'Education? It is irrelevant to my job now. It makes me very depressed ...': exploring the health impacts of under/unemployment among highly skilled recent immigrants in Canada.
Immigrants account for 20% of the population and 60% of total population growth in Canada (Statistics Canada 2001). The majority of immigrants are accepted for entry to Canada under the Skilled Worker Program in order to fill employment shortages in the labour market (CIC 2007). Recent research has...
| Publicado en: | Ethnicity & Health Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 185 - 205 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2009
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