Sur le fil : les parcours migratoires à l’épreuve de la crise du Covid-19 au Québec

Abstract

In March 2020, daily activities and rhythms have been significantly disrupted by the simultaneous political measures taken worldwide to contain the Covid-19 virus. This period of sudden and unimaginable change produced a major rupture. In Quebec, temporary migrants have been affected in a specific way: many of them were employed in hospitality, a sector forced to a temporary shutdown, while global borders closed, and their migratory status was making their right to financial support uncertain. Simultaneously affected in various life spheres, their life course was at risk of a quick bifurcation. The analysis of the way their life course is impacted by this first period of the pandemic highlights the multiple temporalities articulating a historical macrosocial event and biographical paths, potentially conducive to future bifurcation.

Keywords

• event
• bifurcation
• Covid-19
• temporary migrants
• hospitality
• Quebec