
Candy KhanUniversity of Alberta | UAlberta · Department of Educational Policy Studies
Candy Khan
Master of Education
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Candy Khan currently works at the Equity, Diverstiy and Inclusion Office, University of Alberta. Candy does research in Adult Education, Quantitative Social Research and Social Policy. Their most recent publication is 'The dynamics of union responses to migrant workers in Canada'.
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This study examines how five unions in the Canadian province of Alberta responded to a sudden
influx of temporary foreign workers (TFWs), as part of Canadian employers’ increased use of
migrant workers in the mid-2000s. The authors find three types of response to the new TFW
members: resistive, facilitative and active. Furthermore, these responses...
Participatory Action Research (PAR), with its emphasis on grassroots empowerment and local control, has a long history as the research method of choice for marginalized communities. However, unsettling questions remain about the nature of power and the promise of PAR as a truly participatory and empowering methodology. In this paper, we summarize t...