Media Archive
may 2023
These migrant workers say they need better health-care access and language supports
CBC News, May 1, 2023
april 2023
Canada's largest public sector strike leaves thousands in immigration limbo
Reuters, April 30, 2023
N.L. doubles permanent residency spaces for immigrant workers, but advocates say challenges remain
CBC News, April 30, 2023
Is Canada taking the wrong approach to the labour shortage?
Toronto Star, April 28, 2023
Migrant worker exploited by Edmonton employer awarded $30K — but he can't collect
CBC News, April 23, 2023
march 2023
N.B. advocate says temporary foreign worker program needs ‘serious reforms’ before expanding
Global News, March 27, 2023
Migrant workers deserve to know the details of how they're being tracked, union says
CBC News, March 27, 2023
Cold reception. Back-breaking work. Cruel comments: How a migrant worker learned to fight back
Toronto Star, March 24, 2023
Employers who withhold workers' passports to face steeper fines under proposed Ontario law
CBC News, March 20, 2023
Hundreds rally for undocumented and migrant worker rights
City News, March 19, 2023
Undocumented migrants spend a night in front of federal offices in Montreal
CTV News, March 19, 2023
Migrant workers in Sudbury to demand 'status for all' as part of Canada-wide rallies
CBC News, March 17, 2023
5 people arrested, 2 others at large for migrant worker exploitation
Canada HR Reporter, March 6, 2023
Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring in GTA
Toronto Star, March 3, 2023
Conditions for migrant workers in New Brunswick seafood industry abusive, dangerous: report
The Globe and Mail, March 1, 2023
february 2023
New report raises concerns over labour exploitation of migrant workers during pandemic
Global News, February 15, 2023
Canada is Not the Land of Opportunity for Everyone: New Research Reveals a Nation Shockingly Unaware of Labour Trafficking
Yahoo Finance, February 9, 2023
Migrant workers begin return for growing season
Windsor Star, February 8, 2023
Seasonal workers should get Medicare coverage, advocacy group says
CBC News, February 7, 2023
New regulations on migrant farm workers should tackle employer/employee power imbalances
National Post, February 2, 2023
Migrant workers sneak secret menus into Canadian restaurants to expose exploitation
CTV News, February 2, 2023
Temporary foreign worker awarded $300,000 for workplace abuse, but denied tort of labour trafficking
Law Times, February 1, 2023
january 2023
Migrants call on Trudeau to fulfill his promise to regularize the undocumented
New Canadian Media, January 27, 2023
Migrant workers in New Brunswick join nation-wide calls for permanent resident status for all
NB Media CO-OP, January 14, 2023
National Farmers Union, Migrant Workers Alliance call for permanent resident status for undocumented people
St. Catharines Standard, January 9, 2023
PSW wins fight to stay in Canada with daughter after deportation order suddenly reversed
CBC News, January 7, 2023
He gets to stay in Thunder Bay — for now. One man's journey to avoid deportation
CBC News, January 3, 2023
december 2022
Pandemic payouts are stalling cross-border workers' tax returns, Canada Revenue Agency says
CBC News, December 20, 2022
Canada embraces its immigrant soccer stars. Where's the support for migrant rights?
CBC News, December 17, 2022
Greenhouse growers, Leamington mayor welcome news migrant workers may be able to bring families
CBC News, December 8, 2022
Mexican workers accuse Canadian farmers of mistreatment
Niagara Now, December 7, 2022
november 2022
Quebec resort called discriminatory for paying temporary foreign workers less than Canadian employees
CBC News, November 29, 2022
Guest column: Migrant workers deserve fundamental rights in Canada
Windsor Star, November 26, 2022
Canada doesn’t appear to have a plan to welcome climate migrants
Penticton Herald, November 25, 2022
Canada's push to 'poach' nurses from abroad fuels fears of shortages in developing countries
CBC News, November 20, 2022
Migrant worker left injured, unable to travel home to Jamaica after he's hit while on his bike in Niagara
CBC News, November 15, 2022
How Canada became a hotbed for low-wage foreign labour
The Globe and Mail, November 8, 2022
'I just need a chance to live again': Jamaican migrant worker with cancer begs to stay in N.S.
