TWIG’s microwork library
The researchers have scanned over 500 references from Reddit feeds to authoritative reports. Here are the top reads on microwork.
What’s next: Investigating personal futures
As one participant asked: “This was great, what’s next?” Maggie Greyson discusses personal futures as a next step for microwork research.
Microwork futures: strategic perspectives
Strategic perspectives are ways to think about the future. They are the final output of the foresight method used for this project.
Aggregate action, complexity, and microwork
Aggregate action, in the form of microwork, has the potential to engage an unprecedented number of people to tackle complex global problems.
Invisible Gigs: Researching Microwork in Canada
Alastair Cheng reflects on what we know (and don’t) about microwork in Canada, as well as broader market shifts.
Microworking in Toronto
Marco Campana finds that microworking in Toronto is still an unfamiliar concept for most people.
Microwork: An introduction
Every second, an incredible amount of digital content is processed through microwork platforms. Julian Posada provides an introduction to microwork.
Statistics Canada: Digital platform worker initiatives
Statistics Canada is measuring digital platform workers’ role in the Canadian labour market.
City of Toronto: Inclusive economic development
The future of work will look different than it does today. The City of Toronto is collaborating with our partners – including TWIG.
Kristy Milland: The state of microwork
Q&A with Kristy Milland, microwork consultant and former community manager, Turker Nation.
Publications
2020
Microtasking Project
2019-2020
Local Labour Market Plan
2019
Pathways to Mobility
2019
TWIG Warehousing and Distribution
2019
Making immigration work for all of Ontario
2019
Local Labour Market Plan 2018-2019
2019
Retail Trade: A sector in transition
2018
Food and Beverage Processing Sector
2018
Stemming the Gray Tide
2018
Labour Force Landscape
2017
lLongitudinal study of the long-term unemployed
2017
Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry
2016
Toronto's Employment and Training Program
2015
Toronto's Labour Market
2015
Constructing Toronto
