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British Columbians will soon benefit from as many as 322 more allied health professionals supporting their health-care needs as new training seats are added to public post-secondary institutions throughout B.C.

Additionally, the Province is providing bursaries to internationally educated allied health professionals and existing health authority employees to meet increasing demand for health professionals in B.C. and to help make training more affordable.

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Canada is a destination of choice for people looking for a new place to work, study and build their lives with their families, and immigration is key to helping employers fill hundreds of thousands of vacant positions across the country and grow our economy.

The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today highlighted ongoing work to strengthen Canada’s immigration system and reduce application backlogs, with a focus on addressing labour shortages, improving...

As many provinces and territories deal with health-care worker shortages and overcrowded emergency departments, politicians are turning to financial incentives to keep or recruit staff. 

In the last seven months, at least five provinces have announced retention bonuses of tens of thousands or other recruitment perks to keep or attract doctors and nurses.

But is financial compensation the right recruitment tool?

Some researchers and recruiters say based on studies and their own experience, one-time...

Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants. This has dire consequences for the probability that the world will not achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for these populations.

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Women, Work and the Economy, a research group at the University of Waterloo, is conducting a survey focusing on racialized economic immigrant women in Canada and their experiences in the Canadian workforce.  

Dr. Tim Holland is the medical lead of the Newcomer Health Clinic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and one of the chairs of the N4 Community of Practice (CoP) Steering Committee. Congratulations to Dr. Holland and his team on this exciting news!

Dr. Tim Holland becomes emotional thinking about a time last fall when the newcomers health clinic in Halifax had to stop taking new patients.

Faced with a staffing crunch and financial resources stretched to the breaking...

The Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI), met today to consider opportunities for the future of immigration to Canada and initiatives to respond to pan-Canadian labour shortages. Ministers discussed ways to maximize the effectiveness of the immigration system to meet economic and regional needs, including increasing provincial/territorial (PT) involvement in the selection process and input into Express Entry modernization, avoiding duplication, increasing the allocations of the Provincial/Territorial...

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, and the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, today, issued the following statement:

“Tomorrow, we mark one year since Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban. In this past year, we have witnessed...

Global News: Despite Health-care ‘crisis,’ Internationally-trained Doctors, Nurses Face Barriers to Work

Health worker shortages may be at “crisis” levels across Canada, according to those on the front lines. But for Suzanne Harris, a nurse trained in the U.K. who wants to work in Nova Scotia, she says it seems like the health system just doesn’t want help.

Harris is originally from the Maritimes, but lived in the U.K. for 14 years, where she completed her nursing degree.

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