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Glynis George

Dr. Glynis GeorgeGlynis George, PhD, MA, BA
Associate Professor

Office: 161 CHS
Email: ggeorge@uwindsor.ca
Telephone: 519-253-3000 ext. 2196

 

Research

Migrant Agricultural Workers; Immigrant settlement; Community-based research; Qualitative methodologies; Culture and gender.

Dr. George’s recent research has focused on the experiences of migrant agricultural workers, service and supports for MAWS, and the ways in which MAWs are included and excluded from community support, and citizenship entitlements.  Previous research has examined the experiences of immigrant newcomers in Windsor Essex. 

Current projects include:

Partnered Research Evaluating Services with Migrants in Agriculture (Presma) a research-community partnership that examines supports and services for migrant agricultural workers in 3 regions across southwestern Ontario. 

Recent projects include community-based study on social inclusion and support for migrant agricultural works in the Windsor/Essex region.

Overall, her current research emerges from her interest in the interplay between cultural practice, and the social and community dynamics that underplay difference (reflected in her previous research in Newfoundland, India and within the Tamil-Canadian Diaspora).  Dr. George has a long-term interest in qualitative methodologies, specifically, actor-centred perspectives and narrative analysis.  This interest is reflected in her teaching and in new directions in her research towards more arts-based research methodologies.

Recent and Key Publications

  • Caxaj, S. George, G. Borrelli E. Frost, L, (2023). Contending with precarity: Health and multi-sectoral supports for migrant agricultural workers in Southern Ontario, Qualitative Health Research. (accepted, publication pending)
  • Glynis George and Erika Borrelli, (2023). The Differential Inclusion of Migrant Farmworkers? and the Landscape of Support in a Migrant-intensive Region in Ontario, Canada, Journal of International Migration and Integration, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-023-01076-y:2023.
  • Vosko, Leah; Basok, Tanya; Spring, Cynthia; Candiz, Guillermo; George, Glynis, (2022) Understanding Migrant Farmworkers? Health and Well-Being during the Global COVID-19 Pandemic: Towards a Transnational Conceptualization of Employment Strain, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19: 8574 pp, 2022.
  • Basok Tanya and George Glynis. (2020). "We are part of this place, but I do not think I belong" Temporariness, Social Inclusion and Belonging among Migrant Farmworkers in Southwestern Ontario, International Migration, 00: pp. 1-14 pp.
  • Haley, E. Caxaj, S. George G. Henney J. Martell, E. McLaughlin J., Migrant Farmworkers Face Heightened Vulnerabilities During COVID-19. (2020). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development., 9: 35-39 pp, 2020.
  • George, G. & E. D. Selimos (2018). Using narrative research to explore the welcoming of newcomer imigrants: A methodological reflection on a Community-based Research Project, FQS: Forum Qualitative Social Research, 19(2): Art. 9. May.
  • Selimos, E.D. and G. George.  (2018). Welcoming Initiatives and the Social Inclusion of Newcomer Youth: The Case of Windsor, Ontario, Canadian Ethnic Studies 50(3).
  • George, G., E, D. Selimos, and J. Ku (2017). Welcoming initiatives and immigrant attachment: The case of Windsor. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 18(1), 29-45.
  • George, G. & E. D, Selimos (2017). Searching for belonging and confronting exclusion: A person-centered approach to immigrant settlement experiences in Canada. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, Online first.
  • George, Glynis 2012. The Canadian Tamil Diaspora and the Politics of Canadian Multiculturalism, Identities: Studies in Power and Globalization, vol. 8, no. 1
  • George, G and Ku, Jane. "The Case of Windsor", Glynis George and Jane Ku, in Immigration, Integration and Inclusion in Ontario Cities, John Biles and Caroline Andrew (eds), (McGill-Queens University Press, 2012).
  •  George, G., Lozanski, K., Mayell, S., & Caxaj, S. (2024). Migrant Agricultural Workers’       
  • Experiences of Support in Three Migrant-Intensive Communities in Canada. Social Inclusion, 12.                                                                      
  •  Susana Caxaj, C., George, G., Borrelli, E., & Frost, L. (2023). Contending With Precarity: Health and Multi-Sectoral Supports for Migrant Agricultural Workers in Southern Ontario. Community Health Equity Research & Policy, 2752535X231221587.
  • Glynis George and Erika Borrelli, (2023). The Differential Inclusion of Migrant Farmworkers? and the Landscape of Support in a Migrant-intensive Region in Ontario, Canada, Journal of International Migration and Integration, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-023-01076-y:2023.
  • Vosko, Leah; Basok, Tanya; Spring, Cynthia; Candiz, Guillermo; George, Glynis, (2022) Understanding Migrant Farmworkers? Health and Well-Being during the Global COVID-19 Pandemic: Towards a Transnational Conceptualization of Employment Strain, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19: 8574 pp, 2022.
  • Basok Tanya and George Glynis. (2020). "We are part of this place, but I do not think I belong" Temporariness, Social Inclusion and Belonging among Migrant Farmworkers in Southwestern Ontario, International Migration, 00: pp. 1-14 pp.
  • Haley, E. Caxaj, S. George G. Henney J. Martell, E. McLaughlin J., Migrant Farmworkers Face Heightened Vulnerabilities During COVID-19. (2020). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development., 9: 35-39 pp, 2020.
  • George, G. & E. D. Selimos (2018). Using narrative research to explore the welcoming of newcomer imigrants: A methodological reflection on a Community-based Research Project, FQS: Forum Qualitative Social Research, 19(2): Art. 9. May.
  • Selimos, E.D. and G. George.  (2018). Welcoming Initiatives and the Social Inclusion of Newcomer Youth: The Case of Windsor, Ontario, Canadian Ethnic Studies 50(3).
  • George, G., E, D. Selimos, and J. Ku (2017). Welcoming initiatives and immigrant attachment: The case of Windsor. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 18(1), 29-45.
  • George, G. & E. D, Selimos (2017). Searching for belonging and confronting exclusion: A person-centered approach to immigrant settlement experiences in Canada. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, Online first.
  • George, Glynis 2012. The Canadian Tamil Diaspora and the Politics of Canadian Multiculturalism, Identities: Studies in Power and Globalization, vol. 8, no. 1
  • George, G and Ku, Jane. "The Case of Windsor", Glynis George and Jane Ku, in Immigration, Integration and Inclusion in Ontario Cities, John Biles and Caroline Andrew (eds), (McGill-Queens University Press, 2012).

