Migrant Farmworkers Face Heightened Vulnerabilities During COVID-19

Migrant Farmworkers Face Heightened Vulnerabilities During COVID-19

Ella Haley, Susana Caxaj, Glynis George, Jenna Hennebry, Eliseo Martell, Janet McLaughlin

First paragraph: The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically reshaped Canadian society in just a few short weeks. At the same time, its varied impacts shine a light on pre-existing social inequities. Certain populations, including low wage workers, racial minorities, homeless people, and older and disabled residents of long-term care facilities have been disproportionately impacted. One group that is particularly vulnerable to the effects of the crisis, yet has been largely neglected in discussions thus far, is the migrant worker population. . . .

2020

covid-19, Pandemic, immigration, Labor, vulnerable populations, migrant farmworkers

10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.016

Epidemiology and Health

Korean Society of Epidemiology

Agriculture, Environmental sciences, Geography. Anthropology. Recreation, Technology, Social Sciences, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, Recreation. Leisure, Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology, Regional planning, Communities. Classes. Races, Human ecology. Anthropogeography, Home economics