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Disability as Social Control in Immigration

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From: Critical Perspectives on Social Control and Social Regulation in Canada

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Approaches to Disability – Canadian Immigration Policy: The Social Control of Race and Disability – A Radical Approach for the Future – Conclusion – Discussion Questions – Recommended Resources – Glossary – References

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Edward Hon-Sing Wong

Edward Hon-Sing Wong is a doctoral candidate in York University’s social work PhD program. With a background in mental health practice and com- munity organizing, his work centres on social work abolitionism and draws on anticolonial and anti-racist theory. His published writings include discussions of disablism within Canadian immigration policy, Canadian social work and colonialism, abolitionism in Hong Kong, and discourses of race in Canadian mental hygiene movement literature.

Thania Vega

Thania Vega is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at York University. They use feminist political economy analysis and a critical dis- ability approach to examine the working conditions of migrant nurses at the intersections of Canadian immigration, health care, and labour-market policies. They are also a member of Upping the Anti’s editorial collective and an active member of cupe 3903.