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Government Academic Bibliography Law Non-governmental News Media J4MW in the News Organizations Maps Reference En Español Caribbean & Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program-Overview
2004 Agricultural Prevailing Wage Rates - Ontario Region
DFAIT Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
2006 HRSDC AGREEMENT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT IN CANADA OF SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FROM MEXICO
CONSEJERÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE MÉXICO EN CANADÁ, Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program
-Mexican workers in BC
-2004 Spanish version
-2006 HRSDC AGREEMENT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT IN CANADA OF COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS (pdf)
HRSDC Ontario Region Agricultural Programs and Services
HRSDC ASSESSMENT UNDER THE SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM
HRSDC FORMS AND CONTRACTS TO HIRE FOREIGN WORKERS IN CANADA
HIRING FOREIGN SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN CANADA
May 20, 2004-Press Release: Government of Canada Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program expanded in British Columbia
Ministry of Labour: Does the Employment Standards Act Cover Agricultural Workers?
Government of Quebec: Immigration Procedures for Seasonal Agriculture Worker
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency: Are Seasonal Workers Taxed in Canada?
Canada Revenue Agency: Seasonal Agriculutural Workers Program 2005 Tax Guide (pdf)
Ontario Provincial Submission to the Canada Health Act Annual Report 2001-2002. (See section 3.3 other categories of individuals. It claims migrant migrant workers are exempt from the three month waiting period for health cards.)
Consejeria Agrolementaria de Mexico en Canada Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Woerkers Program (pdf)
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Registration Form for Ontario Health Coverage (pdf)
DOWN UP Academic
Dr. Tanya Basok
-Diasporas, Cultural Divides, and Social Encounters: Mexican Workers and Their Rights (pdf)
- Tortillas and Tomatoes: Transmigrant Mexican Harvesters in Canada
- Centre for Comparative Immigration Studies: Human Rights and Citizenship-The Case of Mexican Migrants in Canada (April 4, 2003)
- Diasporas, Cultural Divides, and Social Encounters: Mexican Workers and Their Rights (pdf), Presented at The International Migration
- Conference in The Americas: Emerging Issues Conference. York University September 2003. Draft Document.
-International Migration, Mexican Seasonal Migration to Canada and Development: A Community-based Comparison, Volume 41.2 July 2003.
Centre for Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration:Borrowed Men on Borrowed Time: Globalization, Labour Migration and Local Economies in Alberta (Spring 1997) by Josephine Smart (PDF)
Rural Labour Force Project, University of Guelph
Dr. Deborah Barndt, Bibliography
- Foreign Environmental Activism and Sustainable Global Development "Fruits of Injustice:Women in the Post-NAFTA Food System"
- Women's Studies Quarterly- Women and the Environment "On the Move for Food: Three Women Behind the Tomato's Journey"
- Latin American Studies Association Annual Conference March 2000 "Women's Flexible Labour in the NAFTA Food System: Stories of Spatial and Temporal Migration
Jenna Hennebry, Wilfred Laurier University, Compilation on Mexican Migrant Workers http://www.jennahennebry.com/fences.html
Migrant and Seasonal Hired Adolescent Farmworkers: A Plan to Improve Working Conditions, November 2003,
National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety National Farm Medicine Center Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA
Sonia Di Biase & Harald Bauder University of Guelph (Research Project with some online articles) Immigrants in Rural Ontario: Labour Force Development, Settlement and Community Services
Harald Bauder & Kerry Preibisch University of Guelph (Research Project with some online articles) Community Impacts of Foreign Farm Workers in Ontario: A Comparative Analysis See Report in PDF Impact of Foreign Farm Workers in Rural Communities
Harald Bauder and Margot Cobin, Foreign Farm Workers in Ontario: Representations in the Newsprint Media
Forthcoming by Bauder: “Landscape and Scale in Media Representations: The Construction of Offshore Farm Labour in Ontario, Canada. ” Cultural Geographies (formerly Ecumene). / "Labor Movement: How Migration Regulates Labor Markets." New York: Oxford University Press.
The book contains three chapters on migrant farm workers in Ontario.
