Assessing the contribution of immigrants to Canada's nursing and health care support occupations: a multi-scalar analysis.
Rafael HarunMargaret Walton-RobertsPublished in: Human resources for health (2022)
Immigrants comprise an important share of Canada's nursing and health care support workforce. Immigrant pathways for entering nursing occupations are complex and difficult to accurately enumerate. This paper recommends the creation of an integrated health workforce dataset, including information about immigrant health workers, for both effective national workforce planning and for assessing Canada's role in global health workforce distribution and utilization.