UTP, York University & University of Toronto Scarborough cordially invite you to the book launch of "Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship: Precarious Legal Status in Canada", edited by Luin Goldring and Patricia Landolt Thursday, May 9, 4-6pm at NEXUS Lounge, 12the Floor, Room 13-130, OISE (252 Bloor street West, Toronto). Join the co-editors, contributors and guest commentators for an afternoon of lively conversation. Please RSVP to University of Toronto Press at [email protected] by Monday, May 6. About the book: Most examinations of non-citizens in Canada focus on immigrants, people who are citizens-in-waiting, or specific categories of temporary, vulnerable workers. In contrast, Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship considers a range of people whose pathway to citizenship is uncertain or non-existent. This includes migrant workers, students, refugee claimants, and people with expired permits, all of whom have limited formal rights to employment, housing, education, and health services. |
The contributors to this volume present theoretically informed empirical studies of the regulatory, institutional, discursive, and pactical terms under which precarious-status non-citizens – those without permanent residence – enter and remain in Canada. They consider the historical and contemporary production of non-citizen precarious status and migrant illegality in Canada, as well as everyday experiences of precarious status among various social groups including youth, denied refugee claimants, and agricultural workers. This timely volume contributes to conceptualizing multiple forms of precarious status non-citizenship as connected through policy and the practices of migrants and the institutional actors they encounter.