We're excited to announce that the Browse with Confidence Campaign has been extended for another month!  A big thank you to all of our many supporters who have already supported Kinsa through the campaign! Browse with Confidence has already raised more than $16,000 for Kinsa and we're hoping to raise $50,000 before the end of the campaign. For those of you who aren't familiar with the camp... [More]

We're excited to announce that another Kinsa training session is underway this week with a team from South Africa. The training focuses on the state-of-the-art technology, tools and techniques involved in stopping the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet.  For the South African team the training is part of a wider strategy to tighten efforts to protect and rescue ch... [More]

A new initiative developed by Microsoft is helping people protect themselves online, and helping Kinsa protect kids all over the world.  Browse with Confidence focuses on educating and empowering people to better protect themselves using the advanced security features in Internet Explorer 8.  You can help spread the message of online safety and help keep children safe online through ... [More]

A huge thanks to the volunteers who took over Union Station in Toronto to raise awareness and money for the Mothers Online Movement (MOM) yesterday!  Arriving at Union Station at 6 am to get the morning rush hour crowds, our volunteer team came armed with 6,000 pamphlets about MOM, 500 mini cupcakes, and a whole lot of enthusiasm!  The morning MOM blitz raised $1000 for MOM, and spre... [More]

Kinsa's Heroes of the Fight celebration last night was absolutely spectacular!  Friends and supporters of Kinsa gathered at the elegant Design Exchange building in Toronto to  pay tribute to the seven remarkable individuals who were honoured as Kinsa's Heroes of the Fight this year.  Richard Underhill and his band created the ambiance for the night with live jazz music during the c... [More]

It's hard to believe, but Kinsa's annual Heroes of the Fight Celebration is just a week away! This annual event has become a something of a hallmark for us here at Kinsa.  We relish this opportunity to celebrate individuals who are making a difference in the fight against online child exploitation, and highlight the success stories from the past year.  Their passion and dedication f... [More]

On March 3rd, 2010 Kinsa hosted its first ever Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament, receiving rave reviews from everyone who attended. It was a fantastic night with poker players of all levels going all-in to support Kinsa.  The event took place at the legendary Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, where poker players had the chance to check out some of the most spectacular of hockey memorabilia b... [More]

A cheer went through the office when we got the news: 35 people arrested, with 122 charges laid in an Ontario-wide child pornography bust this week.  And two children were rescued from unspeakable abuse. Click here to read the full story.The cheers were short lived though, as the reality of the problem circled back to us.  Two children were rescued this week, but more than 50,000 ar... [More]

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of presenting to a group of women at ConAgra Foods in Tri Cities, WA.  The speech I was asked to give was "finding your passion" - an easy topic was my first reaction - geez I'm a passionate kinda gal!  That's until I started to write... turns out, it wasn't so easy to pull together all those amazing moments I've had where I know that my passion for t... [More]

As 2009 drew to a close, we saw some important developments in Canadian legislation and sentencing around online child exploitation.  At times like these you realize that advocacy and awareness efforts do bear fruit, slowly but surely.In November new legislation was proposed in Canada that would require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to report any websites that contain, or are suspected to... [More]