A year-long data-driven ARIJ investigation establishes that official figures on the emigration of Syrian doctors are a steep underestimate. Many qualified physicians are “invisible” because they lack accreditation in receiving countries.
The parliamentary secretary to Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced nearly $1.5 million in funding to help newcomers work in the Canadian health sector faster. The funds are intended to promote collaboration and information sharing in the health sector. Specifically, to help internationally educated health care professionals get their credentials recognized faster. The project builds on
Contrary to popular belief, Saint Paul University is not solely a religious institution. For example, while students are learning to look within and beyond themselves in classes taught at the university, elsewhere on the Ottawa campus, local seniors are exchanging ideas at a workshop hosted by the Centre for Aging and Community. Meanwhile, a couple from the neighbourhood are engaged in therapy in the university’s School of Counselling, Psychotherapy and Spirituality the city’s largest provider of psychotherapy services.