CBC News, November 4, 2022
october 2022
Employers are rushing to fill jobs with temporary foreign workers
The Globe and Mail, October 31, 2022
Meet Gabriel Allahdua, University of Guelph's first activist-in-residence
CBC News, October 27, 2022
This McMaster student is learning a different side to her home country in a Canadian classroom
CBC News, October 27, 2022
'I am not a criminal': Calls for government to give permanent residency to migrants in limbo
CTV News, October 17, 2022
Migrants and supporters in Canada advocate for regularization, permanent status
CBC News, October 16, 2022
Canada strengthens protections for temporary foreign workers with new regulations
Canadian Lawyer, October 4, 2022
Injured migrant farmworkers fight for fair compensation from WSIB
CTV News, October 3, 2022
september 2022
Good enough to work, good enough to stay
Rabble, September 27, 2022
No help for undocumented workers
Toronto Star, September 25, 2022
Recruiters and employers increasingly taking advantage of temporary foreign workers, advocate says
CBC News, September 23, 2022
Migrant workers speaking out about alleged abuse at NS farms
CityNews, September 18, 2022
Migrants across Canada call on Ottawa for action on regularization, permanent status
CBC News, September 18, 2022
Migrant workers across Canada protests to demand ‘status for all’
Global News, September 18, 2022
Hundreds rally, march in Toronto to demand status for all migrants in Canada
CBC News, September 18, 2022
Advocates urge Canada to grant permanent status to migrants
Al Jazeera, September 14, 2022
Jamaica sending team to Canada to probe work conditions on farms
Al Jazeera, September 1, 2022
August 2022
We need to end the abuse of temporary foreign workers
Toronto Star, August 29, 2022
Jamaican minister rejects workers’ abuse claims on Canadian farms
Al Jazeera, August 27, 2022
Group of foreign workers allege verbal abuse, unfair treatment at Manitoba's Elkhorn Resort
CBC News, August 26, 2022
Foodland flyer sparks outrage: Farm family takes spotlight while migrant workers ‘invisibilized’
Yahoo! News, August 25, 2022
Filling Canada’s labour gaps with migrant workers
The Globe and Mail, August 25, 2022
Migrant farm workers' group calls for action over 'exploitative' working conditions
CTV News, August 25, 2022
Jamaican farmworkers decry ‘seismic-level exploitation’ in Canada
Al Jazeera, August 24, 2022
Migrant workers continue to call for change after death of Jamaican worker at Ontario farm
CTV News, August 24, 2022
'When...your boss is abusing you, you can't just leave': Jamaican migrant workers expose Canada's ‘systemic slavery’
Yahoo! News, August 23, 2022
Death of migrant worker in Norfolk, Ont. prompts call to change permanent immigration status
Global News, August 22, 2022
Open letter says Jamaican migrant farm workers face “systemic slavery” in Canada
CHCH, August 22, 2022
Protesters interrupt federal announcement on COVID-19 migrant worker isolation site
CBC News, August 22, 2022
Jamaican migrant workers in Ontario pen open letter likening conditions to 'systematic slavery'
CBC News, August 20, 2022
DNA collection from migrant workers ruled a human rights abuse
Canada's National Observer, August 19, 2022
OPP racially targeted 54 migrant farm workers while searching for a rapist, Ontario tribunal rules
CBC News, August 18, 2022
They were hunting for a rapist, but OPP ended up walking over migrant farm workers’ rights, tribunal finds
Toronto Star, August 18, 2022
Ontario tribunal rules OPP discriminated against migrant workers in 2013
The Globe and Mail, August 18, 2022
$600 to share a bedroom: Migrant workers lose their jobs after complaining about rent
CBC News, August 16, 2022
Temporary foreign workers rescued from abusive situation on P.E.I. farm
CBC, August 16, 2022
New University of Windsor study aimed at improving the lives of migrant workers
Windsor Star, August 2, 2022
July 2022
