Studies/Études : Experiences of Former Seasonal Agricultural Workers Who Settle in Rural Nova Scotia

Source: Atlantic Metropolis Centre.
"The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) has grown substantially since its inception in 1966. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of temporary foreign workers entering Nova Scotia under this program almost tripled, a rate of growth that far outstripped the national average."

"We offer a glimpse into the experiences of former participants in the SAWP in Nova Scotia who have transitioned to permanent residency through a small series of in-depth interviews. We focus in particular on the opportunities—or lack thereof—for the development of off-farm informal social ties with rural Nova Scotians, and on pathways to permanent residency. We find that the patterns of social and spatial isolation of migrant workers identified by research in other provinces are replicated in Nova Scotia, but are compounded by the small size and the relative isolation of their work sites."

Horgan, Mervyn, and Saara Liinamaa (2012). Double Precarity: Experiences of Former Seasonal Agricultural Workers Who Settle in Rural Nova Scotia. The Atlantic Metropolis Centre’s Working Papers Series. Working Paper No.46-2012.

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