Jolin Joseph

Doctoral Candidate at the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University

Jolin Joseph is a Doctoral Candidate at the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. Her research considers feminist political economy implications of transnational migration, gendered-racialized precarious labour and immigration policy. Joseph’s SSHRC Vanier funded dissertation unpacks the structural demand for commodified care work through multi-sited research in India and Saudi Arabia. Joseph recently taught a course on Migrant Workers and Human Rights that foregrounds living and working conditions of Caregivers, Agricultural Workers and other migrant and marginal groups in Canada. She has a background in migrant advocacy and was a Research Associate at the Centre for Development Studies, where she collaborated on projects and published in the area of gender, temporary labour mobility and South-South migration.