on trends and patterns of child victimization and protection in Canada. We also hold an annual national Missing & Exploited Children Conference. (more)

Children and youth have always been keen to take advantage of new technology. As always, parents should become familiar with the benefits and risks of such technology. Through a unique partnership between Cybertip.ca and TELUS, we have developed the Mobile Safety website to educate parents/guardians about the risks posed to children/adolescents using mobile phones. The Mobile Safety series also highlights proactive strategies to keep children and youth safe. (more)