All hands on deck: Agricultural labour in British Columbia and Nova Scotia

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dc.contributor.authorLeclerc, Amanda Lynn
dc.contributor.supervisorKrawchenko, Tamara
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-04T23:28:24Z
dc.date.available2023-04-04T23:28:24Z
dc.date.copyright2023en_US
dc.date.issued2023-04-04
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administrationen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Public Administration M.P.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractCanada is experiencing an agricultural labour shortage that will contribute to economic and food-security challenges if left unchecked. This qualitative study explores how horticultural farm owners and operators in British Columbia and Nova Scotia perceive domestic workers, temporary foreign workers, and labour-saving technologies in meeting growing labour demands. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted over Zoom, from February to April 2022, with farmers from both provinces. A thematic analysis was conducted, and eight predominant themes were identified from the interviews. These themes included the nature of the work, the perceived nature of the workers, the role of technology in meeting labour demands and increasing efficiency, strategies for successful labour planning, consumer perceptions of and interest in farming, farmer values and job satisfaction, external challenges impacting labour, and other opportunities being pursued by farmers. From this research, four broad categories of recommendations were proposed to support horticultural farmers in recruiting and retaining domestic workers, temporary foreign workers, and in adopting and implementing labour-saving technology.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14931
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectagricultural labouren_US
dc.subjectdomestic workeren_US
dc.subjecttemporary foreign workeren_US
dc.subjectlabour-saving technologyen_US
dc.subjectautomationen_US
dc.subjecthorticultureen_US
dc.subjectNova Scotiaen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectlabouren_US
dc.titleAll hands on deck: Agricultural labour in British Columbia and Nova Scotiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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