Data · dataset · 2026
Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta's Oil Sector
Listed in ZivaHub and Deakin Research Online and DMU Figshare — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.25446/oxford.33352476.v1
Alberta is currently in the midst of the largest economic growth ever recorded by a Canadian province, with growth rates challenging China's.
Description
This is due to increases in oil exploration and production. With all economic upswings, come challenges, and Alberta is currently experiencing an urgent labour shortage.
The Alberta Government and Alberta's oil companies have gone global in their search for labour and the number of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) coming to Alberta is vastly increasing. Through a case study analysis of TFWs in Alberta's oil sector, this paper will examine the growth of temporary foreign worker programs (TFWPs) in Alberta. The objective of the paper is to explore the interests, perspectives, and actions of employers, governments, and unions in regard to Alberta's TFWP.
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This will be analyzed in a context of global TFWPs and international labour migration. The paper concludes that globalization of labour is actively occurring in Alberta through a new geography of recruitment. The paper will demonstrate that oil companies are not the leading force behind international recruitment for labour, as might be expected, but that the primary leader in international recruitment for TFWs is the Alberta Government.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.25446/oxford.33352476.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
Topics
Provenance · 3 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/33352476 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/33352476 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/33352476 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:480704 | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Migration, asylum and refugee law'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:480704 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Migration, asylum and refugee law'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:480704 | mapping · dro deakin edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Migration, asylum and refugee law'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license_text | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |