La Présidente de Socasma, Rosemary Pawliuk, a fait parvenir une lettre aux élus et décideurs du domaine médical les enjoignant d’augmenter le financement des résidences médicales et de réduire les obstacles à l’octroi des licences médicales pour faire face à la pandémie du COVID 19 au Canada. Cliquez sur le lien qui suit pour accéder […]
COVID 19: Vous êtes de retour au Canada et vous vous demandez ce que vous devez faire? Allez offrir vos services à votre hôpital local, un programme de résidence, une autorité sanitaire ou d’autres décideurs. Vous n’obtenez aucune réponse positive? Allez voir votre député provincial et demandez-lui de vous aider à obtenir un placement en […]
COVID 19 : You are currently in Canada and you are wondering what to do next? Go and offer your services to your local hospital, residency program, health authority, or other decision makers. You don’t get any positive response? Go and see your Provincial Member of Parliament and get him or her to help you […]
La pandémie du corona virus est sans précédent! En tant que Canadiens qui ont étudié la médecine à l’étranger, signalons à nos élus que nous sommes prêts à relever le défi COVID 19. Voir le modèle de lettre suivant que vous pouvez utiliser et modifier lorsque vous écrivez au Premier Ministre Trudeau, au ministre fédéral […]
These are unprecedented times! As Canadians who have studied medicine abroad, let’s tell decision makers that we are willing and ready to help address the COVID 19 challenge. See following template letter that you can use and modify when writing to Prime Minister Trudeau, the federal Minister of Health and your provincial Minister of Health. […]
We need more medical residency positions. More residency positions can be created if we press the federal government to replace foreigners with Canadian citizens and permanent residents by enforcing the provisions of the Immigration Act which requires Canadians to come first. If we stop allowing foreigners to use up our training resources and taking our […]
We need more residency positions. More residency positions can be created if we press the federal government to replace foreigners with Canadian citizens and permanent residents by enforcing the provisions of the Immigration Act which requires Canadians to come first. If we stop allowing foreigners to use up our training resources and taking our training […]
SOCASMA has made a submission to the Steering Committee on Modernizing Health Professional Regulation of British Columbia. We believe that the discrimination international medical graduates face is a function of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in failing in their duty to ensure that access to the medical profession is fair. Here is our submission. […]
URGENT! – FEDERAL ELECTION ACTION REQUIRED – YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE being organized by the Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad. Key issues are outlined further down. OCTOBER 7, 2019 7 PM EST (Ontario time); 4 PM PST (British Columbia time) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/396546062 […]
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La Présidente de Socasma, Rosemary Pawliuk, a fait parvenir une lettre aux élus et décideurs du domaine médical les enjoignant d’augmenter le financement des résidences médicales et de réduire les obstacles à l’octroi des licences médicales pour faire face à la pandémie du COVID 19 au Canada. Cliquez sur le lien qui suit pour accéder à cette lettre : COVID 19 2e vague_francais
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COVID 19: Vous êtes de retour au Canada et vous vous demandez ce que vous devez faire? Allez offrir vos services à votre hôpital local, un programme de résidence, une autorité sanitaire ou d’autres décideurs. Vous n’obtenez aucune réponse positive? Allez voir votre député provincial et demandez-lui de vous aider à obtenir un placement en résidence, un emploi ou autre. On est à un moment sans précédent dans notre histoire. Le système de santé canadien sera mis au défi comme il ne l’a jamais été. Normalement, il devrait être plus que réceptif à votre offre d’aide. Mais assurez-vous d’être reconnus et compensés à votre juste mesure! Vous avez travaillé dur pour arriver là où vous êtes. Vos efforts doivent être reconnus par votre employeur et rémunéré équitablement, surtout si l’on tient compte des sacrifices et des risques encourus.
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COVID 19 : You are currently in Canada and you are wondering what to do next? Go and offer your services to your local hospital, residency program, health authority, or other decision makers. You don’t get any positive response? Go and see your Provincial Member of Parliament and get him or her to help you get a residency placement, job or other. These times are unprecedented. The Canadian Health System will get challenged like it has never been challenged. Normally it should be more than receptive to your offer to help. But don’t short sell yourself! You’ve worked hard to get to where you are and this needs to be recognized by any future employer and compensated fairly, especially given the sacrifices and risks involved.
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La pandémie du corona virus est sans précédent! En tant que Canadiens qui ont étudié la médecine à l’étranger, signalons à nos élus que nous sommes prêts à relever le défi COVID 19. Voir le modèle de lettre suivant que vous pouvez utiliser et modifier lorsque vous écrivez au Premier Ministre Trudeau, au ministre fédéral de la Santé et à votre ministre provincial de la Santé. Vous pouvez également copier vos députés fédéraux et provinciaux si vous le souhaitez. Enfin, nous vous demandons de nous faire parvenir une copie de votre correspondance au courriel suivant: more.residencies@gmail.com
Voir le modèle de lettre que vous pouvez utiliser et modifier à votre goût.
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These are unprecedented times! As Canadians who have studied medicine abroad, let’s tell decision makers that we are willing and ready to help address the COVID 19 challenge. See following template letter that you can use and modify when writing to Prime Minister Trudeau, the federal Minister of Health and your provincial Minister of Health. You can also copy your federal and provincial Members of Parliament if you want.
