Abstracts
Abstract
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork done between April 2015 and August 2016 in Halifax, Canada, with nurses employed on temporary work permits in the healthcare sector in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, this research contributes to contemporary literature on certain forms of migration temporality and emotionality. I employ policy analysis of credential recognition procedures for nurses and ethnographic research methods to demonstrate how a complex array of intersecting and sometimes contradictory policy contexts in labour, migration and healthcare regulate the movement and work of foreign nurses, including their transition into permanent Canadian residents, and ultimately, citizens, and the lived experienced of this regulation as it extends through time and space.
Keywords:
- labour,
- emotion,
- policy,
- nurses,
- credential recognition,
- immigration,
- temporality
Résumé
S’appuyant sur un travail de terrain ethnographique effectué entre avril 2015 et août 2016 à Halifax auprès d’infirmières employées dans le secteur de la santé dans la province de Nouvelle-Écosse, au Canada, cette étude contribue aux travaux contemporains sur les formes de temporalité et d’émotionnalité de la migration. À partir de l’analyse des politiques de reconnaissance des titres de compétences des infirmières et de méthodes d’enquête ethnographique, je démontre comment un ensemble complexe de politiques transversales et parfois contradictoires en matière de travail, d’immigration et de soins de santé réglementent les mouvements et l’emploi des infirmières étrangères, y compris leur transition vers le statut de résident permanent au Canada et ultimement de citoyen canadien, de même que l’expérience vécue de cette réglementation dans le temps et l’espace.
Mots-clés :
- travail,
- émotion,
- politiques gouvernementales,
- infirmières,
- reconnaissance des titres de competence,
- immigration,
- temporalité
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