@Steph_Mayell

Anthropologist, researcher, mom. Research areas: migrant farmworkers, injury, healthcare, race, history, emotion, Jamaica. MWHP: https://xitter.cf/t.co/V4a7RazXRu

 Oshawa
stephaniemayell.academia.edu
Joined June 2020
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📣 Read my latest #research on Jamaican #farmworkers’ experiences of #occupationalinjury in #Canada , published with @SpringerNature in Dialectical Anthropology: doi.org/10.1007/s10624-024-0… link.springer.com/article/10…

“We are like broken vessels; we get thrown out”: the triple violence of injury among Jamaican...

Dialectical Anthropology - A form of indentured labour, Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) hires thousands of Jamaican farm workers each year on temporary contracts that...

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CoNaMi@CoNaMi1237815 May 2025
Decades of neglect in migrant farmworker housing needs national regulatory standards. #raisethebar Read our latest piece from @ConversationCA theconversation.com/decades-… by @susana_caxaj @anelysemw & @mcgillu @stFX colleagues with @ProfJMcLaughlin @Steph_Mayell @WesternU @uvic

Decades of neglect: Migrant farm worker housing needs national regulatory standards

Canada’s ability to produce food hinges on hiring migrant agricultural workers. Yet, housing for these workers is often overcrowded, dangerous and undignified.

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Susana Caxaj@susana_caxaj12 May 2025
Local coverage of our release of national housing standards for migrant agricultural workers on friday. This is just the beginning. #raisethebar @CoNaMi12378 @ProfJMcLaughlin @Steph_Mayell @JennaLHennebry @staceyjgomez @WesternU therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

Trees, lawns and pets are treated better than migrant farm workers, Waterloo forum told

A national coalition gathered in Waterloo to call on the federal government to improve substandard housing for migrant farm workers.

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Susana Caxaj@susana_caxaj9 May 2025
Our guidance document offers an evidence-informed blueprint for action. For too long workers' housing has been set to the floor. It's time for national standards #raisethebar toronto.citynews.ca/2025/05/… @CoNaMi12378 @ProfJMcLaughlin @NFUOntario @Steph_Mayell @bcfed @UFCWCanada

Canada's migrant workers exposed to unsafe conditions: report

Migrant agricultural workers in Canada are calling on the federal government to raise the bar on “dirty” and “inhumane” living conditions.

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CoNaMi@CoNaMi123789 May 2025
Today at 10am EST we are launching the National Housing Standards for migrant agricultural workers. Register here and join us as we #raisethebar for housing dignity. farmworkerhousing.ca/nationa…
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ONIWG@ONIWG21 Nov 2024
Today #WSIB and #Ontario announced that they will simply give $2.5 billion dollars to corporations in the Province while permanently injured & ill workers struggle in poverty, lose their homes & famililes, and can't access healthcare. What else could the WSIB do with $2.5B?
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Tomorrow! It's not too late to register for our Digital Day of Action for #migrantfarmworkers! You can join the Zoom call at 12-1pm EST or contact your reps throughout the day. To register and get the toolkit with all the info, go to linktr.ee/j4mw @j4mw
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Justice4MigrantWkers@j4mw11 Sep 2024
Excellent expose by @judyatrinh from @CTVNationalNews It’s time to end the abuse at the fed level @JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM @R_Boissonnault @theJagmeetSingh @ElizabethMay & province must act to protect #workers @fordnation @DavidPiccini ctvnews.ca/video/c2991445-ct…
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Justice4MigrantWkers@j4mw5 Sep 2024
Thanks to @nkeung for including critical perspective of fair food programs @foodchainworker Canada’s migrant farm workers need better protection. A new program could help — if grocery chains and consumers buy in thestar.com/news/canada/cana… via @torontostar

Canada’s migrant farm workers need better protection. A new program could help — if grocery chains...

The launch of a tool kit aims to provide incentives to ethical employers. Can it make a difference?

