Research summary
Canada’s temporary labour migration policies underwent changes before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. As Canada Research Chair in Canadian Migration Policy, Impacts and Activism, Dr. Ethel Tungohan is studying these by looking at Canadian policies and public discussions on immigration, labour and occupational health and safety during these time frames.
She and her research team are placing migrants’ experiences in the foreground of their research, working closely with communities to understand their experiences. They are partnering with migrant organizations to grasp the effects of these policies and discussions on different groups of migrant workers. They are also investigating the social movements that migrant workers have organized to meet these challenges, including coalitions they formed with other historically marginalized groups, such as Black and Indigenous groups. Ultimately, Tungohan and her team aim to understand and shed light on the effects of Canada’s migration policies on migrant workers.