Tanvir C. Turin's research while affiliated with The University of Calgary and other places

... All of the selected IEPs were either already working in an alternative career or had expressed an interest in pursuing an alternative career and had similar backgrounds in terms of being an IEP and having experience of facing myriad barriers to their career pursuit, which for the purposes of our study constituted a homogenous group. The barriers were explored by a different research question in the same setting, which has been published elsewhere [38]. ...

... The network organized two knowledge mobilization symposia (2019 and 2021) that brought stakeholders from various disciplines and sectors together, where all voiced the need for the development of a communityengaged knowledge hub (CEKH) for the research involving diverse communities. A policy brief was published based on these activities that argued the need for the development of such knowledge hubs [11]. We also presented the recommendations received from the participants and identified key focus areas that may work for the development of a CEKH for the diverse communities. ...

... From the literature and our community engagement [50,51], it is evident that there is a need for mutual, equal, and respectful collaboration between all stakeholders of knowledge hubs to attain the greatest success in knowledge production, creation, and mobilization efforts. Collaboration entails addressing the strengths and weaknesses of all members and then capitalizing on and unifying the strengths to allow knowledge production to be a strong, co-creative process [52,53]. A successful partnership extends further than allowing academics, communities, service providers, and policymakers a seat at the table-a successful collaboration entails founding the partnership and capitalizing on the unique and valuable strengths of individual stakeholders [54][55][56]. ...

... On the other hand, there needs to be more awareness of government-funded career support service, which usually provides official guides and facilitates access to alternative career opportunities. It is vital to incorporate a strategy to increase the outreach of the IMG programs, as more government agencies and local community-based organizations are involved in alternative career support for IMGs (Sikdar et al., 2022). ...

... In Canada, digitised public health information and written materials are two of the most popular ways to provide health information to the public but accessing them will be difficult for those who have limited access to computers and the Internet and/or who are less proficient using digital sources (Mason et al., 2021). There is a need for better understanding of the most acceptable sources of health information for immigrants (perhaps in audio-visual and interactive forms), and action is needed to present health information in the forms most likely to enhance uptake (Khalid et al., 2022a). ...

... For IEPs, alternative careers may be defined as those jobs in the health and wellness sectors that utilize their medical skills and knowledge. A Canada-wide survey of 1740 participants found that 68.78% of employed unlicensed IEPs worked in healthrelated alternative professions, with the majority (50.45% of total employed) working in non-regulated professions [12]. However, a notable proportion (31.22%) were working in non-health-related fields [12]. ...

... The main categories that the data was categorized in were: Research questions were explored by using an interpretative research approach, involving constant comparisons between interviewees' answers [38]. The content analysis was applied in order to identify the specific themes, which were assessed in terms of frequency [39]. ...