selected scholarly activity
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chapters
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journal articles
- English as a Border-Drawing Matter: Language and the Regulation of Migrant Service Worker Mobility in International Labor Markets. Journal of International Migration and Integration. 18:267-289. 2017
- Culturally tailored workers for specialised destinations: producing Filipino migrant subjects for export. Identities. 24:62-81. 2017
- Consent behind the counter: aspiring citizens and labour control under precarious (im)migration schemes. Third World Quarterly. 37:1332-1350. 2016
- Social citizenship in an age of temporary flows: migrant workers in British Columbia’s immigrant settlement sector. Transnational Social Review. 4:193-206. 2014
- Interrogating the New Economy: Restructuring Work in the 21st Century. Labour / Le Travail. 67. 2011
- Social Capital as Social Relations: The Contribution of Normative Structures. Sociological Review. 56:256-274. 2008
- The Costa Rican Catholic Church, Social Justice, and the Rights of Workers, 1979-1996. Sociology of religion. 68. 2007
- A Modern Day Coolie System? The Filipino State and the Production of Labour Unfreedom. Journal of Asian American Studies.
- From Conveyer Belts to Migratory Walls: Competition Between Labour Sending-States and the Branding of National Workforces. International Migration.
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presentations
- "Illegality” and the ‘Benefits’ of Managed Migration Programs 2017
- Mexican Fast Food Labour Migrants 2017
- Fostering Friendships, Leveraging Camaraderie: Cross-Nationality Solidari-ty in Fast Food Worksites 2017
- Global Labour Sending States and the Transnational Production of Labour Precarity 2016
- Consent Behind the Counter: Aspiring Citizens and Labour Control under Precarious (Im)migration Schemes 2015
- Global Migration under Precarious Migration Labour Regimes 2015
- Migrant Worker Dreams in Transnational Labour Regimes 2014
- Migrant Workers in Western Canada’s Fast Food Sector 2014
- Regulating Belonging: Market-Driven Immigration Policies and the Turn Towards Precarity 2014
- Parallel histories, Shared social location: Providing settlement support to temporary foreign workers in British Columbia 2013
- How to get your foot in the door?: Transnational Mexican and Filipino Recruitment and Implications for Canadian Citizenship 2012
- Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program: ‘Temporary’ Workers in a Service Sector Workplace 2010
- Globalizing Tim Hortons: The Effects of Migrant Worker Programs to Low-Wage Work 2010
- A Critical Analysis of the World Bank’s Policy Prescription of Gender Mainstreaming 2008
- Hegemony of Neoliberalism: Where Does Gender Fit In? 2007
- Years of Economic and Political Process Felt by Those Working under the LCP 2005