Anelyse Weiler, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Labour movements environmental justice immigration rural studies food security and health equity

Latest papers

"You're Just Stuck in a Hole, Really": Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada.
Qualitative health research · 2025 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Jobs, justice, and the environment: Analyzing labour movement responses to climate change in Western Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$69,999
Examining Intersecting and Policy Factors Influencing Housing, Safety and Wellbeing of Migrant Agricultural Workers from 2017 - 2020: A Bi-provincial Analysis
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$76,671
Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC)
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$912,288

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

"You're Just Stuck in a Hole, Really": Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada.

Caxaj CS, Weiler A

Qualitative health research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323241285768 PMID: 39423040

Jobs, justice, and the environment: Analyzing labour movement responses to climate change in Western Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Weiler, Anelyse

Keywords: Environmental Sociology; Labour Studies; Climate Change; Just Transition; Trade Unions; Political Ecology; Climate Justice; Environmentalism; Social Movements; Environmental Labour Studies

$69,999

Examining Intersecting and Policy Factors Influencing Housing, Safety and Wellbeing of Migrant Agricultural Workers from 2017 - 2020: A Bi-provincial Analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Caxaj, Claudia Susana

Keywords: migrant agricultural workers; housing; safety; intersectionality; indigeneity; gender; legal status; structural violence; immigration status; precarious work

$76,671

Understanding Precarity in BC (UP-BC)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: precarity; precarious employment; policy; community based research; participatory research; regulation; intersectionality; British Columbia; mixed methods; survey research; knowledge base; data visualization; labour studies; geography; economics

$912,288

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Labour movements Dear Professor Weiler, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper ""You're Just Stuck in a Hole, Really": Mechanisms of Structural Racism Through Migrant Agricultural Worker Housing in Canada." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Jobs, justice, and the environment: Analyzing labour movement responses to climate change in Western Canada" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]