Reflecting on Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers in Canada
Monday, May 29, 2023
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Osgoode Hall 2001
Refreshments will be provided
This book launch and panel brings together migrant justice academics to discuss the intersections of health and well-being, employment conditions, security of presence/citizenship status, and transnational labour migration in the context of the global health pandemic, as discussed in Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers in Canada (2023). Taking this book as a starting point, and offering critical reflections on its findings, presenters will explore the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers, addressing the effects of COVID-19 and government interventions to curb its transmission. Building on their respective fieldwork in Quebec, Ontario, Atlantic Canada, and British Columbia, panelists will cover such topics as social isolation and confinement, housing, care, and public health with attention to dynamics in both rural and urban spaces.
Chair:
Luin Goldring (York University)
Panelists:
Susana Caxaj (University of Western Ontario)
Jill Hanley (McGill University)
Adam Perry (St. Francis Xavier University)
Eloy Rivas-Sanchez (Athabasca University)
Book Authors:
Leah F. Vosko (York University)
Tanya Basok (University of Windsor)
Cynthia Spring (York University)
Co-Sponsors:
Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies
Global Labour Research Centre
Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC)
