http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725Podcast for Program: Health as a right? Prioritizing health for migrants doing agricultural work in Ontario Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000http://www.radio4all.net/program/40725On August 9th 2009, a series of health-related workshops brought together migrant people who live and work in various regions throughout Southwestern Ontario to the Centennial Arena in Niagara on the Lake (Virgil, ON) to participate in discussions about their health. The workshops centered around health barriers imposed by the work (which is very limited in options) that people are allowed to do under Canadian migrant worker programs; the excessive level of control these programs give to employers (via employer-specific work permits), and program administrators and enforcers, over the workers' lives; and strategies on how to reduce barriers and prioritize the well being of workers. I speak with a few of the event's organizers: Kate Sheese (researcher with Justicia For Migrant Workers (J4MW), MA in the History & Theory of Psychology), Evelyn Encalada Grez (co-founder of J4MW, researcher with Rural Women Making Change), and Ingrid Zea (Agriculture Workers Alliance in Virgil). Migrant Matters RadioTue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:58 +0000