L’ACTION EN JUSTICE DE SOCASMA SERA ENTENDUE PAR LA COUR SUPRÊME DE LA COLOMBIE BRITANNIQUE LE 2 MARS 2026

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Il y a plusieurs années passées, deux Canadiens étudiant en médecine à l’étranger (CSA) et la Société des Canadiens qui étudient la médecine à l’étranger (SOCASMA) ont intenté une action en justice pour mettre fin à la discrimination contre les diplômés internationaux en médecine (DIM). Nous avons enfin une date d’audience. Notre requête doit être […]

SOCASMA COURT CASE TO BE HEARD IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ON MARCH 2, 2026

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Several years ago, two Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad (CSAs) and the Society for Canadians Studying Studying Medicine Abroad (SOCASMA)filed a lawsuit to stop the discrimination against International Medical Graduates (IMGs). Finally, we have a hearing date. Our case is set to be heard for two weeks in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on March […]

PARTIAL JUDGMENT RELEASED IN SOCASMA’S CHALLENGE OF ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR RESIDENCY POSITIONS WHICH DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CANADIAN IMGs

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The Society for Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad (SOCASMA) has been fighting since 2010 against the roadblocks that Canadians who are graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) face in becoming licensed to practice medicine throughout Canada.   In the early 1990s the provincial Ministries of Health determined that the best way to control healthcare spending was to […]

JUGEMENT PARTIEL PUBLIÉ EN RÉPONSE À LA CONTESTATION JUDICIAIRE DE LA SOCASMA RELATIVE AUX RÈGLES D’ÉLIGIBILITÉ POUR LES POSTES DE RÉSIDENCE QUI SONT DISCRIMINATOIRES À L’ÉGARD DES DIM CANADIENS

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Depuis 2010 la Société des Canadiens qui étudient la médecine à l’étranger (SOCASMA) lutte  contre les obstacles auxquels se heurtent les Canadiens diplômés d’écoles de médecine internationales (DIM) pour obtenir l’autorisation d’exercer la médecine partout au Canada. Au début des années 1990, les ministères provinciaux de la Santé ont déterminé que la meilleure façon de […]

News Release: Petition Seeking Fair Access to Medical Residency Positions for all Canadian citizens and permanent residents September 24, 2018

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The Society of Canadians Studying Medicine Abroad (SOCASMA), Dr. Oliver Kostanski, and Harris Falconer have filed a petition in the Supreme Court of BC challenging rules which exclude Canadians who graduated from medical schools outside of Canada or the USA from competing on the basis of individual merit for residency positions in British Columbia. The […]