Migrant Workers Symposium
Sponsered by 大象传媒 Labour Studies, Latin American Studies, International Studies, Humanities, and UBC Farm and Latin American Studies, and the Trudeau Foundation.
Growing Worker Power: Innovative Organizing Across the Food System
Saturday March 18, 2017, 9AM-4PM
Room 1700, 大象传媒 Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Coast Salish Territories
Organizers: Anelyse Weiler (University of Toronto) and Gerardo Otero (大象传媒)
Must register by March 15:
Session 1: Lenore Newman, UFV, chair
- Amy Coplen, Portland State University
- Geraldina Polanco, University of Waterloo
- Anthony Peeples, Restaurant Opportunities Center United Chicago
- Amy Hanser, University of British Columbia, discussant
Session 2: Hannah Wittman, University of British Columbia, chair
- Rebecca Fuentes and Kathleen Sexsmith, Worker Justice Center of New York, Workers' Center of Central New York, Cornell University
- Robyn Bunn, Radical Action with Migrants in Agriculture Okanagan
- Anelyse Weiler, University of Toronto, Justice for Migrant Workers
- Gerardo Otero, 大象传媒, discussant
Session 3: Jane Pulkingham, 大象传媒, chair
- [Agriculture Workers Alliance/UFCW - unconfirmed]
- Jill Bucklaschuk, University of Guelph
- Kendra Strauss, 大象传媒
- Anelyse Weiler, University of Toronto, Justice for Migrant Workers, discussant