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Project Lead(s)

Suzanne Huot

Team Members

惭补谤铆补&苍产蝉辫;颁别谤惫补苍迟别蝉-惭补肠铆补蝉, Samantha Jackson

Cluster: ADTs and the Future of Work

It is important to understand how workers, and immigrant workers in particular, are represented within discourses on the platform economy, given their potentially marginalized position in Canadian society and gig work more broadly.

This project examines discourses on gig work and investigates the experiences of immigrants engaged in different facets of the platform economy, as well as those employed in remote work.

The focus is on the everyday occupational experiences of immigrant platform workers, exploring how they perceive and navigate non-traditional forms of employment and daily routines, and situating these experiences within broader contemporary discourses on gig work.

1. What are the discourses shaping the platform economy?
2. What contextual factors shape the occupational experiences of immigrant workers within the platform economy?
3. How does engaging in platform and/or remote work reconfigure traditional borders and boundaries in immigrants' lives?
4. In what ways do platform and/or remote workers nagivate "occupational balance" among the differeent revenue-generating occupations they engage in?

This project will conduct a critical discourse analysis to identify dominant themes and subjectivities constructed through relevant texts. Next, a series of interviews will be conducted with immigrant platform/remote workers from across Canada.

The project is in progress, with multiple publications underway and interviews with gig workers currently being conducted.

Expected completion date: September 2026

Publications:

Jackson, S., & Huot, S. (2025). Working from (a New) Home: Tensions Faced by Remote Working Immigrants in Canada. Societies, 15(10), 271.

Past events and presentations:

• 鈥淯neven development in the digital economy: The new landscape of transnational social protections鈥�, presented by Mar铆a Cervantes, 4th Annual Digital Geographies Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2025
• 鈥淚mmigrants鈥� engagement in remote and gig work occupations: Critically examining the spatial transformation of the 鈥榳orkplace鈥� through a mobilities lens鈥�, presented by Suzanne Huot, Mar铆a Cervantes, and Samantha Jackson, Occupational Science Europe Conference, Essex, United Kingdom, August 2025
• 鈥淯neven development in the digital economy: The new landscape of transnational social protections鈥�, presented by Mar铆a Cervantes, Royal Geographical Society鈥揑BG Annual International Conference 2025, Birmingham, United Kingdom, August 2025
• 鈥淚mmigrants鈥� occupational experiences of remote and hybrid work in Canada鈥�, presented by K. Kiaulakyte, K. Krywulak, S. Soreal, S. Jackson, and S. Huot, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists Conference, Edmonton, Canada, May 2025

鈥淯neven development in the digital economy: The new landscape of transnational social protections鈥�, presented by Mar铆a Cervantes, American Association of Geographers Conference, Detroit, United States, March 2025

Digital Capital, Pre-arrival Settlement, Labour Market Information, Social Media, Economic Integration