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I am a cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, and Assistant Professor in Sociology and Politics at Thompson Rivers University, located in Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc.
My scholarly work focuses on migration and citizenship, children and youth, and gender and precarious labour. My book Tender Labour (UBC Press) examines youths' experiences of migration and long-term family separation after having a parent initially come to Canada to work on temporary work permits. Through ethnographic storytelling and visual methods, this research considers the everyday forms of paid and unpaid labour youths perform to hold their families together through precarious, adverse, and hopeful times. |
I recently worked with a team to complete a collaborative, community-based research project in Kamloops focused on supporting newcomer communities through a Local Immigration Partnership. My current project is with the Understanding Precarity BC Partnership (UP-BC), funded by SSHRC, specifically examining the ongoing struggles of migrant care workers in Canada under rapid program changes and during COVID times with a team of academic and community-based researchers and partners. I am also Principal Investigator for the BC Human Rights Education Project, funded by the BC Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
You can find me teaching at TRU, working on publishing and mentoring initiatives with the Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group and Society for the Anthropology of Work, and tweeting @jennyshaw011.
You can find me teaching at TRU, working on publishing and mentoring initiatives with the Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group and Society for the Anthropology of Work, and tweeting @jennyshaw011.
