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Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Future research / gaps identified: Include a more diverse sample of participants (e.g. only 2/14 participants were female). Expand research so it can be applied to policy and procedural changes. Key findings: Barriers to re-credentialing and ent...
Key findings Two main findings that underline why foreign worker are not inclined to return to their home countries. First, the economic hardships that pushed them to migrate in the first place remain significant in their home countries. Given this, they do not want to return to the same economic hardships they used to...
Location Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations Better advertising of existing programs and services is essential. Different kinds of services and supports are needed for professional and non-skilled migrants. Key findings Calgarians who are born outside Canada sometimes do not access migration services during...
Gaps identified NA Key findings Broad capitalist ideologies affect the conditions of labour that TFWs experience The demands of ‘work’ can contradict the requirements of ‘home’, and threaten workers’ abilities to maintain important social relationships and articulate aspects of their cultural identities Alberta...
Community organizations NA Location Alberta Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key populations Temporary foreign workers; Service providers Key findings Temporary Foreign Workers experience barriers in accessing mental health services; mental health challe...
Location Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations Greater education for healthcare providers regarding providing care to migrants without insurance Key populations Migrants without medical insurance (undocumented, international students etc.) Key findings There has been an increase in the number of insured maternity...
Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) Neoliberalism greatly influences available services and funding, although many respondents reported the need to go past funding mandates and engage in more advocacy and anti-racism work. 2) Immigrant professionals grappled with arriving...
Location Alberta Key recommendations Governments and industry need to develop more holistic approaches to recruiting underrepresented groups to overcome labour market segmentation Key populations Temporary foreign worker Key findings Employers in the construction industry in Alberta use TFWs as a fluid, secondary...
Location Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations Training opportunities for immigrant professionals (including fast-track and short-term programs); Increased opportunities for field training and professional mentorship; soft-skill training (workplace communication and relationships, teamwork, leadersh...
Location Calgary, Alberta Key recommendations More research is needed to understand how physicians make decisions about lab testing and who/how they refer for tests. Key populations General population Key findings There is a correlation between demographic characteristics and disease burden – this is in accordan...