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N4 / SPU IEHPs Online Program
Fostering Canadian Integration for IEHPs: From Learning to Action
This 12-week program is designed to accompany and support IEHPs with the challenges of finding their place in Canada. It is based on an integrated development model that focuses on knowledge, skills and identity-making.
The program's content will allow you to develop non-clinical skills and knowledge to support your successful integration in Canada while forming a learning community through exercises of personal development and reflective practice (circle of support, reflective learning journals, discussion forums). It is training that welcomes you and helps you leverage your expertise in a new cultural context.
September to December 2023 · Free (funded by IRCC) · Certificate of Attendance · Limited Spots · 100% Online · Peer-to-Peer Mentorship · Live Sessions (recorded for watching anytime, anywhere)
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.
Brockville, ON · Burnaby, BC · Calgary, AB · Carbonear, NL · Charlottetown, PEI · Clinton, ON · Edmonton, ON · Fredericton, NB · Hamilton, ON · Kingston, ON · London, ON · Montreal, ON · New Westminster, BC · North York, ON · Ottawa, ON · Peterborough, ON · Red Deer, AB · Saskatoon, SK · St. John's, NL · Thunder Bay, ON · Toronto, ON · Vancouver, BC · Vaughan, ON · Windsor, ON · Winnipeg, MB · Yarmouth, ON
Featured Webinar
Innovations in Improving Access to Health Care - The Water Well Project (Australia)
The Water Well Project is an Australian non-profit which seeks to improve the health of communities from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. Dr Linny Kimly Phuong, Founder and Board Director, will describe this unique partnership between medical faculty and students, and settlement organizations which provide free, interactive and inclusive health education sessions facilitated by volunteer healthcare professionals.
Speaker: Dr. Linny Kimly Phuong, Founder and Board Director of The Water Well Project
August 16 · 5 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
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Upcoming Webinars
August 30 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free · Employer Series
Promoting Retention of Health Care Professionals: The Importance of Mentorship Modules
Speakers: Dr. Catherine Baxter, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Brandon University · Susanne Priest, MN/PN, Regional Director, NP Practice and Nursing Retention
Register NowSeptember 20 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free · Employer Series
Fostering Community Integration and Building Linkages When Hiring Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs)
Speakers: Mohja Alia, Manager of Employment and Bridging, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) · Doug Olthof, Co-lead of the National LIP Secretariat
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Featured Member
Dr. Annalee Coakley is the Co-Chair of the N4 Advisory Committee, the Physician Lead of the Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic, and the Medical Director of the Calgary Refugee Health Program in Calgary, Alberta. Dr. Coakley initially became interested in medicine by reading The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett, which piqued her interest in tropical diseases. After graduating as a family physician, she further pursued this interest by attaining a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Featured Organization
The Alberta International Medical Graduate Association (AIMGA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the successful integration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs). AIMGA believestheir clients have a contribution to make within their health systems and communities.
Temporary Foreign Worker Positions Over Time, Citizenship and Study Permit Holders
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Our Latest Organizational Partnerships
Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC), Ottawa, ON
Memorial University, St. John's, NL
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), Toronto, ON
Provincial Language Service, BC
N4 meets regularly with stakeholder organizations to ensure we support their efforts to create equity for newcomers. Book a virtual meeting with N4.
Culture is healing: Exploring Root Causes of Indigenous Health Inequity
Within this webinar, our presenter provides the audience with a discussion that critically analyzes and explores root causes of Indigenous health inequity and recognizes the strengths in Indigenous communities, including that culture is healing. This presentation also introduces strengths-based approaches and healing-centred care when providing services to Indigenous Peoples. This webinar is presented with consideration to the newcomer perspectives as well.
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Funnell, Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education and Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
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School Enrolment Advocacy Template Letter for Children in Temporary Housing
N4 has created this template letter to advocate for families in your community who are facing barriers to school registration due to their temporary housing situation (ex. living in a hotel).
What Members Say About N4
"In addition to self-reflection, the main things I’ve learned are intercultural/multicultural intelligence, interpersonal communication, listening and reflective practice."
Gilles Armand Kouam Kamndoum, Internationally Trained Physician (ITP) Participant in the N4/SPU IEHPs Online Program
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