Rosemary Pawliuk, Executive Director of Socasma, has written to elected officials and major decision makers in the medical field pressing them to increase medical residency funding and reduce barriers to medical licensing in order to address the current COVID 19 pandemic. Click on the link below to access this letter. COVID 19 2nd wave
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. […]
Click below to access submission: ESDC Report 19.07.30_000102 (1)
Rosemary Pawliuk, Executive Director of Socasma, has written to elected officials and major decision makers in the medical field pressing them to increase medical residency funding and reduce barriers to medical licensing in order to address the current COVID 19 pandemic. Click on the link below to access this letter.
COVID 19 2nd wave
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 :
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 :
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Cliquez sur le lien suivant pour un modèle de lettre en français:
Lettre en francais
Additional information and background information is also available by clicking the following links:
Backgrounder access to the medical profession in Canada 20.01.14
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
Click below to access submission:
ESDC Report 19.07.30_000102 (1)