Dalhousie University has entered into a partnership with the Mexican government to study the living and working conditions of temporary foreign workers in Atlantic Canada. A social work professor tells us about the five-year research project.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Mexican Government, Dalhousie University and St. Thomas University
Researchers at Dalhousie University are entering into an agreement with the Mexican government to collaborate on projects looking into the welfare of seasonal workers from the country and ways to improve working conditions at sites in Atlantic Canada.
CBC Nova Scotia News
"A recent United Nations report called Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program, a breeding ground for modern slavery."
A Nova Scotia professor who studies workers’ rights says she isn’t surprised by a recent international report that called Canada’s foreign worker program a “breeding ground” for modern slavery.
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia professor who studies workers’ rights says she isn’t surprised by a recent international report that called Canada’s foreign worker program a “breeding ground” for modern slavery.
Eliza MacLauchlan, a research assistant at Dalhousie University, and Ryan MacRae, a migrant worker program coordinator at the non-profit Cooper Institute, are among those behind the new report titled Permanent Jobs, Temporary People, which examines the challenges migrant workers in P.E.I. face in obtaining permanent residency.
The report — Permanent Jobs, Temporary People: Temporary Foreign Workers' Struggle for Permanent Residency in Prince Edward Island — is a joint project involving Dalhousie and St. Thomas universities, P.E.I.'s Cooper Institute and the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre. Released Wednesday morning, the research focuses on how the program is working on P.E.I.
A new report suggests that migrant workers in Nova Scotia face overcrowded and substandard housing, wage theft, and other pressing issues despite regulations intended to protect them.
"Global News at 6 Halifax
"...A new study from Dalhousie University's School of Social Work is shedding light on the challenges faced by migrant workers in Nova Scotia revealing issues like overcrowded housing, wage theft, and discrimination..."
Dr. Raluca Bejan shares a new report that discusses the troubles with the seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia.
Raluca Bejan from Dalhousie University speaks about new research on temporary foreign workers.
A migrant worker has told a Senate committee she was beaten and abused while working at a facility in Memramcook, and that she was told it was up to her employer to resolve the issues when she reached out to provincial and federal authorities for help.
Des cas documentés de mauvais traitements poussent un comité sénatorial à enquêter sur les conditions des travailleurs étrangers temporaires, au Nouveau-Brunswick et ailleurs au pays.
Closed work permits tie workers to 1 employer, leaving them vulnerable and unable to work during slow seasons.
Aditya Rao,founding board member of the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre, says labour trafficking and wage theft isn't uncommon for migrant workers to experience in New Brunswick.
"Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre on migrant workers.
The Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre in Fredericton supports migrant workers with things like labour complaints and housing. Founding board member, Adi Rao, joins us with his thoughts on the recent report about conditions for migrant workers in New Brunswick, the industry response, and what he's seen and heard".
"Living conditions for temporary foreign workers.
The executive director of the Maritime Lobster Processors Association, Nat Richard spoke with us about his thoughts on new research that shows temporary foreign workers are living and working in poor conditions in New Brunswick.
"Temporary foreign workers in seafood plants faced long hours, minimal pay: report.
Researchers from Dalhousie University interviewed temporary foreign workers about their experiences in seafood processing plants in New Brunswick. Their report paints a bleak picture of overcrowded lodging, poor working conditions and minimal pay."
The federal government is reviewing a report outlining precarious working conditions for temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick's seafood processing industry, but it's not clear if any specific employers will face repercussions.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
Report calls on governments to regulate housing, working conditions to protect 3,000 workers.
A new report reveals rampant verbal abuse, dangerous working conditions, overcrowded housing and exploitative recruitment practices among migrants working in seafood plants in New Brunswick during the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when the industry saw record profits.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick's seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
Principle Investigator Raluca Bejan talks with Harry Forestell for the CBC New Brunswick News.
"A new report out of a university in Nova Scotia is painting a bleak picture of the lives of temporary foreign workers who come to Canada..."
‘Unfree labour’: N.B. seafood foreign workers faced awful conditions, study says
"A study by Dalhousie University is painting a grim picture of the grueling and sometimes dangerous conditions migrant workers faced in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the pandemic. The report is calling on the federal and provincial governments to make changes to the temporary foreign worker program. Silas Brown reports"
‘Unfree labour’: N.B. seafood foreign workers faced awful conditions, study says
FREDERICTON -Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick's seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
"Mauvaises conditions de travail, salaires qui ne respectent pas les normes, résidences mal en point... Les cas d'abus se multiplient chez les travailleurs étrangers temporaires. Québec veut mieux les protéger, mais comment? Julie Drolet reçoit Me Krishna Gagné, avocate en droit de l’immigration et Aditya Rao, du Centre de justice pour les migrants Madhu Verma".
