Heart and mind are full for the generous and energizing #qualitative community at @EthnoAt to host us in Helsinki for 3 days of theorizing, writing, #ethnographic fieldwork, giving and receiving feedback, and more 🥰

Who works in temporary jobs and what is the impact of temporary jobs on earnings across different levels of education? See 👇. @CIRHR_UofT.

Wonderful day of discussing migration and the future of work in Paris with incredible colleagues and new friends 🥰 thank you @cercmigration and @ICMigrations for organizing!.

RT @ratnaomi: The talents of Canada's highly educated #immigrants are going to waste, @StatCan_eng says | @CBCNews .

We hear of #migration myths all the time, such as on borders. My brilliant friend and colleague, @maggie_perzyna produced this podcast with @cercmigration, and it was so concise, captivating, and easy to understand - have a listen! 👏🏻.

Excited to be part of this amazing community! 🙌.

Such an apt description of how migrants make sense of precarity, their understanding of control and transitionary nature in gig work. .

RT @MigrantRightsCA: Today! Rain or Shine! To the streets for #StatusForAll. TORONTO: 2pm, Christie Pits Park .MONTREAL: 2pm, Place du Cana….

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RT @GenderEconomy: September 27: GATE’s Research Associate Carmina Ravanera and PhD student @lalauram_ will offer one of the four short ta….

RT @IRPP: "Policymaking must consider whether all communities have access to care. Are care workers satisfied with their jobs? Are those in….

- where where groups of people are organized hierarchically through differential categories of belonging. From that lens, platform work has been allowed to thrive, reorganize and expand through the exploitative and exclusionary policies and practices of the nation state. 4/4.

and who this might not be true for. We also put platform work in the context of Canada’s immigration system, as Sharma (2006) had written on the dynamics of post-colonial ‘home economics’ - 3/4.

Building on our previous work, we found that there were visible typologies that emerged from our conversations with migrant platform workers. While there were overlaps, the macro, meso and micro factors highlighted for us how made platform work ‘work’. 2/4.

Beyond thrilled to share this work with @triandafyllidou at @cercmigration. As always, I am honoured to listen to these stories, these are people I have learned from and inspired by ✨ Here’s a quick snippet: 1/4.

I’ve heard #care platforms regarded as opportunities but more often, the question is - why are #platforms one of the few accessible options for migrant care workers? I wrote some thoughts👇@cercmigration @CIRHR_UofT.

RT @JMandryk: Significantly, the report comes just as the European Commission released draft legislation providing for full employment righ….

RT @Navjitkaurbrar: #DougFord has once again voted against #PaidSickDays. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, @fordnation has voted against….

We are looking to interview workers who have engaged with digital care/domestic platforms - for example: Staffy, Handy, TaskRabbit, Diem, Jiffy - for at least 6 months? With an honorarium for your time! Details 👇

RT @GigWorkersUnite: Help make this Fri-Sat-Sun #scaryseason for app bosses. Use our order-in kit and help worker #organizing. And tip that….