Ontario farm fined $125K for mishandling COVID-19 outbreak that killed migrant worker
CityNews, July 12, 2022
Deportations halted for two Edmonton families at 11th hour
CBC, July 5, 2022
June 2022
Filipinos highlight “legalized slavery” during Filipino Heritage Month
Rabble, June 30, 2022
Quebec migrant worker who helped on COVID-19 front line fears deportation
Global News, June 27, 2022
Caravan seeks justice for migrant workers in Essex County
Windsor Star, June 13, 2022
May 2022
Alberta lifts restrictions on temporary foreign workers
CIC News, May 3, 2022
April 2022
Out of Workers, Canada Is Throwing Its Doors Open to Migrants
Bloomberg News, April 29, 2022
‘COVID acted like a minefield’: What we know about migrant-worker deaths
TVO, April 9, 2022
Expanding temporary foreign worker program just means 'more exploitable workers': advocate
CBC Radio, April 6, 2022
Hundreds attend migrant worker health fair in Leamington
CBC News, April 6, 2022
Ottawa expands access to temporary foreign workers to ease labour crunch
Globe and Mail, April 4, 2022
March 2022
A ‘troubling narrative’ has been revealed within Canada’s system to help abused migrant workers
Toronto Star, March 23, 2022
Migrant workers make our agricultural industry viable. Why do we treat them as disposable?
Toronto Star, March 21, 2022
February 2022
B.C. residents fight to get migrants who lost work during floods $280,000 payout
Vancouver Sun, February 4, 2022
‘Unethical and inappropriate’: What coroners’ records reveal about the gaps that led to migrant worker deaths
The Toronto Star, February 1, 2022
January 2022
Two years into a pandemic, not much has changed for migrant workers
CityNews, January 25, 2022
Mexican worker killed after falling from Leamington greenhouse leaves behind a daughter
CBC, January 21, 2022
Death of quarantined migrant worker under investigation in Essex County
Windsor Star, January 20, 2022
Migrant worker advocate calls recent actions 'Band-Aid' solutions for 'gushing wound'
CBC, January 17, 2022
Windsor, Ont.-area businesses instructed to halt entry of temporary foreign workers
Global News, January 12, 2022
Canada Loosens Foreign-Worker Cap for Desperate Quebec Companies
Bloomberg, January 10, 2022
Three-to-a-bunkhouse rule terminated
Simcoe Reformer, January 10, 2022
december 2021
‘They care about their plants and not us’: for migrant farmworkers in Ontario, COVID-19 made a bad situation worse
The Narwahl, December 18, 2021
Flooded out of their worksites in B.C., migrant workers face return to home countries
Globe & Mail, December 18, 2021
Shocking but not surprising: Auditor General of Canada criticizes enforcement of COVID-19 regulations for migrant workers
The Conversation, December 16, 2021
The migrant worker floodgates have opened. It’s a decision we might come to regret
Toronto Star, December 15, 2021
Migrant workers deemed 'disposable' before and during pandemic, Manitoba advocates say
CBC News, December 12, 2021
Feds failed to ensure farms protected migrant workers from COVID-19: Auditor general
CP24, December 9, 2021
Why these migrant workers are taking on the OPP
TVO, December 8, 2021
Government of Canada Releases 'What We Heard' Report on Temporary Foreign Worker Accommodations
Cision, December 1, 2021
november 2021
Mexico seeks to overhaul Canada migrant farmworker program amid climate disasters
Reuters, November 30, 2021
What's next in human-rights hearing over OPP's DNA sweep
London Free Press, November 29, 2021
‘The whole process made me feel sad, defeated and humiliated,’ Jamaican man tells rights tribunal in DNA-sweep case
Toronto Star, November 22, 2021
Foreign Agriculture Workers Seek Justice
TVO, November 26, 2021
Allegations of OPP racially profiling migrant workers in 2013 investigation now before human rights tribunal
Global News, November 22, 2021
Canada to recognize more vaccines, will soon require international students and workers to be fully vaccinated
