Raúl Gatica draws our attention to “Foreign Workers, Local Neighborhoods”, a website about temporary foreign workers in Vancouver.
As the site puts it:
Foreign Workers, Local Neighbours is a multimedia campaign to inform the public about the challenges of temporary foreign workers in Vancouver. The project is borne out of the efforts of different community representatives, policy makers, advocates and residents who aim to build awareness of temporary foreign workers’ experiences in the city.
This interactive project is important because Vancouver recruits thousands of migrant workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program every year. Although TFWs make substantial economic contributions to Canada, their personal stories are often unheard and their rights unquestioned.
Gatica’s own contribution is to an article by Krystle Alarcon, “Local food isn’t ethically produced in BC”, about Mexican seasonal agricultural workers.