This area of the legal practice and advocacy is steeped in international and transnational law, anti-racism and trauma-informed lawyering, and the challenges of corporate and government accountability. [...] I am grateful for the hands-on experience I have gained to these areas of the law while also bearing witness to the human and emotional dimensions of this work. [...] I chose to work with the MWC because of my interest in exploring the intersection of immigration and employment law in Canada. [...] I conducted case law and legal research to support the development of legal arguments and a litigation strategy to press for an end to this discrimination. [...] International Human Rights Research The MWC participates in legal and policy advocacy at the federal level to secure the rights of migrant and precarious workers and is actively considers opportunities to intervene in cases at the appellate level.
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- 2024 IHRP Fellowship Final Report 1
- Kabir Singh Dhillon JD 2026 1
- Migrant Workers Centre of BC Vancouver BC 1
- My IHRP summer fellowship with the Migrant Workers Centre MWC was an incredible experience. Being 1
- This area of the legal practice and advocacy is steeped in international and transnational law anti-racism and 1
- Host Organization Migrant Workers Centre of BC MWC 1
- Established in 1986 as an organization serving living-care givers the MWC has expanded to become a non- 1
- I chose to work with the MWC because of my interest in exploring the intersection of immigration and 2
- Work Deliverables 2
- Direct Legal Services to Migrant Workers 2
- This summer I have been conducting intake meetings with workers at the weekly walk-in clinic. I primarily 2
- Employment Law 2
- Under the supervision of staff lawyers I drafted submissions for matters before the BC Ministry of Labour 2
- Immigration Law 2
- I assisted workers applying to federal programs such as the Temporary Resident Permit for Victims of 2
- Trafficking VTIP-TRP and the Vulnerable Worker Open Work Permit VWOWP. The VTIP-TRP is a 2
- Research for Test Case Litigation 3
- Temporary foreign workers TFW are legally entitled to many of the same employment rights and 3
- TFWs face significant barriers to accessing justice. One of these barriers is the discrimination they face by the 3
- BC Ministry of Labour and the Ministrys Employment Standards Branch. Certain policies and practices of 3
- I conducted case law and legal research to support the development of legal arguments and a litigation 3
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The MWC will use this research for future advocacy. 3
- International Human Rights Research 3
- The MWC participates in legal and policy advocacy at the federal level to secure the rights of migrant and 3
- The MWC has been a long-standing proponent of the reforms to Canadas Temporary Foreign Worker 3
- Programs. My research will provide additional context and tools from an international human rights 3
- Book on Remedies for Labour Trafficking 3
- In response to public pressure to address trafficking and exploitation Immigration Refugees and Citizenship 3
- Canada has implemented several temporary immigration measures to assist trafficked persons with their 3
- I conducted research and helped draft a manuscript for a chapter in an upcoming book on Labour 4
- Trafficking in Canada. This chapter focused on the remedies available under domestic law federally and 4
- Direct Outreach with Migrant Workers 4
- I had the opportunity to travel to interior BC and meet directly with migrant workers under the Seasonal 4
- Agricultural Worker Program SAWP. Despite many amendments to the program since the 1980s it 4
- I come away from this summer in awe of the resilience and love that migrant workers and those supporting 4
- IHRP Working Group and further research in the future. 4
