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Building Migrant Precarity: Employment, Citizenship & Skill in Toronto and London’s Construction Sectors

Date

2015

Authors

Bridget Anderson, Emily Reid-Musson, and Michelle Buckley

Abstract

"This paper explains how the intensification and transformation of migrant precarity has occurred through three patterns, as follows,drawing comparisons between Toronto and London.
Patterns of employment deregulation, (...)
Emergent immigration regimes, (...)
Uneven skill, training and sector regulation"

Notes

"This working paper is part of a three year project (2013-2015) named Urbanization From Below: Precarious Migrant Construction Work in Toronto, Canada and London, UK. The project is funded by an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Dr. Michelle Buckley (University of Toronto Scarborough) is the research project’s primary investigator, in collaboration with Professor Bridget Anderson, (Director, Center for Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford). The paper contents are based on preliminary research involving the regulatory mapping of trade, employment, immigration and construction industry patterns between 2000 and 2014. This was followed by key stakeholder interviews with labour, trade union, advocacy and industry representatives."

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Economic sectors

Construction trades helpers and labourers

Geographical focuses

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, Other provinces, Federal, Nova Scotia, United Kingdom, and National relevance

Languages

English