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N4 / SPU IEHPs Online English Program
Fostering Canadian Integration for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs): From Learning to Action
Pre-Registration is Open Now!
2024 Winter English Program
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.
This is our 6th Cohort! · Free (funded by IRCC) · Certificate of Attendance · Limited Spots · 100% Online · Circle of Support · Live Sessions (recorded for watching anytime, anywhere)
Featured Webinar
Mental Distress and Resettlement: Improving RAPs Model of Service for Clients in Mental Distress
The “Improving RAPs Model of Service for Clients in Mental Distress” research project is a collaboration between the Office of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and three Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) providing organizations – COSTI Immigrant Services, Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services, and London Cross Cultural Learner Centre. Join us for an insightful webinar as we delve into this collaborative research project that explores how Government Assisted Refugees experience mental distress and how RAP staff support them.
Speakers: Paulysha De Gannes, Assistant Manager, CAMH · Mercedes Sobers, Research Coordinator, CAMH · Jack Williams, Research Analyst, CAMH
November 15 · 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
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Upcoming Webinars
October 25 · 1 PM EST · English · 1.5 hours · Free
Doing More With What You Know: An Introduction to Knowledge Mobilization for Newcomer-Serving Professionals
Speaker: Sarah Pinder, Knowledge Broker, Knowledge Institute for Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Register NowNovember 22· 1 PM EST · English · 1 hour · Free
Learn to Successfully Structure Orientation for Internationally Educated Health Professionals
Speakers: Catherine Driscoll, International Educated Nurses (IEN) Coordinator, Horizon Health Network · Ndolo Njie-Mokonya, Supervise Practice Experience Program Coordinator, The Ottawa Hospital
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All of our past webinars are recorded and available for free to view at any time on our website.
Labour Force Characteristics of Immigrants
Labour force characteristics data help us to understand who is participating in the workforce. These charts present some data for the first half of 2023, showing how different groups of immigrants fare in workplace participation compared with each other and with Canadian-born individuals.
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Ensuring Equitable Health Care Through Interpretation: From Concept to Practice
Need for interpreter services has never been greater. Good, clear, and accurate communication is essential in delivering exceptional care. CHEO has recently expanded their interpreter services. The aim of this webinar is to share these new strategies.
Speakers: Jill Sullivan, Manager, Patient Experience, CHEO | Jocelyn Lamont, Patient Experience Specialist, CHEO | Catherine Penney, QI Specialist, N4
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Featured Member
Mohja Alia is the Manager of Employment and Bridging Programs at Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS). Mohja oversees employment and bridging programs and services that support immigrants in Nova Scotia and pre-arrival to Canada. She is an accomplished professional who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1997 as an immigrant from Jordan.
Featured Organization
Hire Immigrants Ottawa (HIO) is community-wide initiative of United Way East Ontario that brings together employers, immigrant agencies and stakeholders to enhance employers’ ability to access the talents of skilled immigrants through a comprehensive engagement strategy.
Our Latest Organizational Partnerships
N4 meets regularly with stakeholder organizations to ensure we understand and support their efforts to promote equity for newcomers. Here are the latest organizations we have met with:
- Health Canada
- College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (CRNNL), Mount Pearl, NL
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
- Scarborough Health Network, Scarborough, ON
- Trillium Health Partners, ON
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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.
Belleville, ON · Calgary, AB · Charlottetown, PEI · Edmonton, AB · Halifax, NS · Kingston, ON · London, ON · Mississauga, ON · Nanaimo, BC · Oakville, ON · Oshawa, ON · Ottawa, ON · Saskatoon, SK · Thunder Bay, ON · Toronto, ON · Vancouver, BC · Victoria, BC · Waterloo, ON · Winnipeg, MB · Wynyard, SK
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As an N4 member, you can access Member Directory to check on the newest members, connect with your peers and create a list of your close contacts.Not an N4 member yet? Join now, it's quick, easy and free!
Are you an Internationally Educated Nurse?
World Education Services (WES) is conducting a survey of internationally educated nurses in Ontario to better understand how many IENs living in Ontario are not registered or practicing in the province, and to better understand their employment experiences.
News Feed
CBC: Ottawa pinpoints 5 priorities after health ministers meet on P.E.I.
Health ministers from across the country wrapped up two days of meetings in Charlottetown Thursday and their federal counterpart says he is taking five "concrete" priorities home to Ottawa as a result of it.... Read More
IRCC: Parents and Grandparents Program re-opens this fall
Family reunification is a pillar of Canada’s immigration system. Canada remains committed to helping Canadian citizens and permanent residents sponsor their loved ones to live and work alongside them in Canada.... Read More
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What Members Say About N4
"I have learned that the important thing is to commit to improving and taking actions to make it happen. Thank you very much to everyone involved in the program: the lessons were very informative, and the material provided was very interesting."
Diana Sá, Internationally Trained Physician (ITP) Participant in the N4/SPU IEHPs Online Program
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