Housing, health equity, and global capitalist power: Migrant farmworkers in Canada

Weiler, Anelyse M.; Caxaj, C. Susana

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117067

Social Science & Medicine

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117067

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Housing, health equity, and global capitalist power: Migrant farmworkers in Canada

Anelyse M. Weiler,

C. Susana Caxaj

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“You’re Just Stuck in a Hole, Really”: Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada

Caxaj,

Weiler

2024

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Worldwide, migrant agricultural workers face poor housing conditions and related health challenges. A growing body of research has documented the substandard housing often occupied by this largely racialized population. Yet limited health research has examined mechanisms of structural racism that determine this group’s poor housing and health. Drawing on interviews with 151 migrant farmworkers in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada, we documented the housing experiences faced by migrant agricultural workers and examined the role of structural racism in determining housing and health inequities. Our analysis identified four overlapping mechanisms by which migrants’ housing and health were determined by structural racism: (1) scarcity, (2) segregation, (3) sacrifice, and (4) stagnation. These mechanisms both reinforced and normalized housing hardships, making it difficult for migrants to escape unsafe or inadequate housing. Our findings point to the need for immediate action to improve housing conditions for this population and to interrogate the racist design that keeps migrant workers at the margins of society.

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“You’re Just Stuck in a Hole, Really”: Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada

Caxaj,

Weiler

2024

Qual Health Res

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Housing, health equity, and global capitalist power: Migrant farmworkers in Canada

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“You’re Just Stuck in a Hole, Really”: Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada

“You’re Just Stuck in a Hole, Really”: Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada

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