Exploring the Intersections of Immigration Policy, Racism, and Precarity for Migrant Care Workers
Project Overview
The Migrant Care Worker Precarity Project, convened by Cenen Bagon, co-founder of the Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers’ and Caregivers’ Rights (CDWCR), investigates Canada’s changing migrant care worker programs, including the implementation of the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker Pilots by IRCC in 2019. As the 5-year term of these pilot programs ended in June 2024, this project aims to influence positive changes for care workers including amplifying the long-standing call for status for all.
The MCWP Team
- Cenen Bagon, Co-founder, Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights
- Rincy Calamba, MA Candidate, Simon Fraser University
- Kassandra Cordero, Director, Equity and Human Rights, BC Federation of Labour
- Alicia Massie, PhD Candidate, Simon Fraser University
- Dr. Anita Minh, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia
- Alice Mũrage (Former; 2019-2025), PhD Student, Simon Fraser University
- Noemi Rosario Martinez (Former; 2019-2025)
- Dr. Jennifer E. Shaw, Assistant Teaching Professor, Thompson Rivers University
- Fouaimalo Luamanu
READ OUR REPORT
A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs: Addressing Racism and Precarity in Canada report by Cenen Bagon, Rincy Dominic Calamba, Kassandra Cordero, Alicia Massie, Anita Minh, Alice Mũrage, Noemi Rosario Martinez, and Jennifer E. Shaw (September 25, 2024)
Other Publications
Ensuring the Success of the New Care Worker Pilots: Applying Lessons from the Past, Jennifer E. Shaw, Anita Minh, Alicia Massie, Ethel Tungohan, Rupa Banerjee, and the Migrant Care Worker Precarity Project Team, The Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (CERC Migration) Policy Brief 22, Toronto Metropolitan University (September 2024)
Canada’s new care worker immigration programs need faster processing times to keep families together, Alicia Massie, Anita Minh and Jennifer E. Shaw, The Conversation (July 17, 2024)
Canada’s Broken Promises to Migrant Care Workers—More Pilot Programs Not a Solution—, Alicia Massie, Anita Minh and Jennifer E. Shaw, Policy Note (Jun 18, 2024)
Events
October 23, 2024 – A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs: Addressing Racism and Precarity in Canada, in-person in Vancouver, more information here!
April 14, 2024 – in person event with care workers, members of the Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers’ and Caregivers’ Rights (CDWCR) to present research findings and further workshop recommendations
April 2, 2024 – Online Event: Moving Forward: Beyond the Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker IRCC Pilot Programs
News
October 23, 2024 – BCFED: Migrant care workers face broken promises and widespread abuse from employers: research report
June 3, 2024 – Migrant Rights Network Release: Migrant Care Workers Welcome Permanent Resident Status On Arrival
January 13, 2024 (radio) – CBC’s The Current with Matt Galloway: Migrant Care Worker Programs, including the proposed Enhance Caregiver Pilots and Canada’s failure to grant PR, as promised, to care workers, Matt Galloway and Jennifer Shaw.
June 19, 2024 (video) – Caregiver advocates call on Canada to speed up PR Applications | OMNI News Filipino
Conferences
27th Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Biennial Conference
November 2024 Edmonton Alberta
7th Metropolis Identities Summit & The 2nd Metropolis Social Determinants of Health conference
October 2024 Vancouver, British Columbia
Creating Sustainable Work 2025
May 2025 Stockholm, Sweden
Photos
2024 (above)
Vancouver, Canada
2025 (below)
Vancouver, Canada
7th Metropolis Identities Summit & The 2nd Metropolis Social Determinants of Health Conference (above)
Vancouver, British Columbia
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