Driving Canada: Digital Exhibition

An interactive exhibition that places you in the backseat of a rideshare car, Driving Canada: A Digital Exhibition is designed to shed a spotlight on the lives of rideshare drivers, rendered invisible in the gig-economy, despite their presence all around us. The exhibition reveals the human story hidden behind the ratings and reviews of these service apps.

Take a ride with one of these five drivers, and learn more about the invisible lives of gig-workers in Canada.

Take a ride

CHOOSE A DRIVER

Kulbir Singh Bhullar

Bachelors in Computer Science – Worked in Microsoft for nine years

I did not choose this profession [rideshare driver]. I was forced to get in this profession because that is the only thing available to pay my bills.

Yalgar Singh

Masters in IT – Worked in Punjab State Bureaucracy

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The PR felt like that, that I can make a difference in my family … maybe I will be able to change the working class to a business class somehow.

Mohd Javed Khokar

Bachelors in Pharmacy – Three years of work experience prior to immigrating to Canada

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Initially, I was targeting pharmaceutical positions … but eventually, when I didn’t get any positive response from these companies … I started stepping down from where I’d left my professional journey [back in India].

Rammah Mohammad

Bachelors in Arabic – Six years of work experience prior to immigrating to Canada

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[I was told] you need Canadian experience. I don’t know what they mean [by that]. Experience is experience.

Mehakjot Singh

Masters in Pharmacy – Five years of work experience prior to immigrating to Canada

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I told myself, ‘I have start from zero.’