Posts by Susana Caxaj

About Susana Caxaj

Susana Caxaj is a registered nurse and Assistant Professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University. She is also the co-lead for a Vancouver Foundation-funded Support Model Pilot Project for migrant agricultural workers in the BC Interior region.

Protecting the health and rights of migrant agricultural workers during the COVID-19 outbreak should be a priority

Apr 1, 2020
Manually skilled migrant workers contribute vitally to the Canadian food chain, including to agricultural and seafood industries. But food security cannot be achieved on the backs of workers who are denied equal access to social protections and benefits, and made uniquely vulnerable to coronavirus transmission. With news about this week’s community outbreak among migrant agricultural workers… View Article