Background Approximately 40 000 migrant farm workers are employed annually in Canada
through temporary foreign worker programs. Workers experiencing health conditions that …

Over the past decades, the presence of temporary foreign workers, or migrant workers, has
expanded rapidly throughout the Canadian economy. In 2006, the number of temporary …

OBJECTIVES: Temporary foreign workers contribute to economic prosperity in Canada, but
they experience forms of structural inequities and have minimal rights, which can contribute …

Background Global migration has dramatically increased over the past decade and is at an
all‐time high, approaching 200 million persons per year. Demographics and economic …

With the support of CERIS Ontario Metropolis Centre and the Public Health Agency of
Canada, this research identifies the myriad of health risks for international temporary …

Introduction: The intersecting vulnerabilities of migrant agricultural workers (MAWs) impact
both their health and their access to health care in rural areas, yet rural clinicians' voices are …

Objective The aims of the study were:(1) to clarify the definitions of “migrant” used in
occupational health research;(2) to summarize migrant workers' industry sectors …

Background Nine migrant agricultural workers died in Ontario, Canada, between January
2020 and June 2021. Methods To better understand the factors that contributed to the …

Despite wide indications that migrant farm workers (MFWs) comprise a particularly
vulnerable subset of the temporary foreign worker population, relatively little attention has …

This issue is devoted to migration and occupational health, an important topic that has been
largely ignored by occupational health professionals and by those concerned with the health …