Notes
Community organizations
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Integration timeline
At what point during the integration process the study was conducted?
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Key populations
Temporary foreign workers
Key recommendations
This study has two major policy recommendations: (1) grant open work permits to temporary foreign workers, and (2) create pathways to citizenship for low-skilled temporary foreign workers in Alberta. The study also recognizes a need for future action research.
Key findings
This report examines recent policy changes of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program on these migrants specifically in Alberta. Based on qualitative focus groups with TFWs in Alberta; Findings from the focus groups reveal that the recent changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program policy have created a burden for temporary foreign workers as well as their employers, intensified the exploitation of migrant workers, and contributed to a high level of anxiety and poor mental health status among these workers.
Gaps identifed
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DOI: 10.7939/R3K649X11