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Leah F. Vosko is the Distinguished Research Professor of Political Economy in York University's Department of Politics, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Her research focuses on labour market insecurity, international mobility programs, and migrant worker rights, with a focus on precarious employment and transnational work dynamics.
Education: PhD (York University), MA in Women's Studies (Simon Fraser University), BA in Political Studies (Trent University).
Research interests include gendered dimensions of work, migration policy impacts, and political economy frameworks analyzing employment standards. She leads major databases like the Gender and Work Database (GWD), Comparative Perspectives Database (CPD), and Employment Standards Database (ESD), as well as the Canada Labour Code-Data Analysis Infrastructure (CLC-DAI).
Notable projects include SSHRC Partnership Grants on Canada's International Mobility Program and a UK Labour Market Enforcement initiative. Awards include Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC).
Advisory roles include the Stockholm 'Creating Sustainable Work' initiative and the UK Labour Market Enforcement Project. Her work addresses migrant worker health, temporary labour migration policy, and enforcement gaps in employment standards.
