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Global Nurse Migration Pathways: A Comparative Project

2017

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"Sending Our Petitions To God": Nigerian Immigrant Healthcare Worker Settlement, Gender And The Role Of Religious Networks, Sheri Adekola, Margaret Walton-Roberts Jan 2017

"Sending Our Petitions To God": Nigerian Immigrant Healthcare Worker Settlement, Gender And The Role Of Religious Networks, Sheri Adekola, Margaret Walton-Roberts

Global Nurse Migration Pathways: A Comparative Project

This paper provides a brief overview of a study aimed at understanding the lived experiences of health care migrants from Nigeria now living in Canada and their individual perceptions regarding their migration experience. We report here on an interesting finding of the research that highlights how Nigerian women migrants cope with the isolating effects of migration of resettlement through a profound attachment to spirituality and religious community networks.