A new report co-authored by UTSC Sociology Professor Patricia Landolt examines the complex impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-status migrants in the Greater Toronto Area.
The study, Multiple Jeopardy: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-status families and workers in the GTA, asks: how did this already highly vulnerable population cope? How did the additional jeopardy of precarious immigration status intersect with low-income work, racialization and gender to shape experiences?
The report describes the harmful and potentially long-lasting impacts of the pandemic for this population. It details the strategies and key points of support that contributed to their ability to survive amid enormous stress. Findings also reveal the limited effectiveness of policy change when the specific needs of a target population are ignored, and when policy changes are not effectively communicated.
The report, authored by researchers from UTSC and York University as well as community workers from the FCJ Refugee Centre, is part of the Pandemic Precarities Project.