Document Type

Research Publications

Publication Date

4-19-2019

Department

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Abstract

The twenty-first century has witnessed a number of significant demographic and political shifts that have resulted in a care crisis. Addressing the deficit of care provision has led many nations to actively recruit migrant care labour, often under temporary forms of migration. The emergence of this phenomenon has resulted in a rich field of analysis using the lens of care, including the idea of the Global Care Chain. Revisions to this conceptualization have pushed for its extension beyond domestic workers in the home to include skilled workers in other institutional settings, particularly nurses in hospitals and long-term care settings. Reviewing relevant literature on migrant nurses, this article explores the labour market experiences of internationally educated nurses in Canada. The article reviews research on the barriers facing migrant nurses as they transfer their credentials to the Canadian context. Analysis of this literature suggests that internationally trained nurses experience a form of occupational (im)mobility, paradoxical, ambiguous and contingent processes that exploit global mobility, and results in the stratified incorporation of skilled migrant women into healthcare workplaces.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES on [19 April 2019], available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1592397.

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