Janet McLaughlin, Wilfrid Laurier University
Associate Professor
Faculty member, Social Justice and Community Engagement
Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre
Waterloo, Ontario
jmclaughlin@wlu.ca
Office:
(226) 772-3144
Expert In
Agricultural workers in Canada
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder and education
Food systems, production
Gender-based violence
Global and environmental health
Health care and workers' compensation access
Impacts of autism services on families, autism therapy
Labour
Migrant families, family stress
Migrant workers' rights, immigrant workers
Migrant, foreign farm workers' health and safety
Bio/Research
BA, International Development Studies (Guelph, 2002).
MA, Human Rights, (Sussex, 2004).
PhD, Anthropology (Toronto, 2009).
Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Migration Research Centre (WLU, 2011).
I am an interdisciplinary scholar trained in medical anthropology, with int...
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MA, Human Rights, (Sussex, 2004).
PhD, Anthropology (Toronto, 2009).
Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Migration Research Centre (WLU, 2011).
I am an interdisciplinary scholar trained in medical anthropology, with int...
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Bio/Research
BA, International Development Studies (Guelph, 2002).
MA, Human Rights, (Sussex, 2004).
PhD, Anthropology (Toronto, 2009).
Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Migration Research Centre (WLU, 2011).
I am an interdisciplinary scholar trained in medical anthropology, with interests in the areas of global and environmental health, food systems, labour, social justice, citizenship and transnational migration. My research projects have investigated various aspects of migrant workers’ health, rights and well-being, including: access to health care and workers’ compensation; women’s experiences of gender-based violence; occupational, mental, sexual and reproductive health; social determinants of health; and the impacts of separation on migrant families. Although I have conducted research with various migrant groups, I have primarily focused on temporary foreign workers from Mexico and Jamaica who labour in Ontario agriculture. I am co-founder of the Migrant Worker Health Project, www.migrantworkerhealth.ca, which promotes accessible health care for migrant workers. I am currently conducting research on the impacts of autism therapy and education services on family stress and well-being, using a social determinants of health framework.
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MA, Human Rights, (Sussex, 2004).
PhD, Anthropology (Toronto, 2009).
Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Migration Research Centre (WLU, 2011).
I am an interdisciplinary scholar trained in medical anthropology, with interests in the areas of global and environmental health, food systems, labour, social justice, citizenship and transnational migration. My research projects have investigated various aspects of migrant workers’ health, rights and well-being, including: access to health care and workers’ compensation; women’s experiences of gender-based violence; occupational, mental, sexual and reproductive health; social determinants of health; and the impacts of separation on migrant families. Although I have conducted research with various migrant groups, I have primarily focused on temporary foreign workers from Mexico and Jamaica who labour in Ontario agriculture. I am co-founder of the Migrant Worker Health Project, www.migrantworkerhealth.ca, which promotes accessible health care for migrant workers. I am currently conducting research on the impacts of autism therapy and education services on family stress and well-being, using a social determinants of health framework.
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Links
Media Appearances
Laurier professor changing the world for children with autism and migrant workers
This sexually abused migrant worker is now safe — but she knows others aren't
Waterloo mother hopeful about changes to Ontario's autism program
D'Amato: It's time to stop abuse of temporary farm workers
“They read my entire op-ed in the debate!”