Our Team

The PRESMA (Partnered Research Evaluating Services for Migrants in Agriculture) team consists of a host of hardworking individuals. Below are the organizations and individuals involved in our study. We want to sincerely thank you for your support in this project!

Partnerships in PRESMA involve many important commitments.

Our academic team is committed to
– Communicating research results often for feedback/elaboration from community members
– Developing opportunities to brainstorm potential deliverables and ways to apply what we have learned
– Ensuring anonymity of all participants, including migrant workers and service providers alike

Our community partners commit to
– Sharing findings, lessons learned and any resources developed through the project with team-members and migrant worker clients
– Helping to amplify key messages that support the expansion of important services for migrant agricultural workers
– Providing ongoing feedback of both project processes and outputs

Check out our list of academic and community partners below!

Academic Partners

C. Susana Caxaj (Project Lead), Assistant Professor, Western University

Glynis George (Windsor-Essex Lead), Associate Professor, University of Windsor

Kristin Lozanski (Niagara Lead), Associate Professor, King’s College, Western University

Stephanie Mayell, PhD(c), (Haldimand-Norfolk Lead) University of Toronto

Janet McLaughlin, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Tanya Basok, Professor, University of Windsor

Kathryn Edmunds, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Windsor

Jenna Hennebry, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Leah Vosko, Professor, York University

Donald Cole, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

Organization Partners

Zakaria Abdulle, Alliance for Healthier Communities

Jackie-Barret Green, Positive Living Niagara

Donna Brown, Caribbean Workers Outreach Project (CWOP)

Monica Champagne, Windsor Essex Local Immigration Partnership Lead

Lisbeth Coxaj, Migrant Worker Community Program

Marie-Lauren Gregoire Drummond, Alliance for Healthier Communities

Lucy Flores, Migrant Worker Community Program

Nancy Garner, Quest Community Health Centre

Eduardo Huesca, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers- Migrant Farmworkers Program

Eustace Orleans-Lindsay, Norfolk Seasonal Agricultural Worker Community Committee

Francy Munoz, Windsor Essex Bilingual Legal Clinic- CARE for International Workers

Terra Pasco, Quest Community Health Center

Jennifer Rajasekar, TNO (The Neighbourhood Organization)

Jennifer Rayner, Alliance for Healthier Communities

Pinky Sabhnani, Migrant Worker Community Program

Carrie Sinkowski, Community Legal Clinic – Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk

Michelle Suchiu, Windsor Essex Local Immigration Partnership

Michelle Tew, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers- Migrant Farmworkers Program

Martin Varela, Migrant Worker Community Program

Moises Vasquez, Quest Community Health Center

Research Staff

Gabriel Allahdua

Sara Escárraga

Natasha Sofia Martinez

Paulina Martinez

Carmen Naranjo

Felena Pereira

Regional Partners

Windsor Essex

Tanya Basok

Kathryn Edmunds

Monica Champagne

Lisbeth Coxaj

Lucy Flores

Glynis George (Windsor Essex Lead)

Robyn Hodge

Paulina Martinez

Ross Moncur

Francy Munoz

Martin Varela

Pinky Sabhani

Michelle Suchiu

Niagara

Donna Brown

Cornerstone Community Church

Julia Cox-Buxton

Lauren DeNapoli

Nate Dirks

Sara Escárraga

Amy Fishleigh

Nancy Garner

Gateway Community Church

Jackie Barrett – Greene

Mandip Grewal

Kate Harold

Eduardo Huesca

Antonio Ilias

Aidan Johnson

Michelle Johnston

Jeremy Kelly

Mary Keith

Kristin Lozanski (Niagara Lead)

Janet McLaughlin

Susan Miyata

Nudrat Rahman

Dr. Karl Stobbe

Michelle Tew

The Union of Agricultural Workers, UFCW Canada

Rick Zwiers

Haldimand and Norfolk

Fany Belcoski

Rev. Peter Ciallella

Debora De Angelis

Dr. Ella Haley

Nancy Hildebrand

Mark Jefferson

Eustace Orleans- Lindsay

Stephanie Mayell (Haldimand and Norfolk Lead)

Esel Panlaqui

Lennox Scarlett

Carrie Sinkowski

Alexis Wynveen

Cross-Regional Partners

Eduardo Huesca

Santiago Escobar

Michelle Tew