Walton-Roberts, Margaret

Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts is a human geographer trained in the UK and Canada who focuses on international migration. She is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University and the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), Waterloo Canada. Her research interests are in gender and migration, transnational networks, and immigrant settlement. Her current research focuses on gender and the international migration of health care professionals.

She has been awarded several external grants for her research, and has published over 43 book chapters, and more than 50 journal articles. Her latest edited book, Global Migration, Gender and Health Professional Credentials: Transnational Value Transfers and Losses (2022) is published with University of Toronto Press.

Research Interests: Immigration, Gender, and Diaspora

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Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
Fields of Expertise:

Gender Politics and Policy

Migration

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Email: mwaltonroberts@wlu.ca
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Languages: English
Publications:

Alostaz, Nasrin & Mo, Jiajie & Walton-Roberts, Margaret & Chen, Ruth & Pratt, Maria & Wahoush, Olive. (2024). Sociodemographic Characteristics of Internationally Educated Nurses Associated With Successful Outcomes in Canada: Quantitative Analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. n/a-n/a. 10.1111/jan.16497.

Judge, Neil & Walton-Roberts, Margaret. (2024). Transnational lives interrupted: The Canadian state and Indian international student experiences during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Population, Space and Place. 30. 10.1002/psp.2832.

Alostaz, Nasrin & Walton-Roberts, Margaret & Chen, Ruth & Pratt, Maria & Wahoush, Olive. (2024). Integration trends of internationally educated nurses in Canada and Australia: A scoping review. International Health Trends and Perspectives. 4. 88-113. 10.32920/ihtp.v4i1.1958.

Walton-Roberts, Margaret & Bourgeault, Ivy. (2023). Health workforce data needed to minimize inequities associated with health-worker migration. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 102. 117-122. 10.2471/BLT.23.290028.

Nunbogu, Abraham & Elliott, Susan & Walton-Roberts, Margaret. (2023). We are all women here in Canada: Intimate bargains in WASH spaces. Social Science & Medicine. 338. 116343. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116343.

Judge, Neil & Walton-Roberts, Margaret. (2023). Transnational marriage migration: agency, structures and intimate gendered governmentality. 10.4337/9781789908732.00008.

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