Events

Registration is now open for “A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs: Addressing Racism and Precarity in Canada” report launch event on October 23, 2024, hosted by the Migrant Care Worker Precarity Project. The report is the conclusion of the MCWP research on the experiences of care workers on the implementation of the Home Child

Following up on the film screening of the WAGESTORIES film “The global Phase-Out Dilemma” with the Norwegian research team, we would like to invite the UP-BC community partners to an afternoon of zine-and-skill sharing between climate and labour organizers, grassroots publishing, and labour-climate solidarity.

Join the Migrant Care Workers Project researchers who will share findings from interviews with migrant care workers and FOIPPA requests on IRCC’s Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker 5-year pilot programs ending in June 2024. Learn from community members’ knowledge, experience, and questions related to changes that may occur as the current care

Join “But is it a good job?” report authors Iglika Ivanova and Dr. Kendra Strauss for a conversation about precarious employment and its unequal impacts on workers, families and communities in our province. Learn what precarious employment is, how widespread it is, and why it urgently needs to be addressed.