Infodemic Deportability: Risks Confronting Essential Migrant Agricultural Workers from Latin America and the Caribbean During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

My remarks will focus on the treatment of seasonal migrant workers in agriculture in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will explore how dis/mis/information exacerbated the externalization of the costs of and risks confronting this group of workers perform essential work in the agri-food, with particular attention to those migrating from Latin America and the Caribbean.