Jamie McIntosh
{{distinguish|James McIntosh (disambiguation)|Jamie Mackintosh}}
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| education = Master's degree in international human rights law
| alma_mater = University of Oxford
| occupation = executive director
| years_active = 2002-present
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| organization = International Justice Mission Canada
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Jamie McIntosh is the founder and former executive director of International Justice Mission (IJM) Canada,{{Cite book|title=Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference|author=Max Lucado|author-link=Max Lucado|publisher=Thomas Nelson|year=2010|isbn=978-0849920691|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/outliveyourlifey00luca_0}} an organization dedicated to rescuing children from being exploited overseas.{{Cite journal|journal=Windsor Star |date=October 18, 2007 |title=Pedophiles drawn to ESL jobs, groups warn |url=http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=ee4d3685-b55c-48af-81af-0aa4d3243784 |accessdate=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503004140/http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=ee4d3685-b55c-48af-81af-0aa4d3243784 |archivedate=May 3, 2015 }} He has a master's degree in international human rights law from the University of Oxford.{{Cite web|title=Jamie McIntosh|publisher=Cardus|url=http://www.cardus.ca/contributors/jmcintosh/|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}
Organization
McIntosh founded the Canadian branch of IJM in 2002, after having spent a year and a half in prayer about how to alleviate oppression in other countries.{{Cite journal|journal=CanadianChristianity |title=Canadian activists pursue today's slavers |author=Jim Coggins |date=April 5, 2007 |url=http://canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/2007/070405slavery |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208202559/http://canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/2007/070405slavery |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |accessdate=October 11, 2012 }} Jacob Moon performed a benefit concert in Hamilton, Ontario for IJM Canada in 2006 after McIntosh recommended a book to him that made Moon aware of the organization.{{Cite journal|journal=Soul Shine Magazine|title=Jacob Moon Does Benefit for International Justice Mission|date=September 26, 2006|url=http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=3755|accessdate=October 11, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001739/http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=3755|url-status=dead}} Also in 2006, McIntosh appeared before the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Status of Women, calling the House of Commons to rescue female slaves in South Asia from their bondage.{{Cite web|title=Mr. Jamie McIntosh (Executive Director, International Justice Mission Canada) at the Status of Women Committee|date=December 5, 2006|url=https://openparliament.ca/committees/status-of-women/39-1/27/jamie-mcintosh-1/only/|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}
Human trafficking
At the 2008 Slavery in the 21st Century conference at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, McIntosh delivered a presentation entitled "When the Good Do Something: Countering Human Trafficking".{{Cite journal|journal=Westmount Examiner|title=Five speakers featured at Temple human trafficking conference|date=April 1, 2008|url=http://www.westmountexaminer.com/Justice/2008-04-01/article-672337/Five-speakers-featured-at-Temple-human-trafficking-conference/1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209142221/http://www.westmountexaminer.com/Justice/2008-04-01/article-672337/Five-speakers-featured-at-Temple-human-trafficking-conference/1|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2013|accessdate=October 11, 2012}} At a 2011 contemporary-slavery-themed gathering at Douglas Park in Langley, British Columbia, McIntosh spoke about slavery on a global scale, while Mark Warawa and Peter Fassbender spoke to the issue on the provincial and local levels respectively.{{Cite journal|journal=Langley Times|author=Brenda Anderson|date=March 3, 2011|title=Crying freedom|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/117365283.html|accessdate=October 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110044743/http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/117365283.html|archive-date=November 10, 2015|url-status=dead}} In 2012, McIntosh spoke about slavery and IJM at the Justice Summit at the Metropolitan Bible Church in Ontario.{{Cite journal|journal=CHRI-FM|title=Rev. Jamie McIntosh, International Justice Mission Canada|date=May 3, 2012|url=http://www.chri.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2179:rev-jamie-mcintosh-international-justice-mission-canada&catid=48:other&Itemid=124|accessdate=October 11, 2012}} McIntosh is one of several Canadian abolitionists who have strongly endorsed Andrew Kooman's She Has a Name, a play toured across Canada in 2012 educating Canadians about human trafficking.{{Cite journal|journal=Red Deer Express|author=Mark Weber|date=June 20, 2012|title=RDC alumnus receives provincial award of excellence}}
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