Employment and Deskilling

Dr. Karun Kishor Karki is Associate Professor of social work at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is Founding Director of the Emotional Well-being Institute (EWBI) Canada and is currently Co-Director of Education and Professional Development at EWBI Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Karun holds a Ph.D. in social work from Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and a master of social work from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA. He also holds two additional master’s degrees—one in sociology and another in English literature—from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His scholarly inquiries are grounded in critical theories, including anti-racism, anti-casteism, anti-colonialism, intersectionality, and anti-oppressive social justice praxis. Deeply influenced by postcolonial theory, Dr. Karki is particularly interested in examining how biopolitical and necropolitical regimes within the borders of the nation-states govern marginalized populations. More specifically, his research explores issues of identity, belonging, and exclusion among racialized diasporic and minoritized communities.

• Part 1: Introduction.- Part 2: Major Findings.- Part 3: Discussions of Major Findings.- Chapter 1. Migration is a New Colonial Condition.- Chapter 2. Precarious Job Market in the Era of Neoliberal Capitalism.- Chapter 3. Intersection of Race, Gender, and Immigration Status in the Job Market.-Chapter 4. Deskilling and Its Impact on Skilled, Minoritized Immigrants.- Chapter 5. Coping Strategies to Navigate Deskilling among Skilled Minoritized Immigrants.- Part 4: Conceptual Model.- Chapter 6. The Glasshouse with Sticky Floor Model.- Part 5: Conclusions.- Chapter 7. Policy Implication and Recommendations.- Chapter 8. Implications for Social Work.