Occupational health and safety vulnerability of recent immigrants and refugees

B Yanar, A Kosny, PM Smith - International journal of environmental …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Recent immigrants and refugees have higher rates of work-related injuries and illnesses
compared to Canadian-born workers. As a result, they are often labelled as vulnerable …

“Can someone help me?” Refugee women's experiences of using settlement agencies to find work in Canada

S Senthanar, E MacEachen, S Premji… - Journal of International …, 2020 - Springer
This article examines refugee women's experience with settlement agencies and their
employment outcomes in Canada. Based on qualitative data, we found that employment …

[图书][B] Immigration Canada: Evolving realities and emerging challenges in a postnational world

A Fleras - 2014 - books.google.com
Beyond the romanticized image of newcomers arriving as a “huddled mass” at Halifax's Pier
21, understanding the reality and complexity of immigration today requires an expert guide …

Safe employment integration of recent immigrants and refugees

A Kosny, B Yanar, M Begum, D Al-Khooly… - Journal of International …, 2020 - Springer
This study examined the employment preparation and work experiences of recent
immigrants and refugees in Ontario, Canada, to determine key resource needs and …

Depression in middle and older adulthood: the role of immigration, nutrition, and other determinants of health in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging

KM Davison, Y Lung, S Lin, H Tong, KM Kobayashi… - BMC psychiatry, 2019 - Springer
Background Little is known about depression in middle-aged and older Canadians and how
it is affected by health determinants, particularly immigrant status. This study examined …

Precarious employment and migrant workers' mental health: a protocol for a systematic review of observational studies

OK Ornek, T Weinmann, J Waibel, K Radon - Systematic Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Background Precarious employment has become an urgent public health issue at a global
scale with potential consequences for quality of life and health of employees, especially in …

A Bourdieuian analysis of job search experiences of immigrants in Canada

G Akkaymak - Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2017 - Springer
Drawing on qualitative interviews, this paper examines the labour market integration
experiences of immigrants from Turkey to Canada. Analysis is framed in the context of …

Discrimination at work: Comparing the experiences of foreign-trained and locally-trained engineers in Canada

U George, F Chaze - Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2014 - muse.jhu.edu
This paper reports on the findings of a study of the experiences of discrimination faced by
internationally-trained engineers in Canada. Three hundred foreign-trained and two …

Psychosocial job characteristics and mental health: Do associations differ by migrant status in an Australian working population sample?

X Liu, SJ Bowe, L Li, LS Too, AD LaMontagne - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Migrant workers may experience higher burdens of occupational injury and illness
compared to native-born workers, which may be due to the differential exposure to …

Exploring the integration of internationally educated occupational therapists into the workforce

SJ Mulholland, TA Dietrich… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. British Columbia (BC) is a popular Canadian work destination for occupational
therapists from around the world. Purpose. This study explored the experiences of …