Recent Grants

  • 2022-2025: Partnered Research Evaluating Services with Migrants in Agriculture (PRESMA): Conditions, capacities and possibilities for effective support services for migrant agricultural workers, a partnered research project, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant. Total Funding - 193,17 (PI: Dr. Susana Caxaj).
  • 2021-2022:  WE LIP Temporary Migrant Farmworkers: 'Get to Know your Neighbours', Grant. Mitacs Accelerate Total Funding - 30,000. (PI Glynis George).
  • 2019-2020: Creating Inclusive and Welcoming Communities for Migrant Farmworkers (MFW's), Grant Athabasca University Internal Research Grant Total Funding - 6,000 (Co-Investigator: Dr. Ella Haley).
  • 2018-2019.  International Farm Workers in Essex County: Belonging and Socially Inclusive Rural Communities, Mitacs Accelerate: Total Funding - 30,000 (G. George and Tanya Basok Co-Investigators).

Community Involvement and Reports

  • Windsor-Essex Immigration Partnership Council, Faculty Advisory (2009 - present)
  • Glynis George, Erika Borrelli and Jemimah Amos, WE LIP Temporary Migrant Farmworkers: 'Get to Know your Neighbours', 2022.
  • Leah F. Vosko, Tanya Basok, Cynthia Spring, Guillermo Candiz and Glynis George, COVID-19 Among Migrant Farmworkers in Canada: Employment Strain in a Transnational Context, International Labour Organization, 2022.
  • George Glynis and Basok Tanya, International Farm Workers in Essex County: Belonging and Socially Inclusive Rural Communities, Ontario Greenhouse and Vegetable Growers, 2019.
  • Basok Tanya and George Glynis, International Farm Workers in Essex County: Belonging and Socially Inclusive Rural Communities, Ontario Greenhouse and Vegetable Growers, 2019 Contract Research Reports.