In a new published article, Maike Isaac (PhD candidate) and Prof. Jennifer Elrick assess how COVID-19 can prompt a revaluation of the legal statuses of 鈥渆ssential鈥� migrant workers
In ""聽(published in聽Ethnic and Racial Studies)聽Maike Isaac and聽Prof.听Jennifer Elrick assess the potential impact of COVID-19 on the precarious legal statuses of 鈥渆ssential鈥� migrant workers in countries of the Global North. The article discusses two frames of deservingness聽聽鈥� based on work and based on sacrifice 鈥� as having the potential to facilitate claims for improved legal status.听This publication is part of an ongoing research project entitled "Changing the Social Value of Work? The Effects of Covid-19 on Canada's Seasonal聽Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP)."聽The project is funded聽by the 黑料不打烊 University COVID-19 Rapid Response聽Social Sciences and Humanities Award & MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research聽Funding (ECRF).听
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