Michelle Abel
Advocate & Founder of Bridge2Future
Michelle is a sur
vivor of Familial Trafficking and Abuse and a staunch advocate for the exploited,
marginalized and oppressed. She has been working in providing direct support to victims and
survivors, speaking at conferences and facilitates training on Familial Traffickin
g.
Bridge2Future is a non
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profit that the primary mission is research, advocacy and policy advice
against Generational Trauma, Intimate Partner Violence and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Women and Children.
Michelle has submitted Briefs to different
Committees in the Canadian House of Commons.
In June 2021, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of
Police invited Michelle as a guest speaker on “Familial Abuse and Human Trafficking: A Crime
Against Children”. During t
he training webinar presentation, Michelle integrated her lived
experience with the Adverse Childhood Experiences, Neurobiology of Trauma and Coercive
Control according to the Biderman’s Chart of Coercion.