They’re not just live-in caregivers. Many are nurses who want to live and work in Canada.
By Joanne Lee-Young - Vancouver Sun
Third in a four-part series
For many Canadians, the image of a Filipino worker is one of a nanny pushing a baby carriage. But the reality is quickly changing. Lawrence Santiago, a Trudeau scholar doing his [...]

By Diane Jermyn - www.ctv.ca
In 2008, a recruitment mission from the Saskatoon Health Region flew to the Philippines and offered contracts to 105 nurses. Out of the 95 who came, 93 passed the Canadian Registered Nursing Exam and are on the job at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon City Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital, as well [...]

This new class of caregiver is booming, and quite unregulated
By Katie Engelhart
When Esther Heckbert told her mother she wanted to leave the Philippines to work as a babysitter abroad, her mother was leery. “She said, ‘babysitter? You’re done university!’ ” The two were folding laundry at their home in Isabela. Esther, who has a degree [...]

Recruitment program working
By: Larry Kusch
Joan Duhaylungsod has had to make a lot of adjustments since leaving the Philippines seven months ago for a nursing job in Pilot Mound.

By Jhong de la Cruz - bulatlat.com
When the United States shut its door to foreign nurses in 2008, many turned to Canada. Also a First World country with a large number of nurses due to retire soon, Canada is now fast becoming a leading destination for foreign nurses, particularly Filipino nurses.