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Book Talk – The Migration-Development Regime: How Class Shapes Indian Emigration by Dr.Rina Agarwala 

Registration started for the Eighth Batch of Techniques and Analysis in Migration Research which will be commensed on June 1, 2023

 

 

Kerala Migration Survey 2023 takes place through Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation under the direction of Dr. S. Irudaya Rajan, Visiting Fellow, GIFT and Chair, IIMAD which is funded by the Government of Kerala.

Our Founder President Dr. K.C. Zachariah departed us on 17th January 2023. 

Chair is part of both Jharkhand Migration Survey 2023 (10000 households) and Odisha Migration Survey 2023 (15000 households)

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Entangled pathways: International students working as essential care workers during COVID-19

Published on November 29, 2021

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Event Date

December 18, 2021 7:30 pm (IST)

Event Venue

Online - Webinar

Keywords:

International Students; Personal Support Workers; Long term care: COVID-19; Labour geography

Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and accentuated an ongoing crisis of care in Long Term Care Facilities (LTC). A historic lack of investment in care, especially in areas of elder care, has resulted in LTC facilities being the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada. Many workers in LTC in Canada and across the OECD are migrants. They face poor employment conditions, low paying work, and often lack sufficient training, all of which endanger the lives of care workers and the vulnerable elders they care for. The majority of workers in Ontario’s LTC sector are personal support workers (PSWs). These are unregulated health workers without a clear scope of practice who collaborate with health professions. The education and training of PSWs are not standardized, and this has created concern over practice norms, standards of care, and how workers progress. International students in health care programs in Waterloo Region have taken up employment as PSWs in the LTC sector in the Waterloo Region. This presentation discusses results from a survey of PSWs, their immigrant status and their experiences during the pandemic.

Saturday, 18 December · 7:30 – 8:30 pm
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Speakers

Margaret Walton Roberts

Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

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