SOCIOL 2QQ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Permanent Residency In Canada
17 Oct 2017
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Ch 17: the politics of family and immigration in the subordination of domestic workers in canada, sedef arat-koc. Affordable care in licensed-regulated facilities limited + most parents work full time = crisis of care. Historically: country responded by bringing in foreign workers under various restrictive immigration policies to works as caregivers/nannys. Most female, from impoverished countries, many mothers themselves = prevented them coming with children. Gives history of domestic service in canada (*don"t need to know details of plans) Discussion of previous immigration policy with live-in requirement (eliminated in. 2014) replaced with program that has been heavily criticized. Harder for women to get employment in canada. Limits number of people who can apply for permanent residence status. Tighten requirements of people it allows to come in (higher levels of education, language, etc. ) Policies that have been put in place historically have tremendous disservice to foreign workers who come to work here (aka domestics )
