Amidst a global healthcare workforce shortage, Canada has signaled that it is looking to attract over 400,000 new immigrants each year and accept 20,000 essential healthcare workers as permanent residents in order to respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

And yet, many foreign-trained health care professionals are forced to sit on the sidelines as they work their way through Canada’s time-consuming and complex immigration and credential recognition system.

It’s such a common story, that it has become a cliché—the physician working as a taxi-driver, the nurse working as nanny. It has been estimated that the average nurse spends over $15,000 to achieve RN licensure over the course of 2-3 years.

Ensuring that Canada has the human capital to care for our aging population will require a complete disruption to how we attract and certify international talent.

Join us on November 10th, 2021, for our forward-thinking Care to Chat, where our panel of healthcare and immigration experts will answer questions such as:

  • Can Canada become a preferred destination for global nursing talent?
  • What would a centralized, streamlined system for credential recognition look like?
  • How can we work with federal and provincial governments to create immigration pathways that prioritize nurses and care aides?
  • What are the ethics of “poaching” foreign-trained nurses in a global healthcare workforce shortage?

Panelists:

  • Moderator: Terry Lake, CEO at BC Care Providers Association and former BC Minister of Health
  • Cynthia Johansen, CEO & Registrar, BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
  • Michael Sandler, Executive Director, Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC (NNPBC)
  • Peter Rekai, JD Certified Specialist, Rekai LLP

 

Care to Chat: Nurses not Nannies - The Cure for Canada's Aging Population

  • Wednesday Nov 10 2021, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Zoom