See related analysis article by Preibisch and Hennebry on page 1033 and at www.
cmaj/cgi/doi/10.1503/cmaj. 090736. vast majority, but the proportion of women has been …

Over the past decades, the presence of temporary foreign workers, or migrant workers, has
expanded rapidly throughout the Canadian economy. In 2006, the number of temporary …

For several years, Canada has been trying to cope with a chronic shortage of health
professionals. Like many other developed nations with similar deficits in domestic health …

For many years Canada has quietly rationalized importing temporary low-skilled migrant
labour through managed migration programs to appease industries desiring cheap and …

392 CMAJ, April 7, 2015, 187 (6) for Canada, the sending countries and the migrants
themselves, the developmental rhetoric is contrasted by these realities and the increased …

BACKGROUND: THE SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER (SAW) PROGRAM a.
Structure and Administration of the SAW Program Before launching into the analysis, the …

Post-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) trade liberalisation combined with
post-9/11 border securitisation means North America increasingly relies on pools of …

Drawing on a survey of nearly 600 migrant farm workers in Ontario, Canada, we investigate
the ways in which the liminality of temporary migrants is both conditioning and …

Introduction: The intersecting vulnerabilities of migrant agricultural workers (MAWs) impact
both their health and their access to health care in rural areas, yet rural clinicians' voices are …

Despite wide indications that migrant farm workers (MFWs) comprise a particularly
vulnerable subset of the temporary foreign worker population, relatively little attention has …