Precarious Status Migrants Seeking Legal Aid in Rural Southern Ontario

Thanks to funding from the Law Foundation of Ontario, some Wilfrid Laurier University researchers are examining the experiences of migrants with precarious status seeking legal aid in Southern Ontario. Laurier University faculty headed by Dr Nuha Dwaikat-Shaer was successfully funded by the Ontario Law Foundation to conduct an in-depth qualitative case study to examine the experiences of migrants with precarious status seeking legal aid in rural Southern Ontario (including farm workers and international students).

The project is being carried out by the Wilfrid Laurier University Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP), in partnership with the Community Legal Clinic – Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk (CLC-BHN).

This study will directly benefit migrants with precarious status, the Community Legal Clinic-Brant Haldimand Norfolk, and the counties of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk by providing critical empirical insights that can inform service provision and create interventions to enhance and facilitate better access to justice for migrants with precarious status in rural Southern Ontario.

Congratulations to our CRSP members, Dr. Carrie Sanders (WLU), Dr. Bree Akesson (WLU), Dr. Jessica Braimoh (York University) and Dr. Jill Hanley (McGill University) who are working with Dr Nuha on this project.