CIC News, November 19, 2021
Migrant workers in B.C. face more uncertainty after being displaced by flooding
CBC, November 19, 2021
'We feel forgotten': 150 migrant workers reeling after B.C. flood evacuations
Pique Newsmagazine, November 18, 2021
Migrant workers evacuated from Abbotsford flooding face uncertain future
The Vancouver Sun, November 17, 2021
‘Half-baked’ Bill 27 won’t protect migrant workers from exploitative recruiters, say advocates
Toronto Star, November 16, 2021
october 2021
New immigration minister inherits backlogs, migrant worker issues
Toronto Star, October 27, 2021
Ottawa sees few claims for residency under Agri-Food Pilot
Globe & Mail, October 27, 2021
Without health care or sick leave, migrant workers and international students say they feel exploited
CBC Newfoundland & Labrador, October 21, 2021
Ontario to tighten rules for temp agencies, firms that recruit foreign workers
CBC, October 18, 2021
Good start on temporary workers but more needed
CISION, October 18, 2021
september 2021
How COVID-19 exposed Canada’s treatment of migrant workers
Open Democracy, September 30, 2021
Ontario farm, owner facing charges tied to 2020 COVID-19 outbreak involving migrant workers
Global News, September 28, 2021
Ontario farm with migrant worker who died of COVID-19 hit with 20 charges
CBC, September 27, 2021
Worker dies in farming mishap in Norfolk
Simcoe Reformer, September 23, 2021
Quebec skilled workers now eligible for Bridging Open Work Permit
CIC News, September 21, 2021
Migrant labour expert urges more teeth for P.E.I. worker protection bill
SaltWire, September 17, 2021
Migrant workers in Leamington, Ont., use music to keep spirits up while away from family
CBC, September 14, 2021
August 2021
A 4am Taxi, a KFC, and a Three-Day Trip: How a Worker Escaped an Alberta Farm After Allegations of ‘Abusive’ Conditions
The Canadian, August 22, 2021
Death of migrant worker struck by lightning west of Montreal sparks investigations
CBC, August 16, 2021
Pandemic highlights poor conditions for some of Canada’s farmworkers
Marketplace, August 10, 2021
July 2021
Farm Workers Hub provides necessary items and community connections
Toronto Star, July 22, 2021
Protesters in Montreal pressure Ottawa to regularize migrant workers' status
CBC, July 18, 2021
MOH changes transport rule for migrant workers
Simcoe Reformer, July 6, 2021
June 2021
Filipino community helps migrant workers in New Brunswick during COVID-19
CBC, June 24, 2021
Canadian migrants push for full immigration status, family reunification on Father’s Day
Global News, June 20, 2021
Migrants call on PM Trudeau to Unite Families, Welcome Migrants & Refugees on World Refugee Day & Fathers' Day
Financial Post, June 20, 2021
Migrant worker died during hotel quarantine, advocacy group says
CBC, June 18, 2021
Manitoba vaccine rollout failing to reach migrant workers, advocates say
CBC, June 14, 2021
“Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast” covers migrant worker issues in Canada
The Peak, June 13, 2021
Advocates call for more rights for migrant workers amid deaths on the job
CTV News, June 13, 2021
Advocates call for stronger migrant workers rights amid deaths on the job in Canada
Global News, June 13, 2021
How crowded are migrant worker bunkhouses? A survey shines a light on housing conditions that ‘cost lives’
Toronto Star, June 11, 2021
Migrant farmworkers want feds to act on better employer-provided housing: report
CTV News, June 10, 2021
may 2021
Feds pathway to permanent residency program under fire
Western Producer, May 17, 2021
Farmers, migrant workers speak out against strict COVID-19 restrictions
CBC, May 15, 2021
Hundreds of migrant farm workers in Ontario denied fresh air during quarantine
Global News, May 15, 2021
Life Was Already Tough for Migrant Farm Workers. The Pandemic Made It Worse
The Tyee, May 14, 2021
Hastings Prince Edward moves to protect migrant workers from COVID-19
