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Allahdua, Gabriel.
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Allahdua, Gabriel.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign -- Canada -- Biography.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Foreign workers -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Foreign workers, West Indian -- Canada.
West Indians -- Canada -- Biography.
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Allahdua, Gabriel.
Allahdua, Gabriel.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign -- Canada -- Biography.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Foreign workers -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Foreign workers, West Indian -- Canada.
West Indians -- Canada -- Biography.
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Harvesting
freedom
: the
life
of a
migrant
worker
in
Canada
/ by Gabriel Allahdua with Edward Dunsworth.
by
Allahdua, Gabriel.
Between the Lines, 2023.
Call #:
331.544092 A416h
Subjects
Allahdua, Gabriel.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign --
Canada
-- Biography.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign --
Canada
-- Social conditions.
Foreign workers --
Canada
-- Social conditions.
Foreign workers, West Indian --
Canada
.
West Indians --
Canada
-- Biography.
ISBN:
9781771136181 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Life
of a
migrant
worker
in
Canada
Description:
xxi, 186 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.
Summary:
"In this singular firsthand account, a former
migrant
worker
reveals a disturbing system of exploitation at the heart of
Canada
's farm labour system. When Gabriel Allahdua applied to the Seasonal Agricultural
Worker
Program in
Canada
, he thought he would be leaving his home in St. Lucia to work in a country with a sterling human rights reputation and commitment to multiculturalism. Instead, breakneck quotas and a culture of fear dominated his four years in a mega-greenhouse in Ontario. This deeply personal memoir takes readers behind the scenes to see what
life
is really like for the people who produce
Canada
's food. Now, as a leading activist in the
migrant
justice movement in
Canada
, Gabriel is fighting back against the Canadian government to demand rights and respect for temporary foreign labourers.
Harvesting
Freedom
shows
Canada
's place in the long history of slavery, colonialism, and inequality that has linked the Caribbean to the wider world for half a millennium--but also the tireless determination of Caribbean people to fight for their
freedom
."--Barnes&Noble.
Originally from St. Lucia, Gabriel Allahdua worked as a
migrant
farm
worker
in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program for four years, from 2012 to 2015, before leaving the program to seek permanent residency in
Canada
. Now a leading voice in the
migrant
justice movement, Allahdua is an organizer with Justicia for
Migrant
Workers and an outreach
worker
with The Neighbourhood Organization, providing services to
migrant
workers across southwestern Ontario. He lives in Toronto with his two adult children and his grandson. Edward Dunsworth is a historian of migration and labour and assistant professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University. He lives in Longueuil, Quebec, with his wife and two children.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Dunsworth, Edward.
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