Gig platforms help immigrant care workers find jobs, but they are only a temporary solution

Will precarious alternative forms of work, like gig platform jobs, become the norm for immigrant care workers? (Shutterstock)

For internationally trained health-care professionals faced with unemployment and underemployment in the Canadian labour market, digital platforms offer the possibility of finding jobs in the industry they are trained in.

Even though Canada is in the midst of a health-care labour shortage, immigrant care workers are struggling to find jobs and are looking for alternative solutions. One of these solutions is gig platforms, where immigrants are over-represented as workers.