H.T. AWARENESS
EN TRASITO, For ever?
Calling to Justice through the Art
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Even workers who come to Canada for more than 5 or 10 years retain their temporary worker status. Camilo, a seasonal farm worker from Mexico, has been coming to Canada for over 30 years, working 10 months a year, missing time with his family and not seeing his children grow up. "Canada gives us some things and takes others away that we can never get back," he says.
"EN TRANSITO" is an art exhibition that brings together the lives and faces of seasonal migrant workers, who sustain the agricultural economy and food production.
16 Stories. One Shared Humanity.
Here you can see 16 art pieces that, together, transcend the artistic creation and recognize the dignity, resilience, and humanity of the more than 70,000 workers who come to work in Canada each year as seasonal workers.
Seasonal agricultural workers face obstacles that increase their vulnerability to labour exploitation. Restricted work permits represent a significant barrier, in addition to deceptive recruitment practices, unsafe working and living conditions, and limited access to information about their rights.
This collaborative project between the Mary Ward Center and Colombian artist Diana Olarte, based in Mexico, uses art to inspire reflection, dialogue, and social action.
Each portrait tells a story. Each story invites us to be part of the change.
I create at the edge of the ledge, from that place where belonging becomes uncertain and the body learns to inhabit instability.
- Diana Olarte