Book Launch | Migrant Work by Another Name: Differential Inclusion and Precarity in Canada's International Mobility Program, by Leah Vosko
Join us for the launch of Migrant Work by Another Name:Differential Inclusion and Precarity Under Canada’sInternational Mobility ProgrambyLeah F. Vosko, featuring a panel discussion moderated by Kiran Mirchandani.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Migrant Work by Another Nameexplores the complexities of Canada's evolving international migration and employment policy landscape. It critically examines the shift towards “mobility” programs under the recently inaugurated International Mobility Program (IMP). This shift occurs alongside the contraction of certain streams within Canada’s long-standing Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The book investigates the implications of policy changes, influenced at once by public outcry over migrant worker exploitation and persistent demands for labour in the face of qualitative labour shortages in high-income countries like Canada. Grounded in a decolonial feminist political economy approach, Leah F. Vosko employs a mixed methods analysis to contrast the narrative of “mobility” with the persistent realities of precarity among transnational workers.
The book features in-depth case studies of the three largest IMP subprograms – Working Holiday, Post-Graduation, and Spousal Work Permit programs – revealing how these initiatives, despite being touted as promoting mobility, provide for temporary migrant work by another name and perpetuate distinct forms of precarity. This critical perspective challenges the notion of progress in contemporary migration policies, shedding light on the ongoing challenges faced by transnational workers in Canada.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leah F. Voskois aDistinguished Research Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics at 91ɫ.
Moderator/Host:
Kiran Mirchandani, Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Panelists:
- Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor, Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights.
- Rupa Banerjee, Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Toronto Metropolitan University and Canada Research Chair in Economic Inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of Canada’s Immigrants.
- Valerie Preston, Professor Emerita of Geography, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, 91ɫ.
- Respondent: Leah F. Vosko, Distinguished Research Professor of Political Economy, Department of Politics, 91ɫ.
