In honour of International Nurses' Day (on Tuesday, May 12), hosts Chrisma Perera and Mark Ambrogio interview Mehtab Jaffer, a PhD candidate in Nursing here at Western University. While many topics of study are divided between practitioners and researchers, Mehtab is uniquely positioned as both, as she is a registered nurse here in Ontario studying the place of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) in Ontario hospitals.

In their conversation, Mehtab speaks to her use of in-depth interviews with both IENs and key informants in Ontario hospitals. They discuss Mehtab's research into the lived experiences of IENs, as they navigate their journey into the Canadian healthcare system, touching upon topics such as the influence of organizational culture and identity orientation, capturing the professional, cultural, social, emotional, and psychological aspects that define and shape IENs' journeys.

Mehtab's Social Media

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mehtab.jaffer/

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/mehtab-jaffer

Instagram @mehtab.jaffer

Other links from the episode

Western University Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing PhD

Society Of Internationally Educated Nurses (SIENNA)

Registered Nurses of Ontario (RNAO)

International Nursing Interest Group (INIG)

Trent University (Alumni IENs)

Aga Khan University School of Nursing, (AKU-SONAM)- Karachi, Pakistan

Recorded on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Produced by Ella Siciliano Theme song provided by FreeBeats.io (Produced by WhiteHot)