Even as Canada increases its vaccine supply, there is no plan to vaccinate undocumented essential workers. Two undocumented workers share their stories of working under precarious conditions as they struggle to keep safe on the job during the pandemic.
View More Migrant Workers: Frontline for COVID-19 Risk, but Back of the Line for Vaccines
Disappointed in virtual learning, Ontario parents will take the risk of sending their children to school during the pandemic.
View More Immigrant Parents Lean Towards Face-to-Face Education
Farmers in Ontario and Quebec have extended work hours, reduced production and turned to searching for local workers to make up for the loss of foreign agricultural workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are not many local takers, though.
View More No Canadians to Replace Temporary Farm Workers
More than 1000 migrant farm workers in Ontario have been infected with COVID-19. Three of them have died. Advocates point out the housing and working conditions as the main causes and criticize their restrictive work permit. This time, a worker speaks up.
View More Farm Worker Sues Scotlynn Farms for Unlawful Reprisals
Supporters of a generous refugee system welcome the recent court ruling striking down the Safe Third Country agreement with the U.S., but they worry that it is unlikely to have any real impact unless the next American President is sympathetic to those fleeing persecution.
View More Refugee Advocates Hail Safe Third Country Ruling, but…
After three farmworkers die in Ontario and hundreds are infected of COVID-19, authorities are finally reacting. Migrant workers’ advocates, health specialists and academics are calling on the federal government to protect them and to clear the path for them to become permanent residents.
View More COVID-19 Hitting Canadian Farms: “There had to be one dead for the authorities to react”
Lack of government inspection on recruiters’ operations, closed contracts to a specific employer, and insufficient information for temporary workers create the conditions for labour abuse and human trafficking in Canada.
View More Migrant Workers Advocates Call for Government Action Against Human Trafficking
Colombians who fled war are sharing their experiences through an independent commission that aims to develop a historical record of Latin America’s longest conflict from interviews with victims and those who took up arms.
View More Lessons of War: Colombian Diaspora Add Their Voices to Truth Commission
Labour rights groups in Canada demand that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) be extended to migrant and undocumented workers to ensure no one is left unprotected.
View More Pandemic Exposes Additional ‘Gaps’ for Caregivers
As hospitals face dire shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE), individuals and institutions are stepping into the void to help.
View More Army of Volunteers Mobilize to Protect Frontline Workers