Jul 09

Les Voix Migrantes: Radio CTI! 9 juillet, 2012Migrant Voices: IWC Radio! July 9, 2012

Un travailleur d’agence de placement  raconte son expérience avec les travaux très physiques et précaires donnés, en grand parti, uniquement aux immigrants racialisés (souvent peu importe leurs compétences acquis dans leurs pays d’origine). Des membres du CTI discutent ces probèmes aux ondes de CKUT.

Musique: Duets for Abdelrazik (Sam Shalabi & Stefan Christoff) et23 & Kader.

La programme est disponible pour téléchargement içi.

Les Voix Migrantes est une compilation de témoignages des gens qui sont venus au Canada en tant que travailleurs et travailleuses (im)migrants.

Veuillez partager ces histoires avec vos amis. Ces émissions seront archivées sur notre site-web, où vous pourrez également soutenir via PayPal notre travail .

Ce projet est sponsorisé par la Fondation Béati, et aussi par QPIRG-McGILL, CKUT 90.3 FM, Radio Centre-Ville, PINAY et Dignidad Migrante.Our program today focusses on the experience of a temp agency worker, and the very physical and precarious work he had to perform as a temporary agency worker, in jobs often given uniquely to racialized immmigrants, no matter their qualifications. Members of the IWC discuss these problems on CKUT.

With music from Duets for Abdelrazik (Sam Shalabi & Stefan Christoff) and 23 & Kader.

You can download the program here.

The Migrant Voices project is a collection of audio testimonies about the experiences of people who come to Canada as im/migrant workers. These testimonies are archived at iwc-cti.ca/migrant-voices-iwc-radio.

Please share these stories with your friends and encourage them to donate to the IWC to support our work.

This project was made possible with support from the Béati Foundation, along with QPIRG-McGill, CKUT 90.3 FM, Radio Centre-Ville, PINAY, and Dignidad Migrante.

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