We publish reports examining the experiences, challenges, and issues affecting migrant workers across British Columbia, featuring collaborative research created with community groups and academic partners.

Browse our latest research, findings, and recommendations below.

Temporary Foreign Workers in British Columbia’s Agriculture Industry: Learning from Lived Experience

Dec 2025

Ali Bhagat, Kam Phung, Genevieve LeBaron, Marc Calabretta in collaboration with Migrant Workers Centre

A Promise of Protection? An assessment of IRCC decision-making under the VWOWP program

Mar 2022

Amanda Aziz | Migrant Workers Centre

Envisioning Justice for Migrant Workers: A Legal Needs Assessment

Mar 2018

Alexandra Rodgers | Migrant Workers Centre

The Potential of Human Rights Law to Address the Harms of Labour Exploitation and Human Trafficking

Nov 2016

Natalie Drolet, West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association and Bethany Hastie, Peter A. Allard School of Law,
University of British Columbia.
Continuing Legal Education Human Rights Law Conference 2016

An Overview of Canada’s New Caregiver Program: A Shift from Permanence to Precariousness?

2016

Natalie Drolet, West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association
Canada’s Immigration and Citizenship Bulletin, Thomson Reuters Canada

Paying to Get Paid: Report on Unjust Recruitment Practices of Temporary Foreign Workers in British Columbia

Dec 2015

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association

Caregivers and labour rights in BC: barriers to decent work

Dec 2015

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association

Labour Trafficking & Migrant Workers in BC

May 2014

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association

Access to Justice for Migrant Workers in BC

July 2013

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association