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Community of Practice (CoP)
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Are you working in the field of newcomer navigation – whether it is health, settlement, education, employment, or other newcomer-serving disciplines? Have you identified or observed gaps or disparities in newcomer services/care? If so, then please share your ideas and resources with us.
Chairs: Tim Holland, MD CCFP(EM), Medical Director, Newcomer Health Clinic, Nova Scotia
Doug Olthof, PhD, Co-Lead, National LIP SecretariatCoP Tools and Resources
The CoP produces evidence-based, outcome-driven, and impact-focused deliverables to address the root causes of inequities for newcomers in accessing health, social, and settlement services:
Afghan Resettlement Toolkit · Ukrainian Refugee Toolkit · Interpretation - Position Paper · Resource Toolkit · Steering Committee · CoP Home
N4/SPU IEHPs Online Program
Saint Paul University’s Institute for Transformative Leadership, in partnership with N4, has developed this program to help Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals (IEHPs) overcome barriers to finding healthcare jobs in Canada.
Fostering Canadian Integration for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs): From Learning to Action
Free (funded by IRCC) · Certificate of Attendance · Limited Spots · 100% Online · Peer-to-Peer Mentorship · Live Sessions (recorded for watching anytime, anywhere)
Pre-Registration is Open - Apply Now!
New 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.
Alliston, ON · Burnaby, BC · Fredericton, NB · Hamilton, ON · Humboldt, SK · Kingston, ON · Kitchener, ON · Mississauga, ON · Ottawa, ON · Saskatoon, SK · Surrey, BC · Toronto, ON · Vancouver, BC · Victoria, BC · Welland, ON · Winnipeg, MB
Resource Toolkit
A Look Inside the Resource Toolkit
- 1,500+ vetted resources
- Top 10 categories: Settlement Topics, Infectious Diseases, Global Immigration, Health Topics, Immigration in Canada, IEHPs, Professional Development Skills, Special Newcomer Populations, Mental Health, Canadian Healthcare System
Access to the Resource Toolkit is exclusive to N4 members
Not an N4 member yet? Join now, it's quick, easy and free!
Featured Webinar
The Role of Fairness Commissioners / Offices in Canada from an Ontario Perspective and Some Key Challenges to Fair Registration Practices
This webinar will discuss recent initiatives led by the Office of the Fairness Commissioner (OFC) in Ontario to achieve better outcomes for applicants and current efforts underway to work towards a fair and transparent registration practices for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs).
Speaker: Irwin Glasburg, Ontario's Fairness Commissioner
November 30 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Upcoming Webinars
Nov 30 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
The Role of Fairness Commissioners / Offices in Canada from an Ontario Perspective and Some Key Challenges to Fair Registration Practices
Speaker: Irwin Glasburg, Ontario's Fairness Commissioner
Register nowDec 14 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Supporting Integration into Practice: The IEN pathway at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Speaker: Kristen Winter, Vice President of Human Resources, Workforce Optimization and Leadership Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Register nowJan 18 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Virtual Care for Newcomers: What have we learned and how will we plan for the future?
Speaker: Michaela Hynie
Register now
Member Story
Featured Member
Dr. Ogbeide’s path to medicine began far from Alberta. Born in Nigeria, he recalls a sense of Headshot of featured member, Dr. Sam Ogbeide responsibility for his siblings. His mother was frequently ill, leading her to seek out the expertise of many different doctors – Dr. Ogbeide observed one of these doctors treat his mother so effectively, and with empathy, that he was inspired from that moment forward to pursue medicine.
Public Data
Admissions of Afghan refugees: exploring the #WelcomeAfghans Commitment
The Government of Canada has committed to welcome at least 40,000 refugees and vulnerable Afghans to Canada through several programs. Between August 2021 and October 2022, 22,270 individuals have arrived under the Special Immigration Measures Program for Afghans who assisted the Government of Canada, the humanitarian program, and the pathway for extended family members of former interpreters. N4 presents this IRCC data on the age, gender, official language proficiency and education level of the 17,255 of these new arrivals.
Our Latest Organizational Partnerships
- Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN), Ottawa, ON
- BC Care Providers Association, Burnaby, BC
- Holland Bloorview, Toronto, ON
- Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ), Montreal, QB
- Health Association of Nova Scotia, Bedford, NS
N4 meets regularly with stakeholder organizations to ensure we support their efforts to create equity for newcomers.
Book a virtual meeting with N4.
TMU Survey
Healthcare Access for Undocumented Immigrants: Seeking Research Participants
Professor Claire Deng and Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown are doing a research project on healthcare access for undocumented immigrants and would be very grateful for your participation!
Reflective Practice for Bettering the Newcomers’ Experience to Canada
The ultimate goal of N4 is to better the experience of newcomers to Canada. In this webinar we will explore how reflective practice contributes to achieving that goal. Reflective practice involves being self-reflexive about our own actions and practices that are shaped by our assumptions and beliefs about relationships and how we treat others.
Speaker: Dr. Lorraine Ste-Marie, D.Min., Adjunct Professor, Providence School of Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Saint Paul University
Resources
What Members Say About N4
"The N4 platform has been an amazing connection tool that we are so lucky to have. N4 provides us with that national connection, especially with the high needs of settlement and health services."
Rebecca Rafca Saad
CSS Case Manager, The Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County
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