Globalization and International Migration Online Course Modules-U of T & CERIS
DOWN UP Environmental Inequality Bilbiography, by Dr. Andrew Szasz and Michael Meuser
Fighting Enviromental Racism: A Selected Annotated Bibliography by Irwin Weintraub
Migrant Farm Labour Legal Bibliography 2004-1980s, compiled by Adrian Smith-J4MW (pdf)
Bibliography on Migrant Farm Workers in North America, compiled by Katie Hinnenkamp-J4MW (pdf)
National Library of Medicine, Listing of Migrant Workers References
Canadian Anti-racism Education and Research Society: Search under "Racism and the Farm Labour: Bibliography" for link
Migrant Workers' Health Bibiliography Hartwick College, USA (some articles are relevant to the Canadian context)
Farm Worker Narratives/Oral History Student Archival Assingment by Megan Tremain, includes useful bibliography at the end
In-Print Materials for César Chávez and Migrant Farm Workers Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, Teacher Resource for Ceasar Chavez Day by Margaret Hill, Ph.D.
Annotated Bibliography of Fiction and Nonfiction on Migrant Farmworkers Prepared by the Staff of the Migrant Special Education Training Project, School of Education, New York
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, Prepared by Migrants Rights International
"The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle" Documentary Bibliography
Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers: A Selective Bibliography by the Boston Latin SchoolFull Decision of Dunmore v Ontario 2001 (Right to Organize for Farmworkers)
Synopsis of Dunmore Decision 2001
Charter Commitee on Poverty Issues Intervention on Behalf of Migrant Farmworkers in the Dunmore Decision 2001 (From CCPI)
International Law: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Migrant Workers
Non-governmental
World Wildlife Federation, Occupational Risks from Pesticides
Women and the Economy, Globalization & Food
Social Development Report, NGO Reports
At the Source, Summer 2002, Cultivating Health and Safety
North American Agreement on Labour Co-operation (NAALC) 2002, Protection of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Canada, Mexico, and the Unitied States (also in Spanish)
Guide to Labour and Employment Laws for Migrant Workers, NAALC
CUPE Ontario Issues: Human Rights Group Slams Tory Legislation
United Food and Commercial Workers Union National Report:Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada December 2002
Zindabad! BC Farmworkers Fight for Rights 1995 by Murry Bush and the Canadian Farmworkers' Union
North South Institute, Workshop Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations of the First Comprehensive Study on Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program November 21-22, 2003
Tom Clark, Migrant Workers In Canada (pdf), Inter-Church Committee for Refugees, May 2000
UFCW and Canadian Labour Congress National Report on the Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada (pdf), December 2002
The Regularizationof Non-status Immigrants in Canada by OCASI
Workers of Colour within the Global Economy (pdf) CLC Research Paper on Migrant Workers by Verda Cook, December 2004 *NEW
Status Campaign Documents for Discussion *NEW
DOWN UP News Media
Canada.com, Torturous Tunes Push Workers Over the Edge
CBC News, Migrant Workers
Western Producer, Thursday February 27, 2003, Union to Defend Farm Workers
PEI CBC Radio, January 24 2003, Farmers Say Migrant Help Wanted
World Socialist Web January 6, 2003, Ontario Tories Deny Farm Workers Trade Union Rights
CKtimes, December 17, 2002, Migrant Worker Rights Adopted by UN
Share, August 29,2002, Jamaican Farm Worker Dies, www.sharenews.com/8-29-home.html (Go to news subheading and click on 2nd story)
International Socialist Workers, Migrant Farmworker Killed on the Job
Trent Magazine, Who Grows our Food?
Birchmark Magazine,Oct 2002, Agricultural Sweatshops in Canada: government programs have been allowing maximum "flexibility" for employers for nearly forty years
Workers Rights, January, 1, 2004. Of Human Import-Migrant Farm Workers in Canada
Call for Inquest into Farm Workers Death, SHARE, December 22, 2004. *NEW
October 28, 2004. Eye Magazine. The fruits of their labour: One Toronto photographer turns his lens on the migrant workers who put food on our tables
October 11, 2004. Maclean's Magazine. Hard Time in Canadian Fields Conditions can be tough for our 19,000 migrant workers
December 18, 2003. Labour Start Government Responsible for Unjust Working Conditions For Migrant Farm Workers
Tue Dec 23 2003. Advocate, Migrant Worker Relief
Saturday August 29,2002. Jamaica Observer. Vigil in Canada for Dead Jamaican Farm Worker
August 30, 2002. Canada Newswire. (Press release) Justice for Migrant Farmworkers- A Vigil
The Coast, Peter Trainer, A Growing Concern
DOWN UP Stalker's Guide to International Migration: http://pstalker.com/migration
December 18th: International Migration Day: What is it?
