BACKGROUND: Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been criticized in the press (or media) for its too-strict guidelines and lack of fairness to workers. There have been reports of illegal working conditions, worker abuse, and even abandonment leading many people to believe that workers who enter Canada as part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and unhappy with their jobs and dissatisfied with the program.
QUESTIONS related to an issue: What is it REALLY like to be part of the temporary foreign worker program? Are workers satisfied with their jobs, their experiences, their treatment?
THESIS: This study will explain the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and show that despite the challenges, individuals in the construction industry in Edmonton experience overall job and personal satisfaction being part of the program.
This topic idea is related to one specific industry (or company) in Edmonton. To satisfy the thesis of this paper the researcher could conduct a “satisfaction survey” among the TFWs in the company and report the results of the survey. The researcher could — alternatively — conduct interviews with TFWs in the company asking questions specific to issues that were introduced in the background section of the report (issues documented in the secondary research sources).
