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DESCRIPTION:Old Chancellor Day Hall\, Common Room \, 3644\nrue Peel Montrea
 l\, H3A 1W9\, Quebec\nAn Oppenheimer Chair Brown Bag Lunch Seminar\nwith V
 eena Verma.\n \nABSTRACT\nHistorically\, migrant workers have been used by
  the state to\naddress labour shortages. As a British Columbia mining exec
 utive\nexpressed in 1903: 'We need immigrant workers...for the jobs\nCanad
 ians won't do.' In this session\, the speaker will review the\ngenesis of 
 migrant worker programs in Canada as the state's\nresponse to labour short
 ages in sectors that have poor working\nconditions and low wages.  The sta
 te's response will be\nexamined in the context of immigration policies and
  race. The\nsession will focus specifically on the systemic features of\nt
 emporary foreign worker programs that make migrant workers' rights\nprecar
 ious and reinforce racial stereotypes.  Finally\, the\nsession will review
  the political and legal strategies pursued in\nsupporting migrant workers
  and seeking changes to migrant worker\nprograms that allow for exploitive
  working conditions.\n \nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nVeena Verma is a lawyer and co
 nsultant working in the areas of\nhuman rights\, labour\, and internationa
 l law. She has extensive\nexperience litigating and researching issues aff
 ecting migrant\nworkers' rights both in Canada and abroad. Recently\, she 
 completed\na project working with Chinese officials to improve labour righ
 ts\nenforcement for migrant workers in China. In 2002\, she was retained\n
 by the North South Institute to prepare the first comprehensive\nreport on
  the legal and policy framework of the Seasonal\nAgricultural Worker Progr
 am in Canada.Between 1999-2008\, Veena was\na practicing lawyer and partne
 r at Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton\nMcIntyre & Cornish in Toronto. During this 
 time\, she acted as\nco-counsel for the UFCW Canada in three constitutiona
 l challenges\non behalf of agricultural and migrant workers relating to th
 eir\ncoverage under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act\; the\n
 right to collectively bargain\; and the treatment of migrant\nagricultural
  workers under the Employment Insurance Act. Veena\nhas a Bachelor of Arts
  from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ and received her law\ndegree from the University o
 f Ottawa. She was called to the Bar of\nOntario in 1999.\n
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SUMMARY:Responding to the Precarious Rights of Migrant Workers in Canada
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