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In a new published article, Maike Isaac (PhD candidate) and Prof. Jennifer Elrick assess how COVID-19 can prompt a revaluation of the legal statuses of “essential” migrant workers

Published: 24 November 2020

In "" (published in Ethnic and Racial Studies) Maike Isaac and Prof.Jennifer Elrick assess the potential impact of COVID-19 on the precarious legal statuses of “essential” migrant workers in countries of the Global North. The article discusses two frames of deservingness  – based on work and based on sacrifice – as having the potential to facilitate claims for improved legal status.This publication is part of an ongoing research project entitled "Changing the Social Value of Work? The Effects of Covid-19 on Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP)." The project is funded by the 91 COVID-19 Rapid Response Social Sciences and Humanities Award & MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding (ECRF).

The full article can be read here: .

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