Open AccessBienvenidos a Canadá? Globalization and the Migration Industry Surrounding Temporary Agricultural Migration in Canada
Author(s) -
Jenna Hennebry
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
canadian studies in population
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1927-629X
pISSN - 0380-1489
DOI - 10.25336/p69c8m
Subject(s) - intermediary , ethnography , government (linguistics) , agriculture , liberalization , globalization , migrant workers , business , economic growth , economics , geography , market economy , finance , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
“Migrant workers” have become an important resource in the global economy, and not solely for employers and governments. Multilateral agreements, trade liberalization, and advancements in communication and transportation have enabled flows of the world’s poor into international labour migration systems, often mediated by a migration industry that profits from providing services to employers and migrants. Based on ethnographic case studies in Mexico,participant observation in Ontario, and interviews with migrant workers and their families, farmers, government representatives and other intermediaries, this paper examines the extent to which a migration industry has formed around the Mexican-Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program.