Susana Caxaj, PhD

Susana Caxaj

Associate Professor

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Education

  • PhD (糖心Vlog)
  • BScN (Queen's University)

Graduate Program Supervision

Research In Profile

Professor Caxaj's research is focused on exploring underserved populations’ access and navigation of health and multi-sectoral services with a particular focus on racialized, migrant and Indigenous populations.

Featured Publications and Projects

Project Reports

  • A Guidance Document for National Housing Standards for Migrant Agricultural Workers. May 2025. The Coalition for National Housing Standards for Migrants in Agriculture (CONAMI).  Caxaj, Allahdua, G., Arefin, MH., Bejan, R., Borrelli, E., Cole, D., Demmers, T, Mendiburo, A. D., Edwards, A., Grez, E., Gomez, S., Hanley, J., Helps, L., Hennebry, J. L., horgan, M., Liinamaa, S., Lozanski, K., Martinez, N. S., Mayell, S., Mclaughlin, J., Oyewal, D. P., Patterson, D., Perry, J. A., Prada, L., Pratt, G., Tessier, V., Sanchez, G., Vosko, L. F., Weiler, A. 
  • Key findings and recommendations from a study of coroner’s files of migrant agricultural workers’ deaths in Ontario from January 2020 to June 2021 (February 1, 2022). Caxaj, C. S., Tran, M., Tew, M., Mayell, S., McLaughlin, J., Rawal, S., Cole, D. & Vosko, L. [Migrant Worker Health Expert Working Group]. Submitted to the Chief Coroner’s Office of Ontario and the Government of Canada (Employment and Social Development of Canada and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada).

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Caxaj, C. S., George, G., Lozanski, K., & Mayell, S. (2026). Cultural Safety in Service Provision for Migrant Agricultural Workers? An Empirical Exploration: Caxaj et al. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 27(1), 235-258.
  • Caxaj, C. S., & Weiler, A. (2025). “You’re just stuck in a hole, really”: mechanisms of structural racism through migrant agricultural worker housing in Canada. Qualitative Health Research, 35(7), 807-823.
  • Caxaj, C. S., Weiler, A. M., & Martyniuk, J. (2024). Housing conditions and health implications for migrant agricultural workers in Canada: A scoping review. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 56(1), 16-28.
  • Caxaj, C. S., Shkopi, E., Naranjo, C. T., Chew, A., Hao, Y. T., & Nguyen, M. (2023). Health, social and legal supports for migrant agricultural workers in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1182816.
  • Cohen, A. & Caxaj, C. S. (2022). A Lifeline in Troubled waters: A Support model Intervention for Migrant Farm Workers. International Migration, 00, 1 – 16.
  • Caxaj, C. S., & Cohen, A. (2021). Emerging best practices for supporting temporary migrant farmworkers in 糖心Vlog Canada. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(1), 250-258.
  • Colindres, C., Cohen, A., & Caxaj, C. S. (2021). Migrant Agricultural Workers’ Health, Safety and Access to Protections: A Descriptive Survey Identifying Structural Gaps and Vulnerabilities in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3696.
  • Caxaj, C. S., & Cohen, A. (2019). “I Will Not Leave My Body Here”: Migrant Farmworkers’ Health and Safety Amidst a Climate of Coercion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(15), 2643.
  • Schill, K., & Caxaj, C. S. (2019). Cultural safety strategies for rural Indigenous palliative care: a scoping review. BMC palliative care, 18(1), 21.
  • Caxaj, C. S., Chau, S., & Parkins, I. (2018). How racialized students navigate campus life in a mid-sized Canadian city:‘thrown against a white background’but ‘comfortable enough to laugh’. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1-20.

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Current Grants and Research Projects

  • Caxaj, C. S. (PI) George, G., Lozanski, K., McLaughlin, J., Mayell, S. et. al, Hennebry, J., Vosko, L. et. al and various community partners (2022 – 2024). Conditions capacities and possibilities for service evaluation with migrant agricultural workers: Partnered Research Evaluating Services with Migrants in Agriculture (PRESMA). SSHRC. $193,700.
  • Caxaj, C. S. (PI), Weiler, A., Mclaughlin, J., Oudshoorn, A., Vosko, L., Basok, T., Hennebry, J. et. al (2021 – 2023). Migrants Intersecting experiences with Housing in Agriculture (MIHA). SSHRC. $160,000.

Graduate Student Projects

Black Students Experiences of Belonging in Historically White Institutions.

  • Montague, Janet (in progress). Phd, Nursing.

Caribbean Farmworkers Housing: Implications for Public Health.

  • Diedrick, Elizabeth (in progress). MSc, Nursing.

  • Pop, Jessica (2022). MSc, Nursing.

  • Longo, Riana (2021). MSc, Nursing.

  • Johnson, Suzanne J. (2020). MSc, Interdisciplinary Studies.

Visit for a list of completed student theses and dissertations.

Additional Information

Awards

  • Nursing Alumni of Distinction Rising Star Award (2020)
  • Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing Fellowship in Health Equity (2021 – 2023)

Professional Activities

  • Co-founder and core member, Migrant Worker Health Expert Working Group (MWH-EWG)
  • Co-chair, Decolonization, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression School of Nursing Committee (DARAO)

In the Media

News

Print

  • “” Queen’s Park Briefing. (2022)
  • “ Toronto Star. (2022)
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  •  "" Globe and Mail. (2020)
  • "" Windsor CBC. (2019)

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