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Navigating the Ontario Healthcare System Toolkit
A toolkit created for youth by youth
The Navigating the Ontario Healthcare System toolkit is a youth-driven resource tailored for newcomers to Canada settling in Ontario. It is meant to help youth who have newly come to Canada and are living in Ontario understand how to get healthcare.
IEHP Resource Hub
The N4 IEHP Resource Hub is a comprehensive platform, offering a wealth of resources, tools, reports, and support listings specifically tailored for Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals (IEHPs), organizations supporting them (stakeholders), and employers.
The Hub promotes collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the integration of IEHPs into Canada’s healthcare system.
IEHP Resource Hub
N4 has Created Visual Pathways to Licensure for ITPs (IMGs)
IEHP Resource Hub
N4 has Created a Visual Pathway to Licensure for IENs
Featured Webinar
"All My Relations" Teachings: Relationships and Connections between Indigenous Peoples and Newcomers
CCHL members receive 0.5 Category II credits for attending this webinar.
Join us for an enlightening webinar where MCC Elders and staff will discuss how they have been working to bridge relationship and connection between Indigenous and Newcomer relatives.
Speakers: Debra DiUbaldo, Elder in Residence, Mount Carmel Clinic · Catherine Biaya, Community Health Facilitator, Mount Carmel Clinic · Winifred Vugampore, Clinical Social Worker/Counsellor, Mount Carmel Clinic
June 19 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
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Upcoming Webinars
June 5 · 1 PM EST · French · 1 hour · Free
Addressing Challenges in Recruiting Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) at Hôpital Monfort
CCHL members receive 0.5 Category II credits for attending this webinar.
Speakers: Taha Zangui, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Hôpital · Judith Makana, IA BSc, M.Sc.Inf., CSIC(C), MD, Nursing Professional Practice Advisor, Hôpital Monfort · Natalie Ladouceur, Director, Professional Practice, Hôpital Monfort · Marie Hélène Gaelle Nemy, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Hôpital Monfort
Register NowJuly 24 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Unlocking Nurse Retention Success: Strategies for Internationally Educated Nurses
CCHL members receive 0.5 Category II credits for attending this webinar.
Speakers: Dr. Leigh Chapman, Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada · Christine Kouri, Director, N4
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All of our past webinars are recorded and available for free to view at any time on our website.
English · 1 hour · Free
N4 IEHP Resource Hub: Tools and Resources to Support Optimal Employment of Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals
Speakers: Christine Kouri, Director, N4 · Michelle Quinlan, Team Lead, Knowledge Generation and Mobilization, N4 · Catherine Penney, Quality Improvement Specialist, N4
Watch Now!English · 1 hour · Free
Youth Settlement in Action: How Sectors Can Build their Capacity to Support Newcomer Youth
CCHL members receive 0.5 MOC II credits for watching this webinar. CPA members receive 1 Continuing Education credit for watching this webinar.
Speakers: Kate McDougall, Regional Youth Liaison, WRAPCAP project, Centre for Newcomers · Carolee Israel Turner, Local and Regional Partnership Coordinator, WRAPCAP project, Centre for Newcomers
Watch Now!English · 1 hour · Free
Unveiling the Invisible: Exploring Intersections in Child Welfare and Immigration
Speakers: Liz Okai, Manager, CWICE - Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence · Danielle Ungara, Manager, CWICE - Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence
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No More Hate: Transgender Rights and Futures
Webinar · English· 1.5 hours · Free
Pushing back against anti-trans discourse in Canada. A panel discussion at the intersections of race, faith, refugees and migration. Recorded on Wednesday March 20, 2024.
Speakers: Tatiana Ferguson, Equity and Inclusion Leader and Founding Member of the Black Queer Youth Collective, Celeste Trianon - Juritrans, El-Farouk Khaki, Human Rights and Justice Advocate, Refugee Lawyer, Co-founder & Imam: el-Tawhid Juma Circle
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Featured Member
Lori Wilkinson, a distinguished professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba and a Canada Research Chair in Migration Futures, has dedicated her career to exploring the economic and social outcomes of immigrants and refugees. Her research particularly focuses on women and youth. She is the director of Immigration Research West, a multidisciplinary group of over 100 members who work together to educate Canadians about the contributions of newcomers.
N4 Outreach and Partners
N4 meets regularly with stakeholder organizations to ensure we understand and support their efforts to promote equity for newcomers. Here are the latest organizations we have met with:
Immigrant Outreach Society (IOS), Calgary, AB
Health Canada, Canada
Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC), Ottawa, ON
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
National Nursing Assessment Service (NNAS), Toronto, ON
Want to meet with N4 to discuss your organization? Book a virtual meeting with N4.
Data Snapshot
Each month, N4 provides a visual data snapshot of key quantitative data sets in a simple and useable formats. Data snapshots help members make evidence-based decisions using timely and relevant sources of information.
Recent Data Snapshot:
Newcomer Health Equity: Children and Youth, Vaccination, Mental HealthSuggest a Data Snapshot research topic.
The Atlas: Your Guide to Refugee Healthcare
Explore the dynamic visualization tool designed to support refugees in Canada. The Atlas provides real-time and reliable information on where and how healthcare services and settlement organizations are across the nation.
Online Course: Strengthening Access and Equity for Immigrants and Refugees with In/Visible Disabilities
Do you work with French-speaking im/migrants and refugees with disabilities or deaf people living in a minority context? This 7-module self-directed course will help you provide inclusive, equitable and accessible services. Ontario only. Deadline is June 15, 2024.
Access the Course (French)
Survey About Newly-Arrived Foreign-Trained Healthcare Professionals
Your participation is vital for gathering relevant data on newcomers' professional backgrounds in the healthcare sector of their home countries.
Take Survey (French)
New N4 Members
Health and social service professionals across Canada join N4 to ensure equity for our newcomers. Here's some of the cities where our newest members have joined from.
Brockville, ON · Calgary, AB · Charlottetown, PEI · Fredericton, NB · Greater Sudbury, ON · Guelph, ON · Hamilton, ON · Kingston, ON · Laval, QB · Moncton, NB · Montreal, QB · Ottawa, ON · Scarborough, ON · Smithers, BC · St. Catharines, ON · Toronto, ON · Winnipeg, MB
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As an N4 member, you can access Member Directory to check on the newest members, connect with your peers and create a list of your close contacts.Not an N4 member yet? Join now, it's quick, easy and free!
News Feed
CBC: Federal government aiming to shrink temporary residents' share of population by 2027
Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Thursday the federal government is looking to shrink temporary residents'... Read MoreGlobal News: Ottawa to propose new asylum rules to allow for faster deportations
The Liberal government is proposing to make changes to Canada’s asylum claim system... Read MoreGovernment of Canada: F/P/T Immigration Ministers Commit to Strengthen the Immigration System
Canada’s immigration ministers discussed the economic and social benefits of immigration, levels of permanent and temporary residents... Read MoreGovernment of Canada: Community applications open for new rural and Francophone immigration pilots
Rural and Francophone minority communities are key to both Canada’s long-term growth and our linguistic vitality... Read MoreWould You Like to Feature Your News Here? Share the news of your organization's work with newcomers and we will feature it here and on the N4 website.
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