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N4 / SPU IEHPs Online Program
Fostering Canadian Integration for IEHPs: From Learning to Action
September - December 2023
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.
Pre-registration is coming soon!
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.
Abbotsford, BC · Ajax, ON ·Calgary, AB · Charlottetown, PEI · Chilliwack, BC · Edmonton, AB · Fredericton, NB · Halifax, NS · Hamilton, ON · Hearst, ON · Kelowna, BC · London, NB · Midhurst, ON · Mississauga, ON · Moncton, NB · Montreal, QB · North Bay, ON · Ottawa, ON · Peterborough, ON · Red Deer, AB · Richmond, BC · Saint John, NB· Sault Ste. Marie, ON · Toronto, ON · Vancouver, BC · Vernon, BC · Winkler, MB · Winnipeg, MB
2022-23 Annual Report
April 2022 ushered in an exciting new chapter for N4.
Our mandate to promote practices that enhance newcomer equity in accessing and experiencing health and social services was expanded to also examine equity for newcomers who provide those services, specifically internationally trained physicians (ITPs) and internationally trained nurses (IENs). We are pleased to provide our annual report for 2022-2023.
Featured Webinar
Assessments as Information: A Solutions Perspective on Competency Equivalent Evaluations of Internationally Educated Nurses
During a time when we could no longer ignore an inevitable nurse shortage crisis, the pandemic shifted the perception of assessments, particularly those designed to assess competency equivalence, from gatekeepers of public protection to ironically barriers to public protection. We invite you to this webinar as we begin to reframe thinking surrounding assessments within an IEN landscape to that of a solutions-based model.
Speakers: Karen Coetzee, Director, Research & Analysis, Touchstone Institute · Alex Tran, Director, Exam Administration, Touchstone Institute · Luxshi Amirthalingam, Data Analyst/Coordinator, Touchstone Institute
May 31 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Upcoming Webinars
June 21 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Culture is Healing: Exploring Root Causes of Indigenous Health Inequity
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Funnell, Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education and Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Register NowJune 28 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Advancing Ethics through a Newcomer Research Library
Speakers: Amanda Koyama, Director of Strategic Engagement, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) · Amanda Weightman, Principal Researcher, Habitus Consulting Collective Inc.
Register NowJuly 19 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
The Welcome Collaborative: Supporting Internationally Trained Physicians Who Are Newly Licensed in Nova Scotia
Speakers: Rhonda Kirkwood, Director of Physician Performance, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia · George Chimdi Mbara, Program Manager, Welcome Collaborative at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia · Priya Patel, Administrative Assistant, Welcome Collaborative at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
Register Now
Canada Research Chair Job Posting
The College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan invites applications for a tenure-track appointment as a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Refugee and Migrant Health Promotion and Integration
Featured Member
Jennifer Lopez is registered nurse (RN) and patient care coordinator, as well as the President of the Integrated Filipino Canadian Nurses Association (IFCNA). N4 is grateful to have Jennifer’s valued perspective as Co-Facilitator of N4’s Community of Practice Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) Lived Experience Consulting Group. This group provided invaluable guidance in the development of N4’s recently published report, Welcoming Internationally Educated Nurses into the Canadian Health Care Sector: Recommendations for Change.
Featured Organization
World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit social enterprise that supports the educational, economic, and social inclusion of immigrants, refugees, and international students. For nearly 50 years, WES has set the standard for international academic credential evaluation, supporting millions of people as they seek to achieve their academic and professional goals.
Population and Language Data from 2021 Census
The 2021 census gathered data about newcomer populations and languages spoken across Canada, including signed languages.
Our Latest Organizational Partnerships
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
- British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), Vancouver, BC
- George Brown College, Toronto, ON
- Horizon Health Network, Fredericton, NB
- Saskatchewan Party Caucus, Regina, SK
N4 meets regularly with stakeholder organizations to ensure we support their efforts to create equity for newcomers.
Book a virtual meeting with N4.
ITP and IEN Recommendation Reports
N4 has recently published recommendation reports, designed to serve as a roadmap to successfully integrate and retain ITPs and IENs into the Canadian health care workforce.
Sustainable Health Resources and Information for Newcomers
Organizations such as Our Kids Health (through Unity Health), About Kids Health (through Sick Kids), and Refugee613 are three such organizations that collect, summarize, and disseminate information to help newcomer populations through informative resources in multiple languages. This panel discussion from key subject matter experts presents answers to many questions on development and maintaining reliable and easy to understand information to newcomers across Canada.
Speakers: Fazul Rahim, Communications Manager, Refugee613, Ottawa, ON | Sean Schurr, Director, AboutKidsHealth & Digital Learning Solutions, Sick Kids, Toronto, ON | Dr. Rageen Rajendram, Developmental Paediatrics Fellow, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and University of Toronto
Resources
2023 North American Refugee Health Conference
Join 700+ attendees at the North American Refugee Health Conference (NARHC), the annual 3-day conference for healthcare and resettlement professionals working in refugee and immigrant health.
What Members Say About N4
"I am glad I was selected for this course, not only was it an eye opener on the wide difference in patient care, I come from a paternalistic kind of doctor patient relationship. I was able to learn the art of communication in an health care setting both doctor patient and doctor colleague interactions."
Valerie Abiola, Internationally Trained Physician (ITP) Participant in the N4/SPU IEHPs Online Program
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