A Case for Certified Interpreters for Participants in the Canada/Mexico Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program

Mysyk, Avis; England, Margaret; Gallegos, Juan Arturo Avila

doi:10.17730/humo.68.3.6g012756050r04h8

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“…The categories we established were : people ineligible for medicare (undocumented, permanent residents on the 3-month delay) ; foreign students who were ineligible for Medicare but likely to have private insurance ; 2 refugee claimants insured by the Interim Federal Health Program ; 3 and Temporary Foreign Workers who were eligible for medicare but whose difficulties accessing healthcare are well documented (Hennebry, 2010 ;Mysyk et al, 2009). Data were collected through both a survey (n =211) and follow-up interviews with a subset of survey respondents who identified barriers in access to healthcare (n =31).…”

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Pathways to Healthcare for Migrant Workers : How Can Health Entitlement Influence Occupational Health Trajectories ?

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Lippel³

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Pathways to Healthcare for Migrant Workers : How Can Health Entitlement Influence Occupational Health Trajectories ?

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Gravel²,

Lippel³

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“…Historically, Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) was a transnational employment program established in 1966 in response to employer reports of a shortage of lowwage agricultural laborers in Canada (André, 1990;Horgan & Liinamaa, 2015;Mysyk et al, 2009;Polanco & Zell, 2017). The reported decrease in and continuing demand for agricultural workers in Canada led Canadian farmers to recruit workers from low-income countries as a stopgap measure (André, 1990;Polanco & Zell, 2017).…”

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Allied Interpreters: Exploring the Role Perception and Ethics of Uncertified Interpreters Supporting Migrant Agricultural Workers in British Columbia

Marthyman

2022

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Uncertified interpreters enable migrant agricultural workers in Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program to access key resources and connect with community. Through providing a range of services, including support work and advocacy, interpreters assist migrant workers at risk of exploitation and injury in Canada. This article explores how uncertified interpreters navigate the power dynamics between migrant workers, interpreters, and other actors. Moreover, this article investigates how uncertified interpreters perceive their role and the ethical values that guide their communicative methods. This study’s research findings show that interpreters may adopt a pro-worker role perception as they gain knowledge of the disempowerment experienced by migrant workers. Arising from this role perception, interpreters may also adopt pro-worker ethical values that renounce interpreter neutrality in favour of accessibility and an explanatory communication style. Ultimately, this article contends that uncertified interpreters may reject some traditional interpretation guidelines to adopt a role perception, ethical framework, and communicative style perceived to be more well-suited to supporting migrant farm workers in British Columbia.

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“…As previously discussed, in contrast with English-speaking Caribbean workers, Mexicans' lack of English proficiency resulted in a labour force facing more challenges to complain 34 than those who spoke English. In agricultural occupations, a lack of skills in English or French proved to be detrimental to workers' health (Henebry, McLaughlin & Preibisch, 2015) and to limit workers' access to their rights (Basok, 2004), prompting some authors to make a case for certified interpreters (Mysyk et al, 2009). A lack of language skills also restricts access to social spaces of inclusion, human relations, identities, services, as well as responsibilities (De Luna-Villalón, 2011).…”

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The effect of lack of citizenship on the wages of low-skilled non-permanent resident workers in Canada

Palacio¹

2021

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This dissertation explores the effects of lack of citizenship on the wages of low-skilled Non-Permanent Residents (NPRs) in Canada—a category that includes temporary foreign workers, refugee claimants, and people with temporary resident visas on humanitarian grounds. The dissertation uses the 2006 census and quantitative methods (cross-tabulation and regression analysis) to evaluate wage differences between low-skilled workers without citizenship and low-skilled workers with citizenship or permanent resident status. Differences are calculated at the industry sector level and occupation level. The analysis further considers a set of intrinsic characteristics of low-skilled workers (including sex, level of education, official language ability and country of birth) and their occupations (provincial location, rural/urban setting). Empirically, this dissertation confirms that there is a penalty attached to lack of citizenship for low-skilled workers. In absolute terms, low-skilled NPRs earn low wages. In relative terms, these NPRs earn less than both the Canadian-born and immigrants low-skilled workers employed in the same occupations. Among low-skilled NPRs themselves, the Canadian labour market exhibits a hierarchy of wages and labour experiences on the lines of workers' country of birth, province of residence, and rural/urban place of work. Among low–skilled workers born in the same country, wages improve when either citizenship or the rights attached to permanent residence are acquired. From a policy perspective, the dissertation identifies the policy origins and drivers of low wages among low-skilled non-citizens. The thesis makes the case for the relevance of quantitative outcomes analyzed through a critical social lens. From a theoretical perspective too, the dissertation also shows how the state as a biased broker (towards capital) facilitates the implementation of non-citizenship as a means to accessing cheap labour.

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A Case for Certified Interpreters for Participants in the Canada/Mexico Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Pathways to Healthcare for Migrant Workers : How Can Health Entitlement Influence Occupational Health Trajectories ?

Pathways to Healthcare for Migrant Workers : How Can Health Entitlement Influence Occupational Health Trajectories ?

Allied Interpreters: Exploring the Role Perception and Ethics of Uncertified Interpreters Supporting Migrant Agricultural Workers in British Columbia

The effect of lack of citizenship on the wages of low-skilled non-permanent resident workers in Canada

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