Migrant Labour and Social Justice: A Panel in Honour of Dr. Kerry Preibisch

Date and Time

Location

In-person: ROZH 102

Online: Zoom (link to be distributed)

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Please join us for a lively and engaging discussion on the role of transnational migration in Canadian and global agriculture. The panel will feature commentary from Dr. Evelyn Encalada Grez, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Anthropology, and Labour Studies at Simon Fraser University, Dr. Warren Dodd, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Sally Humphries, Professor Emerita of Sociology and International Development at the University of Guelph, and Gabriel Allahdua, agricultural farm worker activist and a Visiting Fellow in the Grounded Theory Lab at the University of Guelph. As well as discussing the changing nature of agricultural labour markets, the panel will celebrate the life of Kerry Preibisch, whose lifelong commitment to community engaged research and migrant labour rights shaped - and continues to shape - the study of labour relations, transnational migration, and global development.