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We need more medical residency positions. More residency positions can be created if we press the federal government to replace foreigners with Canadian citizens and permanent residents by enforcing the provisions of the Immigration Act which requires Canadians to come first. If we stop allowing foreigners to use up our training resources and taking our training jobs, residency positions will have to be filled by Canadians.
In 2010, the federal government exempted foreigners applying for a visa to work in a residency position from having to prove through a Labour Market Impact Analysis (LMIA) that (a) there is no Canadian able to fill the position and (b) that allowing a foreigner fill the position is not hurting Canadians interests. This exemption is called Bulletin 230.
SOCASMA filed an application for the revocation of this which allows foreigners to take residency training jobs that should go to Canadians. There are currently about 310 residency positions in Canada filled by foreigners and 346 residency positions in the International Medical Graduate Stream.
This is important to all Canadians.
Press the federal government to replace foreigners with Canadian citizens and permanent residents by clicking on the link below to sign this petition. https://www.change.org/p/your-federal-member-of-parliament-more-medical-residencies-for-canadians-first
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We need more residency positions. More residency positions can be created if we press the federal government to replace foreigners with Canadian citizens and permanent residents by enforcing the provisions of the Immigration Act which requires Canadians to come first. If we stop allowing foreigners to use up our training resources and taking our training jobs, residency positions will have to be filled by Canadians.
In 2010, the federal government exempted foreigners applying for a visa to work in a residency position from having to prove through a Labour Market Impact Analysis (LMIA) that (a) there is no Canadian able to fill the position and (b) that allowing a foreigner fill the position is not hurting Canadians interests. This exemption is called Bulletin 230.
SOCASMA filed an application for the revocation of this which allows foreigners to take residency training jobs that should go to Canadians. There are currently about 310 residency positions in Canada filled by foreigners. Currently there are only 346 residency positions in the IMG Stream.
This is important to all Canadians.
Press the federal government to replace foreigners with Canadian citizens and permanent residents by writing, or even better meeting, with your federal Member of Parliament, as well as Minister Mendicino and Minister Qualtrough. Click on the link below to access instructions and a template letter : Facebook.website-posting (1)
Cliquez sur le lien suivant pour un modèle de lettre en français: Lettre en francais
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SOCASMA has made a submission to the Steering Committee on Modernizing Health Professional Regulation of British Columbia. We believe that the discrimination international medical graduates face is a function of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in failing in their duty to ensure that access to the medical profession is fair. Here is our submission. Click on the following link to access the document: Submission of SOCASMA 20.01.09.fin
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URGENT! – FEDERAL ELECTION ACTION REQUIRED – YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE being organized by the Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad. Key issues are outlined further down.
OCTOBER 7, 2019 7 PM EST (Ontario time); 4 PM PST (British Columbia time)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/396546062
Or
OCTOBER 8, 2019 8 PM EST (Ontario time); 5 PM PST (British Columbia time)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/902886202
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Look forward to seeing you.
Rosemary Pawliuk, Executive Director, SOCASMA
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OCTOBER 21, 2019 FEDERAL ELECTION.
The Problem: ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IS FAILING CANADIANS
More than 4.5 million Canadians don’t have access to family doctor. People are literally dying on waiting lists and in hospital waiting rooms. Canada ranks at the bottom or near the bottom of developed countries for access to healthcare.
The candidates in this federal election have all stated that they will address the family doctor shortage and waiting list issue in one way or another, but have not provided specifics. We will be voting for the party that promises to manage healthcare spending in a responsible way:
a. Fund residency training positions for Canadian citizens and permanent residents who
have medical degrees INSTEAD OF recruiting more foreign doctors for a short term fix;
b. Stop using our scarce training resources to train foreigners. The federal government
must reinstate a requirement for a Labour Market Impact Assessment for all foreign visa applications for doctors pursuing residency training. The LMIA requirement will force
employers to prove that there is no Canadian citizen or permanent resident who is able and willing to take the job before issuing a work visa to a foreigner seeking residency
training in Canada. Directing funding to more residency training positions is an immediate and cost-effective
solution. We don’t need to recruit more doctors from foreign countries; and taxpayers don’t need to fund expensive new medical school places and wait over 6 years for their new doctors. Canadian citizens and permanent resident medical graduates who studied medicine abroad, passed all required exams of the Medical Council of Canada, and applied for residency training in Canada can begin working as resident physicians immediately and will be fully licensed in as
little as two years. The government under the Immigration Act has an obligation to put the interest of Canadians
first: Jobs for Canadians first; training resources for Canadians first. The Immigration Act’s objective is to ensure this happens by requiring a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)
which requires that an employer proves that there is no Canadian citizen or permanent resident able and willing to take the job and that Canadian interests will not be negatively impacted before the government issues a work visa to a foreigner. But in 2010, universities convinced the
government to exempt residency training jobs from this requirement for their profit. As a result, we cannot train enough Canadians to meet the physician needs of Canadians who struggle to find a family doctor and sit on long-waiting. The government must begin enforcing the objective
of “Canadians first” set out in the Immigration Act by reinstating the LMIA requirement for residency positions so Canadians can have the benefit of doctors who will train and stay in Canada to provide the medical services Canadians need..