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Mylène Coderre is a senior researcher at the Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) at Concordia University. She holds a PhD in international development from the University of Ottawa.
Over the last years, she has contribued to several research projects aimed at documenting the employment and immigration conditions of migrants with precarious status in Canada. Her work focuses primarily on the roles and practices of private intermediaries in migration and on the experiences of temporary migrant workers in Canada. Before joining the IRMS, she was a scientific advisor on migration and occupational health at the Quebec Institute of Public Health.
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The Digital Im/migrant: IS in Migration Governance, Work, and Life This panel explores how digital technologies shape the migration experience across governance, labor, and decision-making. While digital systems increasingly organize citizens’ lives, their role in shaping migrants’ experiences is less visible, especially for those navigating unfamiliar institutions and limited legal status. Drawing on empirical research, this panel examines tensions in how digital infrastructures affect migrant-state relations and platform-mediated labor markets. Panelists address topics such as the modernization of immigration institutions, social media use in migration planning, digital labor recruitment across the Americas, and algorithmic control in gig work. In dialogue with core IS concerns—sociotechnical systems, platform governance, and information-seeking behavior—the panel situates digital migration systems within broader political, structural, and ethical contexts. This interdisciplinary session fosters debate on tensions between technological innovation and equity. By tackling these issues, the panel invites IS scholars to see migration as a vital context for rethinking inclusion, infrastructure, and institutional transformation.TRS4 2.1.2 Toronto Metropolitan University, Concordia University Conference 2025-08-14 Seguel, P. ,
Paquet, M. ,
Niraula, A. ,
Coderre, M. ,
Baril, É. ,
Monteiro, S. TRS4 2.1.2 Les experts de la bureaucratie migratoire : les intermédiaires de la migration guatémaltèque au Québec La migration de travail temporaire au Québec est régie par un ensemble complexe de règles et de procédures générant une bureaucratie difficile à naviguer pour les travailleurs migrants et les employeurs. Cela nourrit la formation et la croissance d’une industrie migratoire constituée d’acteurs privés (consultants, agences, etc.) qui mobilisent leur savoir technique pour garantir la mise en oeuvre des politiques sur le terrain. S’appuyant sur une recherche qualitative menée entre 2019 et 2022 auprès d’agriculteurs québécois, d’agences de recrutement et de travailleurs migrants guatémaltèques, cet article analyse comment les intermédiaires privés se convertissent en « techniciens de l’État » en faisant fonctionner les rouages bureaucratiques de la migration au quotidien.TRS4 2.3.2 Concordia University Publication 2025-10-21 TRS4 2.3.2 Temporary residence in Canada : A Patchwork of Rules Coderre, M. C. Coustere, M-J. Blain. 2025. Temporary residence in Canada : A Patchwork of Rules, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). https://centre.irpp.org/research-studies/temporary-residence-in-canada/TRS4 2.3.2 Concordia University Publication 2025-10-21 TRS4 2.3.2 Migration Inc. : les intermédiaires privés qui font tourner les rouages de la migration de travail temporaire au Québec Coderre, M. 2025. Migration Inc. : les intermédiaires privés qui font tourner les rouages de la migration de travail temporaire au Québec. Possibles, vol. 49, no 1. Printemps 2025, 83-91TRS4 2.3.2 Concordia University Publication 2025-10-21 TRS4 2.3.2 On Hailing “Skill” and Broken Promises: (Im)Migration in Polarizing Societies Concordia University Conference 2025-09-25
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