My current research focuses on the global migration of Indian trained nurses. This began with a Shastri faculty training grant to explore gender and skilled migration from Kerala. This was followed with a three-year standard research grant from SSHRC on India's role in the Global Nurse Care Chain. This project involved coordination and collaboration between myself and colleagues in north and south India and the bringing together of multidisciplinary research methods in a cross-cultural context. The project found that overseas migration opportunities are mediated by important transnational and diaspora-led investments in the health and education sector in India and in the migration recruitment intermediary sector. I continued this research in Canada (CERIS grant) to examine how these transnational sectors interact within diverse regulatory landscapes and contribute to mobilizing labour, capital and ideas across internationalized nursing labour markets. Based on this I received a SSHRC knowledge Synthesis grant to explore the intersection of nursing regulatory and immigration systems in Canada. Based on this work the research team I led released two short films on internationally educated nurses produced with the knowledge synthesis grant (watch the first video; watch the second video). Current research continues to examine changing immigration policy in Canada with reference to international students.