Global News, May 14, 2021
Migrant workers vaccinated at airport
Toronto Star, May 14, 2021
No answers in death of quarantined farm worker
Brantford Expositor, May 12, 2021
Cause of Norfolk-area farm worker’s death in quarantine unknown
Hamilton Spectator, May 12, 2021
Migrant farmworkers left out of Alberta's vaccination rollout, says activist group
Rabble, May 11, 2021
Ontario farm 'devastated,' looking for answers after migrant worker's death in hotel quarantine
Toronto Star, May 7, 2021
Advocates Call Ottawa’s PR Program “A Smokescreen”
Toronto Star, May 6, 2021
Five migrant-farm-worker deaths since mid-March: advocacy group
Globe and Mail, May 5, 2021
Thousands of Niagara farm workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
CBC, May 3, 2021
april 2021
In search of safety, report lists changes needed to protect migrant workers
Radio Canada International, April 28, 2021
COVID-19 deaths of 3 Ontario farm workers prompt coroner's call for changes
CBC, April 27, 2021
Windsor-Essex to launch COVID-19 vaccinations for farm workers
CBC, April 16, 2021
Canada's migrant farmworkers remain at risk a year into pandemic
Reuters, April 14, 2021
'It's a win, win, win'; Southwestern Ontario Farm community hails worker vaccine pilot program
CTV News, April 11, 2021
Migrant farm worker airport COVID-19 vaccine pilot begins in Toronto
Global News, April 10, 2021
Migrant farm worker vaccine pilot to run at Toronto airport this weekend
CTV News, April 9, 2021
Advocates call for accessible COVID-19 vaccine plan for Ontario migrant farm workers
National Post, April 8, 2021
march 2021
Has Ontario changed its approach to migrant-worker housing?
TVO, March 29, 2021
Ontario wants to see agriculture workers vaccinated on arrival in Canada
CBC, March 25, 2021
‘Everyone is at risk’: Migrants and undocumented workers need the COVID-19 vaccine too
Global News, March 20, 2021
New rules for migrant workers arriving in Canada
CTV News, March 18, 2021
New federal measures for migrant farm workers won't prevent more COVID outbreaks: labour group
Financial Post, March 17, 2021
For the second time Ontario is failing farm workers on COVID protections
Toronto Star, March 17, 2021
Haldimand-Norfolk health unit criticized over rule for migrant workers
Norfolk and Tillsonburg News, March 8, 2021
‘That’s discrimination’: Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit denies fresh air breaks for migrant farm workers quarantining in hotels
Hamilton Spectator, March 4, 2021
february 2021
Groups call for migrant workers to get safe, priority access to COVID-19 vaccine
CTV News, February 25, 2021
Advocacy groups call for COVID-19 vaccine plan for migrants, undocumented workers
CBC, February 24, 2021
Coronavirus: Windsor could close migrant farm worker isolation hotel, warns of funding shortfall
Global News, February 23, 2021
This migrant worker got fired after raising COVID-19 concerns. Now he’s stranded in Mexico amid travel restriction ‘chaos’
Toronto Star, February 18, 2021
One in five farms not compliant with COVID rules, early inspections find
London Free Press, February 16, 2021
Ontario government to ramp up pandemic safety inspections on farms
Toronto Star, February 4, 2021
WECHU calls for federal control of quarantine for migrant workers upon arrival in Ontario
Global News, February 5, 2021
january 2021
Coronavirus: Ontario ramps up COVID-19 safety inspections on farms ahead of growing season
Global News, January 27, 2021
Ontario to ramp up farm inspections as migrant workers arrive for new season of work
CBC, January 27, 2021
‘Already it was hard. Now, it’s become impossible’: Pandemic highlights barriers to healthcare for migrant workers
Healthy Debate, January 25, 2021
DECEMBER 2020
Hundreds of migrant workers expect to be stranded in Canada over Christmas
CTV, December 22, 2020
Canada will allow stranded farm workers to apply for open work permits, access supports
