Understanding women's unpaid work and domestic work: Using Photovoice to capture immigrant carer-employee experiences in southern Ontario, Canada

Home is one of the most private places, typically imbued with positive feelings, such as comfort and sense of belonging. However, certain vulnerable populations such as immigrant carer-employees (CEs) who work from home experience undue stress. This is due to the overlapping responsibilities of multi-generational households, where unpaid eldercare work overlaps with paid work in the home environment. This results in spatial and temporal tensions, as noted in this qualitative study set in urban southern Ontario, Canada. Using the qualitative photovoice approach, the spatial and temporal tensions experienced in marrying unpaid eldercare and domestic work with paid work in the micro-environment of the home are highlighted.