Lindsay Larios

• Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science) - Concordia University, 2021

  Master of Social Work - McGill University, 2016

  Bachelor of Social Work - University of Manitoba, 2013

  Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) - University of Winnipeg, 2010

Dr. Larios is an interdisciplinary critical policy researcher. She studies citizenship and immigration in the Canadian context, in particular, as it intersects with family and reproductive politics and policies. Her most recent work focuses on the politics of pregnancy and childbirth and precarious migration as an issue of reproductive justice.

Her research interests include:

• Canadian immigration and refugee policy
• Precarious status migration
• Citizenship and borders
• Immigration as a reproductive justice issue
• Politics of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood
• Access to healthcare
• Critical feminist policy analysis
• Community-based research

Selected publications:

Larios, L. & Paterson, S. (2021) Fear of the Other: Vulnerabilization, Social Empathy, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada. Critical Policy Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2021.1927777

Gagnon, A. & Larios, L. (2021). The politicization of immigration at the sub-national level: Election discourse in Quebec and Ontario. Canadian Journal of Political Science. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S0008423921000469

Abji, S. & Larios, L. (2021). Migrant justice as reproductive justice: Birthright citizenship and the politics of immigration detention for pregnant women in Canada. Citizenship Studies, Special Issue: Abolishing detention: Bridging prison and migrant justice 25(2): 253-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2020.1859186

Larios, L., Hanley, J. Salamanca Cardona, M., Henaway, M. Dwaikat Shaer, N. & Ben Soltane, S. (2020). Engaging migrant careworkers: examining cases of exploitation by recruitment agencies in Quebec, Canada. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies 6(1/2): 138-157. doi: 10.1504/IJMBS.2020.108690

Paterson, S. & Larios, L. (2020). Emotional Problems: Policymaking and empathy through the lens of transnational motherhood. Critical Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2020.1752760

Hanley, J., Larios, L., Ricard-Guay, A., Meloni, F. & Rousseau, C. (2020). Pregnant & undocumented: Taking work into account as a social determinant of health. International Journal of Migration, Health & Social Care 16(2), 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-04-2019-0046

Larios, L. (2020). ‘Because we are mothers’: The invisibility of migrant mother care labour in the Canadian context. In K. Levasseur, S. Paterson, & L. Turnbull (eds.), Mothering and Welfare: Depriving, Surviving, Thriving. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press.

Larios, L. (2019). Near and far, with heart and hands: Carework in the context of refugee settlement in Canada. International Journal of Care and Caring 3(2): 263-278. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788219X15473079319291

Paquet, M. & Larios, L. (2018).  Venue shopping and legitimacy: Making sense of Harper’s immigration record. Canadian Journal of Political Science 51(18): 817-836. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423918000331 

Hanley, J., Salamanca Cardona, M. Henaway, M., Larios, L., Dwaikat Shaer, N., Ben Soltane, S., & Eid, P. (2018). Transportation and temp agency work: Risks and opportunities for migrant workers. Cahiers géographiques du Québec, Thématique : La droit à la ville : les immigrants dans l’espace urbain. 62(177), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.7202/1068740ar

Hanley, J., Larios, L., Salamanca Cardona, M., Henaway, M., Dwaikat Shaer, N., Ben Soltane, S. & Eid, P. (2017). Gender dynamics of temporary placement agency work: (Im)migrants, know your place! Canadian Diversity 14(2), pp. 37-42.

Hanley, J., Larios, L., & Koo, J.-H. (2017). Does Canada care about migrant caregivers? Implications under the reformed Caregiver Program. Canadian Ethnic Studies 29(2): 121-140. doi: 10.1353/ces.2017.0015