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Taylor, Alison; Foster, Jason; Cambre, Carolina – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2012
The purpose of this article is to explore the experiences of Temporary Foreign Workers in health care in Alberta, Canada. In 2007-2008, one of the regional health authorities in the province responded to a shortage of workers by recruiting 510 health-care workers internationally; most were trained as Registered Nurses (RNs) in the Philippines.…
Descriptors: Credentials, Temporary Employment, Nurses, Foreign Workers
Pido, Antonio J. A. – 1986
This book examines immigration from the Philippines to the United States, in terms of the historical, economic, political, social, military, and cultural macro and micro structures that precipitate it. Certain aspects of race and ethnic relations are explored. The study begins with conceptual and theoretical considerations on the issues of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Background, Economic Factors, Filipino Americans