Posts by Jennifer E. Shaw

About Jennifer E. Shaw

Jennifer E. Shaw is an assistant teaching professor in Sociology and Politics at Thompson Rivers University, ne Secwepemcul’ecw. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on children, youth and families in the contexts of transnational migration, the global care economy and precarious and temporary work. Jennifer brings 10 years of experience working in the non-profit settlement sector with migrant and refugee youth, which drives her commitment to action-oriented and community-based research.

Canada’s broken promises to migrant care workers

Jun 18, 2024

By Alicia Massie, Anita Minh and Jennifer E. Shaw

On June 3, 2024, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced new migrant care worker pilot programs, which take important steps to address some of the concerns raised by workers and advocates. Unfortunately, Canada has a long track record of broken promises to migrant care workers and it is not clear how the new pilot programs would… View Article