How we treat migrant workers who put food on our tables

Documentary filmmaker and OCAD University associate professor Min Sook Lee has been documenting the voices of migrant farm workers in Canada for two decades. What she has to say about how these workers have been treated during COVID-19 shatters any remaining myths about “Canada the Good.” How do we treat the workers that put food on our tables?Show notes: https://theconversation.com/how-we-treat-migrant-workers-who-put-food-on-our-tables-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-4-153275Related articles: COVID-19's impact on migrant workers adds urgency to calls for permanent statushttps://theconversation.com/covid-19s-impact-on-migrant-workers-adds-urgency-to-calls-for-permanent-status-148237Migrant worker segregation doesn't work: COVID-19 lessons from Southeast Asiahttps://theconversation.com/migrant-worker-segregation-doesnt-work-covid-19-lessons-from-southeast-asia-155260Profits trump COVID-19 protections for migrant seafood workers in Atlantic Canadahttps://theconversation.com/profits-trump-covid-19-protections-for-migrant-seafood-workers-in-atlantic-canada-154920Status for all: Pathways to permanent residency in Canada need to include every migranthttps://theconversation.com/status-for-all-pathways-to-permanent-residency-in-canada-need-to-include-every-migrant-157855ICYMI: Migrant workers face further social isolation and mental health challenges during coronavirus pandemichttps://theconversation.com/migrant-workers-face-further-social-isolation-and-mental-health-challenges-during-coronavirus-pandemic-134324 (April 2020)Coronavirus: Canada stigmatizes, jeopardizes essential migrant workershttps://theconversation.com/coronavirus-canada-stigmatizes-jeopardizes-essential-migrant-workers-138879 (June 2020)Canada’s Emergency Response Benefit does nothing for migrant workershttps://theconversation.com/canadas-emergency-response-benefit-does-nothing-for-migrant-workers-136358 (May 2020)Full transcript: https://theconversation.com/how-we-treat-migrant-workers-who-put-food-on-our-tables-dont-call-me-resilient-ep-4-transcript-154630Join The Conversation about this podcast:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConversationCA  #DontCallMeResilientInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconversationdotcomFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConversationCanadaNewsletter: https://theconversation.com/ca/newsletters/Contact us: [email protected]