Canada Immigrant Job Issues: http://www.canadaimmigrants.com/
David Oswald Mitchells Migrant Workers Home Page http://www.bethechange.ca/migrantworkers/index.html
Women in the Global Economy: Migration
Migration News: clearing house of information pertaining to migrant workers from the University of California at Davis http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/
Home Page of Journalist David Bacon: Bacon has covered issues pertaining to migrant farmworkers for over thirty years http://dbacon.igc.org/
IDEALS : International Development Education Advanced Learning Strategy http://www.ideals.nu/
Independent Study Committee on Mexico Glendon College, York University http://mexico2006.homelinux.org *NEW
Film (relating to im/migrant workers internationally)
El Contrato, National Film Board, Min Sook Lee. TV Ontario's educational webpage on El Contrato
El Contrato Viewer's Guide by Evelyn Encalada Grez
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle
H2 Worker, Stephanie Black.
Escuela, Hanna Weyer.
Aumento YA!, PCUN, Online Video, this video is a documentary on the struggle for justice and respect for migrant farm workers in Oregon
Featured Pan Left Video Immokalee: a story of slavery & freedom-www.panleft.org
DOWN UP Canadian Based
The London Diocesan Migrant Workers Committee
United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Agricultural Workers
ENLACE (Community Link) Inc
Community legal education of Ontario-www.cleo.on.ca
African Canadian Legal Clinic-www.aclc.netUSA Based
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United)-www.pcun.org
Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network
Coalition of Immokalee Workers-www.ciw-online.org
Labour Start Org-www.labourstart.org
Farm Worker Labour Organizing Committee-www.floc.com
Centro Campesino-www.centrocampesino.org
The Farmworkers Association, Florida-www.farmworkers.org
CITA (Centro Independiente de Trabajadores Agrícolas)--Independent Farmworkers Center-www.citany.org
The Farmworker Support Committee-El Comite de Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Agricolas-www.cata-farmworkers.org
December 18: Human Rights of Migrant Workers-www.december18. net
Pesticide Action Network North America: Farm Workers Campaign-www.panna.org/campaigns/workers.html
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights-www.nnirr.org/index.html
Open Directory Project of Organizations and Resources in North America
International
Equality Trade Union (South Korea Migrant Worker Unit)-migrant.nodong.net
Asian Migrant Centre-http://is7.pacific.net.hk/~amc
Mexico: CIEPAC-http://www.ciepac.org/index.html
Kav La'Oved, (Migrant Workers in Israel) www.kavlaoved.org.il
United Farm Workers of America-www.ufw.org
Maps (for the purpose of Outreach)
Official Road Map of Ontario: http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map
Map Quest: http://www.mapquest.ca
En Español
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Red Internacional de Migración y Desarrollo
Jornada UNAM: Canadá, Los Otros Braceros
CIEPAC: Los Trabajadores Mexicanos en Canada: Mano de Obra "Semiesclava" Que Fox Quiere Impulsa en EEUU Version en Ingles
Rosa María Vanegas García, Revista Mexicana De Estudios Canadienses: Mexico y el Caribe en el Programa Agricola Canadiense, Octubre de 2003. Vol.1. 6
Consulado General de Mexico en Toronto: PROGRAMA DE TRABAJADORES AGRICOLAS TEMPORALES MEXICO – CANADA
Documentos para Trabajadores Agricolas Mexicano del Consulado
Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social - México
DFAIT-Cooperación Canada-México
2004 ACUERDO PARA EL EMPLEO TEMPORAL DE TRABAJADORES AGRICOLAS MEXICANOS EN CANADA (pdf)
Antonieta, Barrón. Segmentación y flexibilización en los mercados de trabajo rurales, dos conceptos cuestionables en dos estudios de caso.
Jornaleros de San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico y jornaleros mexicanos migrantes a la región de frutas de Niagara on the Lake Ontario, Canada (pdf)
Ofelia Becerill Quintana. Relacion de Genero, Trabajo Transnacional y Migracion Temporal: Trabajadores y Trabajadoras Agricolas Mexicanas en Canada
Recursos Para Trabajadores - Resources for Workers in Spanish:
Aprenda sobre la enfermedad del tobaco verde: la experiencia de Juan
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001501-d001600/d001591/d001591-s.html
El Monstruo Verde: La Enfermedad del Tabaco Verde
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000101-d000200/d000144/d000144.pdf
El Terror Invisible http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000101-d000200/d000143/d000143.pdf
Informacion Sobre el Virus Westnile (pdf)
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