Building a culture that stops exploitation before it starts.
Founded and led by expert Tiana Taylor, we specialize in prevention education through school-based presentations and online curriculum, front-line human trafficking and sexual exploitation training, community awareness initiatives, and partnerships.
We believe that by educating future generations to respect consent, uphold healthy boundaries, and reject the objectification and commodification of human beings, we can create a world where all forms of exploitation are challenged and ultimately eliminated.
We are a social enterprise with a unique approach.
What’s Our Impact—>
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Over 80,000 students educated through school presentations.
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3,000 professionals and community members trained.
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Implemented in 200+ schools.
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Partnerships, consulting, and collaboration with Indigenous organizations, research institutes, and NGO’s.
How We Started
In 2019, Tiana Taylor (formerly known as Tiana Sharifi) found herself at a crossroads. After losing her dream job as an anti-human trafficking Program Director due to a nonprofit merger, she was left not only navigating personal uncertainty, but confronting a professional landscape where critical gaps in prevention education remained unaddressed.
The existing education around sexual exploitation was often reactive, fear-based, and focused only on the surface symptoms of harm. No one seemed to be asking the harder questions- about the root causes of exploitation, and what it would actually take to stop it before it starts.
Tiana recognized that exploitation doesn’t begin with a crime. It begins with the normalization of objectification, with the way society ties self-worth to appearance, and with a widespread lack of understanding around consent, power, and boundaries. These cultural messages, especially in digital spaces, were shaping young people’s lives long before any “red flag” appeared.
In 2019, Tiana founded Sexual Exploitation Education (SEE) to create and provide prevention education in schools and community spaces that prioritized consent, boundaries, self-worth, and digital safety.
As the organization’s reach expanded, so did its mission.
By 2023, SEE had evolved into Exploitation Education Institute (ExEd), with SEE remaining as the name of its educational programming. The rebrand reflected a broader commitment: to not only prevent sexual exploitation, but to address all forms of exploitation, including those rooted in gender inequality, toxic masculinity, online grooming, and digital coercion.
At the heart of ExEd’s work is a dedication to prevention with depth. This means moving beyond surface-level messaging and equipping youth with the tools, language, and critical thinking they need to navigate a world that too often devalues their worth. It also means empowering adults- parents, educators, service providers, and decision-makers- with strategies that are actionable, emotionally informed, and culturally relevant.
For Tiana, the work remains deeply personal. As a mother, she dreams of a world where her daughter and other children grow up free from objectification, where girls never have to choose between safety and dignity, and where boys are raised to value empathy, compassion, and emotional strength as markers of leadership.
This vision is what fuels ExEd’s work every day. And it’s what ensures that ExEd remains more than just an organization- it is a mission, a movement, and a promise to the next generation.
Tiana (Sharifi) Taylor
Founder & CEO; Expert
Tiana Taylor (formerly known as Tiana Sharifi) is a recognized leader in the prevention of sexual exploitation, with a reach that spans over 100,000 youth, parents, educators, and frontline professionals across Canada and internationally. As the founder of Exploitation Education Institute, she has developed a comprehensive, research-driven approach to tackling both in-person and digital exploitation. With a background in Psychology and Counseling, Tiana integrates education, frontline intervention, and systemic advocacy to address the root causes of trafficking, grooming, sextortion, intimate image abuse, and broader systemic vulnerabilities.
Her expertise has positioned Exploitation Education Institute as a leading force in the field, sought after for policy development, curriculum creation, keynote presentations, international conferences, nationwide law enforcement training, and nonprofit consulting. Tiana’s work has shaped prevention strategies across schools, law enforcement, and government agencies, ensuring communities are equipped with the knowledge and tools to combat sexual exploitation before it happens.
Through education, advocacy, and innovative digital tools, she is committed to reshaping how society understands and combats sexual exploitation.
