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The COVID-19 pandemic has both exacerbated and highlighted the strain on the Canadian healthcare system, including the shortage of healthcare workers, frequently referred to as the health human resource (HHR) crisis. At the same time, many internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) are unable to work in their fields in Canada due to barriers in having their credentials and licensing recognized, among others.  

CTV: 'Our System Will Completely Collapse': Nurses' Federation Urges Support for Health-care Workers Suffering from Burnout

Overworked and understaffed health-care workers leaving their jobs over poor working conditions are becoming more alarming to health advocates, who are calling for federal help to address a Canada-wide nurses shortage.

“We have to fix the workplace in our health-care system right now, it's an urgent issue,” Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Union...

With most provinces across the country suffering from nursing shortages, a sobering new study finds the situation could get even worse with one in four nurses saying they plan to quit in the next three years.

A new survey released by Statistics Canada shows that 95 per cent of health workers feel that the pandemic has impacted their mental health and has added stress to their work-life balance.

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Ottawa Citizen: Lost in translation: Patients more likely to die, have serious outcomes when their physicians don't speak their preferred language

Patients treated by physicians who speak their own language are healthier and less likely to die while in hospital, according to a new study led by Ottawa researchers.

The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, showed significant differences in outcomes among frail, older patients who were treated by a physician in their own...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the health care system, in particular on health care workers on the front lines of caring for Canadians. As the pandemic progressed and cases began to rise, health care workers faced a range of challenges, including extended work hours, decreased vacation time, changes in the methods of delivering care and more. New results from the Survey on Health Care Workers' Experiences During the Pandemic (SHCWEP) show that most health care workers...