Tender Labour: Migrant Care Work, Filipina/o Young People, and Family Life across Borders

Spotlights the lives of children whose mothers left their homes in the Philippines to work in Canada.

To meet demand in Canada, more and more women are migrating from the Philippines to become domestic workers. What happens to family left behind? Tender Labour investigates the experiences of young people as they navigate precarity in all its forms when their mothers work elsewhere.

Jennifer Shaw conducts nuanced research with youth who have been separated from and later reunited with their...