CBC, December 16, 2020
Stuck in Canada, hundreds of migrant farm workers get help from federal government
Toronto Star, December 16, 2020
'Exiled in Canada': 400 migrant workers unable to return home
London Free Press, December 16, 2020
NOVEMBER 2020
Bitter Harvest
CBC Fifth Estate, November 29, 2020
Auditor General report critical of provincial response to COVID-19 among migrant workers
CBC, November 25, 2020
COVID outbreaks on farms reveal crack in system that migrant workers slip through, say health-care workers
CBC Radio, November 20, 2020
Migrant worker advocates not satisfied with government strategy to prevent COVID-19 on farms
CBC News, November 16, 2020
Migrant worker who took on boss and won is a 'very brave, exceptional man,' says lawyer
CBC Radio, November 12, 2020
COVID-19’s heavy toll pushed Ottawa to propose these changes to how migrant farm workers are housed
Toronto Star, November 5, 2020
40 workers at Elgin County orchard test positive for COVID-19
CBC, November 3, 2020
OCTOBER 2020
‘The situation is very sad and painful.’ Relative of migrant worker who died of COVID-19 speaks of ‘overwhelming’ grief
Toronto Star, October 13, 2020
Ontario, federal governments open agri-food relief program
CBC, October 13, 2020
Public health won’t tell us which employers have COVID-19 outbreaks. But we obtained WSIB data to help paint a picture.
Toronto Star, October 11, 2020
Migrant worker advocate says Kingsville outbreak expected, not surprising
CBC, October 9, 2020
Why does Canada's agricultural industry erase migrant farmworkers from advertising campaigns?
Rabble, October 2, 2020
SEPTEMBER 2020
Pandemic in the fields: The harsh realities temporary foreign workers face in Canada
CTV News, September 26, 2020
Throne speech offers little systemic change for migrant workers, refugees
The Conversation, September 24, 2020
Temporary foreign workers in B.C. ask Ottawa for pathway to citizenship as province rolls out new protections
CTV News, September 20, 2020
Case of migrant worker who says he was fired for speaking out about COVID-19 at Ontario farm begins at labour board
Toronto Star, September 14, 2020
Time for Canada to improve conditions for foreign workers
The Western Producer, September 10, 2020
Okanagan pear, apple growers facing significant crop losses due to labour shortage
Global News, September 2, 2020
AUGUST 2020
Coronavirus: Canada’s migrant farm workers face fatal COVID-19 outbreaks, alleged mistreatment
Global News, August 28, 2020
Canada hires thousands of migrant farm workers. Why?
Tricity News, August 27, 2020
Canada Saw The Migrant Farmer COVID-19 Crisis Coming—And It's Our Job To Fix It
Chatelaine, August 25, 2020
The flaw in the food system: Are Canadians ready for the consequences of paying farm workers more?
Financial Post, August 22, 2020
Migrant worker program to undergo federal audit following massive COVID-19 outbreaks on Canadian farms
Toronto Star, August 20, 2020
Migrant farm workers call for safety from reprisals for speaking out
Globe and Mail, August 16, 2020
Large scale reform essential to protecting Canada’s migrant workers
Hamilton Spectator, August 14, 2020
Quebec farms face rotting harvests and revenue losses with migrant worker shortage
CBC, August 13, 2020
Migrant worker alleges 'kidnapping' off local farm after abuse complaints
Windsor Star, August 8, 2020
Migrant workers on farm across Canada are being told they can’t leave, raising human rights concerns
Globe and Mail, August 3, 2020
JULY 2020
Migrant farm workers face never ending precarity and vulnerability
Rabble, July 31, 2020
Migrant worker who got COVID-19 says he was fired from Ontario farm for speaking out
CTV News, July 30, 2020
Doug Ford’s Ministry Of Labour is Giving Migrant Worker Employers Advance Notice of COVID-19 Inspections
Press Progress, July 29, 2020
Groups donate PPE to agri-sector as spectre of mandatory testing looms
CBC, July 27, 2020.