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Justice4MigrantWkers@j4mw17 Jul 2024
Demand #justice for Garvin Yapp, a migrant farmworker who died in a workplace accident on August 14, 2022. Rally: 400 University Ave at 3pm Toronto time (Ministry of Labour.)Garvin's employer is facing a prosecution in his death. It's time to say it loud: NO MORE DEATHS!
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"Migrant agricultural workers are employed in one of Canada’s most hazardous industries," writes @Steph_Mayell @ProfJMcLaughlin, Jenna L Hennebry via @ConversationCA Media, contact McLaughlin's #InformedOps @ bit.ly/31LB9dg theconversation.com/despite-…
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Despite Ontario workers’ compensation reforms, migrant workers are still being left behind "Most seriously injured migrant workers remain unemployed, and without compensation benefits, relegated to a life of poverty and poor health." theconversation.com/despite-…

Despite Ontario workers’ compensation reforms, migrant workers are still being left behind

Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board must ensure all injured migrant workers — past, present and future — are spared systemic discrimination in the wake of its recent apology.

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rabble.ca@rabbleca9 Jul 2024
An open letter from Justice for Migrant Workers is calling for immediate provincial supports and protections for agricultural workers in the face of extreme heat. buff.ly/3WeLzLI @j4mw #canlab #onpoli
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Theodoros Fouskas@TFouskas17 Jun 2024
📢CFP #SocialSciences @MDPIOpenAccess welcomes your submissions for a #SpecialIssue #Migration,#Labour & #Health: Unravelling the Links between Labour Exploitation & Health Disparities of Migrant Workers co-edited w/@gusmano_mk & @ProfJMcLaughlin DL 09/30 t.ly/J0zL-
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The WSIB is reviewing 50 claims dating back to 2007 and will likely be paying out millions in retroactive compensation to #migrantworkers injured in #Ontario. cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/m…

Ontario to change how it compensates injured migrant workers | CBC News

Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board says the changes affect how the board pays a worker who cannot return to a job due to injury,...

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Social Inclusion@CogitatioSI7 May 2024
How are migrants integrated into rural communities? Our new #openaccess issue answers this question beyond economic factors, examining social interactions and how migrants feel accepted. Issue: shorturl.at/ekI49
New open access issue "Migrants’ Inclusion in Rural Communities".

ALT New open access issue "Migrants’ Inclusion in Rural Communities".

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4 current #TemporaryForeignWorker streams will reduce to 2: those under bilateral agreements and an "open" category; cover year-round occupations in agriculture & food processing; allow #migrant workers to change employers within same industry. #Canada thestar.com/news/canada/cana…

Canada’s plan to overhaul its temporary foreign worker program revealed

Program would cover more occupations in agriculture and food, and let workers change employers within the same industry, according to a copy of the proposal obtained by the Star.

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We see that OHIP is trending 👀 Ontario already has a two-tiered healthcare system. Thousands of migrants who live or work here are denied access to healthcare. Universal healthcare coverage MUST include EVERYONE. Sign the petition: tinyurl.com/keepcoverage #Healthcare4All
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Justice4MigrantWkers@j4mw23 Mar 2024
Advocates say more change still needed in foreign worker program, even as impact limited in Essex County cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/f…

Advocates say more change still needed in foreign worker program, even as impact limited in Essex...

Ottawa is placing more stringent requirements on employers to prove they’ve exhausted local options — including hiring asylum seekers with valid work permits.

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The Tyee@TheTyee24 Feb 2024
When migrant farmworkers break bones, fall from ladders or have pesticides drift into their eyes, Javier Robles says they often have two questions. 1) How they can get care. 2) Whether they can afford it. @zakvescera reports. #bclab thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/23/H…

The Health-Care Crisis for Foreign Farmworkers | The Tyee

Barriers leave them to battle through injury or illness, or quit and go home.

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