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When Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan landed in Vancouver 25 years ago from Malaysia, she was told her foreign credentials would make it hard to find employment as a social worker and was encouraged to apply for minimum wage jobs. In this episode, Sobhana is in conversation with Am Johal about the joy of finding community in a new place — and the barriers to employment she experienced as a newcomer to Canada.Sobhana tells stories from her journey as a social worker and public servant, sharing how her dedication to service and relationship-building led her to her current role as SFU’s Associate Vice-President, External Relations, where she liaises with governments and communities to help facilitate social inclusion and reconciliation initiatives at the university.
Author: Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-11-24
Dr. Evelyn Encalada Grez is a transnational labour scholar, organizer and co-founder of Justice for Migrant Workers and Assistant Professor in Labour Studies at Simon Fraser University. She has worked with migrant farmworkers for two decades across rural Canada, Mexico and Guatemala. She has mobilized her research in various venues such as the UN in New York, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and collaborated in various multidisciplinary projects to amplify the voices of migrant workers. Her research has focused on the experiences of Mexican migrant women who forge transnational livelihoods between Canada and Mexico. Currently, she is conducting research on the effects of the pandemic on migrant farmworkers within a transnational perspective.Resources:Evelyn's Twitter: twitter.com/professor_evyJustice For Migrant Workers: harvestingfreedom.org/who-we-are/Justice For Migrant Workers on Twitter: twitter.com/j4mwCODEMUH: codemuh.hn/El Contrato film: www.nfb.ca/film/el_contrato/Migrant Dreams film: www.tvo.org/video/documentaries…ams-feature-version'Contestations of the Heart' essay: www.inderscience.com/storage/f101237925168114.pdf 'Between Hearts and Pockets' essay: doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2013.834131'The Other Side of el Otro Lado' essay: doi.org/10.1086/605483
Author: Evelyn Encalada Grez, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng
Date created: 2021-11-18
Alicia Massie is a Joseph Armand Bombardier Doctoral Scholar and PhD Candidate at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Beyond her academic work she works as an educator, labour organizer, and community activist. Her activism and academic work focus on the intersections of gender, labour, and race in late capitalism, as well as investigating Canadian petro-capitalism from a socialist feminist perspective.Resources:— Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: www.policyalternatives.ca/— SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative: www.sfu.ca/ceri.html— Progressive Economics Forum: www.progressive-economics.ca/— Centre for Future Work: www.futurework.org.au/
Author: Massie, Alicia, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-07-20
Marc Lee is a Senior Economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' BC Office. In addition to tracking federal and provincial budgets and economic trends, Marc has published on a range of topics from poverty and inequality to globalization and international trade to public services and regulation. Marc is the Co-Director of the Climate Justice Project, a research partnership with UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning that examines the links between climate change policies and social justice.Resources: Climate Justice Project: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/projects/climate-justice-projectMarc Lee's Posts on Policy Note: https://www.policynote.ca/author/marclee/Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/Marc's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcLeeCCPA International Panel on Climate Change, 2021 report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
Author: Marc Lee, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-09-14
Alicia Massie is a Joseph Armand Bombardier Doctoral Scholar and PhD Candidate at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Beyond her academic work she works as an educator, labour organizer, and community activist. Her activism and academic work focus on the intersections of gender, labour, and race in late capitalism, as well as investigating Canadian petro-capitalism from a socialist feminist perspective. Resources: — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/— SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative: https://www.sfu.ca/ceri.html— Progressive Economics Forum: https://www.progressive-economics.ca/— Centre for Future Work: https://www.futurework.org.au/
Author: Massie, Alicia, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-07-20