"A researcher at Dalhousie University tells us about her new report into working conditions in NB for temporary foreign workers."
"Migrant worker face tough conditions in NB.
Low pay, long hours, overcrowded housing, and high recruitment fees. A new report shines light on what migrant workers are facing when they come to New Brunswick to work. The study's lead author, Raluca Bejan, assistant professor of social work at Dalhousie University, speaks with host Julia Wright about what changes need to be made to improve the system.""
Des chercheurs lèvent le voile sur des conditions de travail déplorables des travailleurs étrangers temporaires employés par l’industrie de la transformation des produits de la mer au Nouveau-Brunswick.
"Lobster industry denies abuse of temporary foreign workers, despite calls for better protections".
They are far from home and have paid considerable sums to work in Canada, yet once here, many say they have to contend with threats, long hours, overcrowded accommodations, low pay and unsafe working conditions, according to new findings by researchers at Dalhousie University.
Une professeure en travail social à l'Université Dalhousie, Raluca Bejan, a écrit un rapport sur la vie de 14 travailleurs étrangers temporaires dans l'industrie de transformation des produits de la pêche au Nouveau- Brunswick. Ses constatations sont sombres.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick's seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University..
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
A new report, entitled Unfree Labour: COVID-19 and Seafood Migrant Workers in the Seafood Industry in New Brunswick, details allegations of abuse at the hands of some New Brunswick seafood processors.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
FREDERICTON — Temporary foreign workers, especially in the seafood industry, were treated unfairly during the Covid-19 pandemic..
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
FREDERICTON - Temporary foreign workers in New Brunswick’s seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered gruelling and sometimes dangerous conditions, says a study by Dalhousie University.
Plus que jamais, les usines de transformation des produits de mer et de nombreuses exploitations agricoles dépendent de travailleurs étrangers temporaires, qui s’installent dans la région pendant quelques mois pour occuper des postes désertés par les Néo-Brunswickois.
A 2020 study on the working and housing conditions of migrant workers in Prince Edward Island during the COVID-19 pandemic found that migrant workers in the island’s fish plants and farms were not given the information they needed to access health care.
"La pandémie aggrave les conditions de vie des travailleurs étrangers temporaires. En dehors des lieux de travail, on ne les protège pas comme on devrait, ils ont peur", regrette Tracy Glynn.
Dr. Bejan is leading the team that is asking migrant workers directly about their experiences in the agri-food sector in the Maritimes, and how the pandemic has affected their health and safety.
Migrant workers who travelled to PEI amid the COVID-19 pandemic have encountered overcrowded and inadequate housing conditions, according to a newly released study.
Ann Wheatley of P.E.I.’s Cooper Institute said the overall vulnerability of temporary foreign workers in P.E.I. has become worse since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
'Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home' issued recommendations for the provincial and federal governments, with some focused specifically on safe and dignified housing for workers.
Raluca Bejan, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University questioned why migrants who pay taxes in Canada shouldn't benefit from the vaccine rollout.
The safety and well-being of migrant workers should be top-of-mind as seafood and farming companies grapple with new travel restrictions prompted by COVID-19, advocates for temporary foreign workers say.
First-hand experiences of temporary foreign workers on PEI and in the Maritimes are scarcely documented and for that reason Ann Wheatley and Paola Flores, with Cooper Institute, have joined a group of Maritime researchers. Their objective is to listen to and document any possible impacts of the pandemic on the workers.
Principle Investigator Raluca Bejan talks with Louise Martin, the host of CBC News: Compass – the evening news program on Prince Edward Island.
Principle Investigator Raluca Bejan talks with Harry Forestell for the CBC New Brunswick News.
Researches at Dalhousie University are looking into how the COVID-19 pandemic is directly affecting thousands of temporary foreign workers who have taken on jobs in the agricultural, seafood processing and other food sectors in the Maritimes.
A new partnership between researchers based at Dalhousie University, St. Thomas University and Cooper Institute is seeking to interview Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) on their experiences working in the agricultural and seafood sectors in the Maritime provinces during the COVID pandemic.
Principle Investigator Raluca Bejan talks with Portia Clark on CBC Radio's Information Morning for mainland Nova Scotia.