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Location Alberta Key recommendations More research is needed about the topic Key populations workers (immigrant and domestic) in Alberta Key findings workers who move across the country to work seem to be at risk of the higher work-related injuries because of the nature of work they perform (i.e. oil and gas in...
Key findings African immigrants engage in a variety of parenting practices that include those informed by their cultural background as well as ‘new’ approaches, adopted in Canada. The authors describe three approaches to parenting/child discipline: corporal (i.e. spanking and pinching, and more severe practices as kick...
Location Edmonton, Alberta Key recommendations NA Key populations Three Filipino migrants with either no status or with compromised paperwork to support their status (see p. 1) Key findings The migrants with no or irregular migration status engaged in various strategies to survive while they were going through un...
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...
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...
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 Edmonton, Alberta Community organizations NA Integration timeline At what point during the integration process the study was conducted? NA Key recommendations Provision of permanent residency to foreign workers Gaps identified The author points to the gap in multiculturalism policy of Canada, arguing that...