“We are part of this place, but I do not think I belong.” Temporariness, Social Inclusion and Belonging among Migrant Farmworkers in Southwestern Ontario
| Published date | 01 October 2021 |
| Author | Tanya Basok,Glynis George |
| Date | 01 October 2021 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12804 |
International Migration. 2021;59:99–112.
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wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/imig
Received: 22 Jun e 2020
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Revised: 25 Octo ber 2020
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Accepted: 6 Novemb er 2020
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12804
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
“We are part of this place, but I do not think I
belong.” Temporariness, Social Inclusion and
Belonging among Migrant Farmworkers in
Southwestern Ontario
TanyaBasok | Glynis George
© 2020 The Autho rs. Internation al Migration © 2020 IO M
Universit y of Windsor, Windsor
Funding information
MITACS Partne rship Grant
Abstract
The Canadian temporar y migration regime has been widely
criticised for its failure to provi de protections and ad dress
migrant needs. This article contributes to these critiques by
analysing how temporariness impacts the sense of belong-
ing and percept ions of social inclusion amon g farmworkers
in Canada. The sense of inclusion and belonging is vital for
individuals’ sense of well-being, and th erefore, a critique of
temporariness is incomplete w ithout it. Based on ethno -
graphic research conducted in 2018–2019 in a r ural com-
munity in Southweste rn Ontario, Canada, it documents
that, despite ce rtain initiatives to make temp orary migrant
workers feel welcomed, migr ants have not grown attached
to this place. We situate farmwo rkers’ limited sense of be-
longing i n the exclusionar y architecture of this lab our mi-
gration regime. We argue that two structural elements in
particular make it impossible for most migrant farmworkers
to feel connected to Canada—the forced separatio n from
their families, and t he lack of mobility within the labour
force.
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