Immigrant Filipino nurses in Western Canada from 1950-2000: An oral history study
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Abstract
The study of the history of immigrant Filipino nurses in Canada is an area that has hardly been explored. Given Canada’s role as a major receiving country of a significantly growing number of Filipino migrants and specifically the steady rate at which Filipino nurses are joining the Canadian health care workforce, exploration of Filipino nurses’ biographical oral histories will provide insight into their motivations for emigrating as well as immigrant experiences. The purpose of this study is to explore individual life histories of Filipino nurses in order to provide preliminary insight into how those are intertwined with larger migration patterns, educational trends, and foreign presence in the Philippines. Documentation regarding immigrant Filipino nurses and immigrant nursing in Canada in general is examined, and experiences of immigrant Filipino nurses in British Columbia and Alberta and selected nurses still in the Philippines through oral history is explored. Through exploration of life and work experiences, the study illustrates larger social trends reflected in individuals’ stories, as well as illustrating how individuals experienced larger social pressures. Little preliminary historical work on Filipino nurse work experience in Canada exists. The study contributes an important historical understanding of the significance impact Filipino nurse immigration has on the Canadian health care system in the broader context of colonization and nurse migration. Complementary to the impact on the Canadian system, how the educational, economic, and societal context of Filipino nurses in the Philippines shapes this phenomenon will be highlighted. The paper concludes that life history of a relatively small number of Filipino nurses provides important insight in larger migration dynamics and work force tensions in nursing and health care.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.005 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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