Restaurants, hotels, agriculture, factories: temporary foreign workers now occupy an important place in many sectors of the region. Behind this economic reality are also hidden routes marked by isolation, adaptation and vulnerability. When Deborah Lopez arrived in Quebec in 2019, she did not speak French. She worked at Tim Hortons while attending full-time francization courses. Her five-year-old daughter had stayed in Nicaragua. "Mother, when wi…
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Restaurants, hotels, agriculture, factories: temporary foreign workers now occupy an important place in many sectors of the region. Behind this economic reality are also hidden routes marked by isolation, adaptation and vulnerability. When Deborah Lopez arrived in Quebec in 2019, she did not speak French. She worked at Tim Hortons while attending full-time francization courses. Her five-year-old daughter had stayed in Nicaragua. "Mother, when wi…