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Migrant Workers and Changing Work-place Regimes in Contemporary Agricultural Production in Canada

This article focuses on Canada to contribute to our knowledge of contemporary labour–capital relations in high-income country agriculture and the role of migrants within the global food system. In particular, I investigate recent modifications to the country’s temporary migration programs and show how these have rendered work in agri-food industries more precarious.

Temporary Migration, Chronic Effects: the Health of International Migrant Workers in Canada

In this article, we document recent trends in labour migration and begin to address these questions. We focus on migrant workers entering low-paid, low-status occupations, who account for most of Canada's foreign workforce.

The Other Side of el Otro Lado: Mexican Migrant Women and Labor Flexibility in Canadian Agriculture

Published by: University of Chicago Press

Throughout the global South women are fast becoming the predominately waged labour force in commercial agriculture. The incorporation of workers from the global South into commercial agriculture within high-income countries has has a decidedly masculine bias.

Pick-Your-Own Labor: Migrant Workers and Flexibility in Canadian Agriculture

Migrant workers are a growing component of the labor markets in high income countries. Today, some 90 million people – representing approximately three percent of the global workforce – cross national borders to find work.

A Model for Managed Migration? Re-Examining Best Practices in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program

Published by: International Organization for Migration (IOM)

This paper situates Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) within the policy and scholarly debates on ''best practices'' for the management of temporary migration, and examines what makes this programme successful from the perspective of states and employers.

Local Produce, Foreign Labor: Labor Mobility Programs and Global Trade Competitiveness in Canada

Published by: Wiley

Temporary visa workers are increasingly taking on a heightened profile in Canada, entering the workforce each year in greater numbers than immigrant workers with labor mobility rights.

Biotechnology Policy Series 23

Published by: IDS

This paper considers the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.