Mylène Coderre

Concordia University

EducationPhD, University of Ottawa

Areas of ExpertiseMigration pathways; precarious immigration status; labor intermediaries; migrant labor rights; international development

Mylène Coderre is an 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 contributed to several research projects aimed at documenting the employment and immigration conditions of migrants with precarious status in Canada. Her work focuses primarily on private migration intermediaries and on the lived experiences of temporary migrant workers in Canada. Before joining IRMS, she was a scientific advisor on migration and occupational health at the Quebec Institute of Public Health.

Recent Publications

Coderre, M., & Nakache, D. (2022). From working tourists to permanent residents: Experiences of migrant workers with youth mobility schemes in Canada. International Migration & Integration, 23(3), 971–988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00873-7 (external link)

Coderre, M. (2023). From Migrant Worker to Migrant Broker: The Grey Zone of Transnational Recruitment between Canada and Guatemala. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 21(4), 611–623. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2022.2156650 (external link)