Cooper Institute is an education and community development centre in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The main program areas of our organization are livable income for all, food sovereignty, democracy, diversity and inclusion, protection of land and water, and improving lives of migrant workers in the province. Within these programs, we conduct research and popular education projects on provincial, national, and international level.
Learn more about what we do from our latest Activities Report.
Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in Prince Edward Island
Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island is the first report in a series of research projects by the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes partnership.
Download the report here: Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island
Guides for Migrant Workers - Living and Working in PEI
Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) |
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) |
|---|---|
| Guide for Migrant Workers | Guide for Seasonal Agricultural Workers |
| Guía para Trabajadores Migrantes | Guía para Trabajadores Agrícolas Estacionales |
| 流动劳工指南 |
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News and Events
- Newcomers speak out about rising cost of livingIn a CBC article, PEI Newcomers comment on the difficulties they have living in PEI
- Feb 20 2025
- "If we want our economy to work, we have to make it more sustainable for people. And we know from all the figures that are out there, if we don't sustain immigration in the province, we won't have a workforce. And we can't sustain a workforce that we
- PEI Coalition for Public Services: Community ConversationsJoin us on February 22 in St. Peter's Bay
- Feb 12 2025
- Come talk about the need for truly public services in your community and how we can stop the 'profitization' of these critical resources!
- Marie Burge receives Leo Cheverie Lifetime Achievement Award from VRCAward honours Marie's work
- Jan 18 2025
- The Leo Cheverie Lifetime Achievement Award was created to honour the legacy of Leo Cheverie who worked tirelessly for social justice.
- P.E.I. social justice groups and coalitions deserve a cheerLetter to the Editor by Marie Burge
- Jan 03 2025
- Cheers to the social justice groups and coalitions working for social, political and economic change!
- PEI Working Group for a Livable Income presents to Standing Committee on Health and Social DevelopmentMembers presented a recent report
- Jun 12 2024
- WGLI presented the report titled 'A Proposal for a Basic Income Guarantee Benefit for Prince Edward Island to the Standing Committee on Health and Social Development.
- Permanent Jobs, Temporary People: Temporary Foreign Workers’ Struggle for Permanent Residency in Prince Edward IslandNew Research from the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes partnership
- Jun 05 2024
- Permanent Jobs, Temporary People is the fourth report from the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes partnership. The focus this time was on temporary foreign workers transitioning to permanent residency in Prince Edward Island.