NDLI: Conceptualizing Professional Diaspora: International Medical Graduates in Canada

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Author	Neiterman, Elena Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This paper applies the concept of diaspora to the analysis of the creation and maintenance of an ethnically diverse community of internationally educated medical graduates residing in Canada. Traditionally, the research on diaspora concerns ethnic communities that preserve their homeland ties while residing in foreign countries. We suggest, however, that ethnic roots are not imperative for the analysis of diasporic communities when other forms of shared values and meanings can become a basis for creation of collective identity. Reconfiguring both the homeland and host country as places of geographical and professional belonging provides opportunity to conceptualize an ethnically diverse group of immigrant physicians residing in Canada as professional diaspora. Probing the interviews with 67 international medical graduates living in Canada, we demonstrate (1) how they create medical diaspora, (2) what myths and sensitivities they share in constructing their professional and/or geographic homelands, and (3) the relationship they develop with their hosting society. We suggest that in spite of the increasing mobility of internationally educated health care providers, the analysis of professional diasporas could become a useful tool for analyzing complex relationships between home countries, hosting countries, and international travelers.
Starting Page	39
Ending Page	57
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14883473
Journal	Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l'integration et de la migration internationale
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18746365
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-07-07
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Diaspora Migration Health professionals International medical graduates Professional integration Canada Population Economics Sociology Demography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Anthropology Cultural Studies

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