Emile Baril
@emilebaril.bsky.social
Postdoctoral fellow at @irms-concordia.bsky.social (IRMS) and @bridgdivides.bsky.social, new technologies, platform labour, food delivery, trucking and migration. York University PhD alum
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❓ What is the current state of migrant food delivery workers in Toronto, Montreal and Milan?
Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
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Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
🔗 www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
On the Move: Migrant Workers and Food-Delivery Platforms in Italy and Canada | Institute for Research on Migration and Society - Concordia University
Join Maristella Cacciapaglia and Émile Baril for a conversation on migrant food-delivery work in Italy and Canada, exploring precarity, platform economies, and everyday strategies of agency.
www.concordia.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
❓ What is the current state of migrant food delivery workers in Toronto, Montreal and Milan?
Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
🔗 www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
Unpack the discussion with @irms-concordia.bsky.social, featuring research insights from Bridging Divides postdoc @emilebaril.bsky.social.
🗓️ Nov. 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
🔗 www.concordia.ca/cuevents/art...
Thanks to Laura Brehaut for featuring our research in the @nationalpost.bsky.social
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Read the article here:
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Growth of food delivery platforms based on cheap, often immigrant, labour: Canadian study
Food delivery apps have grown exponentially. As researchers show, this growth depends on the cheap labour of young and immigrant workers.
nationalpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks to Laura Brehaut for featuring our research in the @nationalpost.bsky.social
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🎉 Excited to share that our Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist for the 4th annual Signal Awards, including the Listener’s Choice Award! Vote for us until Oct. 9, 2025 under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category:
vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Stay tuned for season four!
vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Stay tuned for season four!
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🎉 Excited to share that our Borders & Belonging Podcast is a finalist for the 4th annual Signal Awards, including the Listener’s Choice Award! Vote for us until Oct. 9, 2025 under the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category:
vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Stay tuned for season four!
vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... Stay tuned for season four!
I spoke with David Cooper on @globalnews.ca's 'The Last Show' about the working conditions of food delivery couriers in Montreal and Toronto. Find the interview here:
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To Fake Your Own Demise - September 30, 2025
Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · 2025-10-01 · 1h 28m
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October 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I spoke with David Cooper on @globalnews.ca's 'The Last Show' about the working conditions of food delivery couriers in Montreal and Toronto. Find the interview here:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Mariana Stefaniuk and I just published an article in @policyoptions.irpp.org on Driver Inc. as part of my postdoctoral research with
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policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/08/driv...
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Four ways Ottawa can throttle 'Driver Inc.'
The trucking industry contributes significantly to the Canadian economy. In 2024, transportation accounted for 4.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), with 46 per cent of goods moved by trucks. ...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mariana Stefaniuk and I just published an article in @policyoptions.irpp.org on Driver Inc. as part of my postdoctoral research with
@irms-concordia.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/08/driv...
@irms-concordia.bsky.social @bridgdivides.bsky.social
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/08/driv...
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On Aug 15, the panel “The Digital Im/migrant: IS in Migration Governance, Work, and Life” explored how digital technologies shape immigrant experiences. Thanks to Pedro Seguel and IRMS researchers Mireille Paquet, Mylène Coderre & Émile Baril, and Ashika Niraula, PhD, and Stein Monteiro.
August 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
On Aug 15, the panel “The Digital Im/migrant: IS in Migration Governance, Work, and Life” explored how digital technologies shape immigrant experiences. Thanks to Pedro Seguel and IRMS researchers Mireille Paquet, Mylène Coderre & Émile Baril, and Ashika Niraula, PhD, and Stein Monteiro.
In the mail today, our article w/ Mircea Vultur "Navigating streets, restaurants, and algorithms: a study of young immigrant food delivery couriers in Montreal and Toronto" for Labour/Le Travail
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May 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In the mail today, our article w/ Mircea Vultur "Navigating streets, restaurants, and algorithms: a study of young immigrant food delivery couriers in Montreal and Toronto" for Labour/Le Travail
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My latest publication: the book chapter "The changing composition of app-based food delivery couriers and the consequences for collectivism", written with Kristin Jesnes. Thank you, @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social for the invitation!
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March 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
My latest publication: the book chapter "The changing composition of app-based food delivery couriers and the consequences for collectivism", written with Kristin Jesnes. Thank you, @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and @silviarainone.bsky.social for the invitation!
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
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Silicon Valley's plan to Uberize nursing only worsens our healthcare crisis, we argue. New piece from
@fundaustek.bsky.social and myself w/ the support of
@geoplace.bsky.social and @veenadubal.bsky.social.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/u...
@fundaustek.bsky.social and myself w/ the support of
@geoplace.bsky.social and @veenadubal.bsky.social.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/u...
Uber for nursing is here — and it’s not good for patients or nurses
“I just feel like I am on an island by myself a lot”: How gig working leaves nurses less equipped to care for patients.
www.statnews.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Silicon Valley's plan to Uberize nursing only worsens our healthcare crisis, we argue. New piece from
@fundaustek.bsky.social and myself w/ the support of
@geoplace.bsky.social and @veenadubal.bsky.social.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/u...
@fundaustek.bsky.social and myself w/ the support of
@geoplace.bsky.social and @veenadubal.bsky.social.
www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/u...
An old Frichti hub in Paris, peak #platformcapitalism
January 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
An old Frichti hub in Paris, peak #platformcapitalism
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World-class investigative journalism by Ghada al Sharif for
@torontostar.bsky.social: 6 weeks undercover as an UberEats worker. Exposes the reality of this sub-minimum-wage ($1.74/hr) exploitation: thestar.com/business/i-w.... City & labour regulators can't pretend this isn't happening. #canlab
@torontostar.bsky.social: 6 weeks undercover as an UberEats worker. Exposes the reality of this sub-minimum-wage ($1.74/hr) exploitation: thestar.com/business/i-w.... City & labour regulators can't pretend this isn't happening. #canlab
I went undercover as an Uber Eats courier and made just $1.74 per hour online. Here’s what I learned about the troubling cost of convenience
For six weeks, I hustled for orders and made a shockingly low wage. Uber says my experience was 'atypical' — but workers I spoke to say differently.
www.thestar.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:34 PM
World-class investigative journalism by Ghada al Sharif for
@torontostar.bsky.social: 6 weeks undercover as an UberEats worker. Exposes the reality of this sub-minimum-wage ($1.74/hr) exploitation: thestar.com/business/i-w.... City & labour regulators can't pretend this isn't happening. #canlab
@torontostar.bsky.social: 6 weeks undercover as an UberEats worker. Exposes the reality of this sub-minimum-wage ($1.74/hr) exploitation: thestar.com/business/i-w.... City & labour regulators can't pretend this isn't happening. #canlab
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A small starter pack for anyone interested in digital/platform capitalism, with a focus on social sciences (sociology geography, STS, econ etc.). Let me know if you want to be added!
November 12, 2024 at 8:23 PM
A small starter pack for anyone interested in digital/platform capitalism, with a focus on social sciences (sociology geography, STS, econ etc.). Let me know if you want to be added!