Migrant workers in Canada stage multi-city protest, call for more COVID-19 protections
Global News, July 4, 2020
Migrant workers stage multi-city action for full status amid COVID-19 risks
CP24, July 4, 2020
'This is the answer' — $20M development aims for healthy, happy migrant workers
Windsor Star, July 3, 2020
Doug Ford says he was wrong about migrant workers hiding from COVID-19 tests
Globe and Mail, July 3, 2020
Migrant workers in Canada stage multi-city protest, call for more COVID-19 protections
CBC News, July 4, 2020
VIDEO: Labour-migration expert discusses protecting Canada's temporary foreign workers
CBC News, July 2, 2020
Black History is Niagara-on-the-Lake's History
Niagara-on-the-Lake Local, July 1, 2020
Employers who withhold workers' passports to face steeper fines under proposed Ontario law
CBC News, March 20, 2023
JUNE 2020
Windsor medical officer won’t let migrant farm workers with asymptomatic COVID-19 back to work
Globe and Mail, June 30, 2020
Ottawa vows crackdown on employers violating health protection rules for migrant farm workers
Globe and Mail, June 22, 2020
A lesson learned early: How B.C. has avoided major COVID-19 outbreaks among migrant farm workers
Globe and Mail, April 13, 2020
Third migrant farm worker dies as Canada reaches deal with Mexico
Globe and Mail, June 21, 2020
Information revealed about video showing alleged local migrant worker living conditions
CBC News, June 18, 2020
Ottawa says 'critical' to act to address local COVID-19 farm 'crisis'
Windsor Star, June 18, 2020
The Hand That Feeds You
Maison Nueve, June 17, 2020
Pair of migrant workers test positive for COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce, cluster contained
The Owen Sound Sun Times, June 17, 2020
Not enough done to protect migrant farm workers: PM
Globe and Mail, June 16, 2020
Essential but expendable: How Canada failed migrant farm workers
Globe and Mail, June 16, 2020
Mexico hits pause on sending temporary foreign workers after COVID-19 death
CBC News, June 15, 2020
Windsor-Essex region sees recent spike in COVID-19 cases among agri-food workers
Globe and Mail, June 10, 2020
If Canadian consumers ‘knew the work, they’d value the workers'
The Waterloo Region Record, June 15, 2020
Windsor June 11 COVID-19 update
CBC Windsor, June 11, 2020
Windsor June 10 COVID-19 update: 38 new cases all in agri-farm workers
CBC Windsor, June 10, 2020
Spike in COVID-19 cases among migrant workers in southwestern Ontario
Toronto Star, June 9, 2020
Calling migrant workers’ deaths ‘avoidable,’ group launches COVID-19 website
Toronto Star, June 9, 2020
Migrant farm workers ‘in crisis’ amid pandemic, report says
Toronto Star, June 8, 2020
Exploitation, abuse, health hazards rise for migrant workers during COVID-19, group says
CBC News, June 8, 2020
Farmer at centre of local COVID-19 outbreak spent $700,000 to isolate workers
National Post, June 2, 2020
As more migrant workers contract COVID-19, advocates urge for system to change
CBC News, June 2, 2020
Ontario farms struggle to contain COVID-19 as migrant workers test positive
Globe and Mail, June 3, 2020
Advocates for migrant workers push for more rights during pandemic
CBC News, June 1, 2020
Chief Coroner of Ontario to investigate local migrant worker's COVID-19 death
Windsor Star, June 1, 2020
VIDEO: Health Teams Visit Migrant Workers
CTV News Windsor, June 2020
MARCH - MAY 2020
Haldimand-Norfolk is no longer distributing ID cards to migrant workers
CBC, May 20, 2020
Haldimand-Norfolk issues COVID-19 ID cards to migrant farm workers
CBC, May 11, 2020
Migrant workers need more protection during the pandemic, say advocates
National Post, May 7, 2020
Fears for worker and food safety mount for Ontario greenhouse under COVID-19 outbreak
CBC News, April 29, 2020
Norfolk County, Ont. coming up with their own plan to assist farmers with incoming migrant worker
Fruit & Vegetable, March 31, 2020
Norfolk County coming up with their own plan to assist farmers
Norfolk Today, March 28, 2020