Here is a letter from the finance minister asking for our suggestions for the next budget.  We encourage everyone to put in their recommendation to make residencies more accessible to CSAs.

It is concerning that there is a promoted prejudice that Canadians who choose to study medicine overseas are second rate medical graduates.  A system that prevents competition on merit fosters a culture of entitlement and prejudice which harms CSAs, the public, and the medical profession.

Canadian medical student Omar Abdulrahman decries the new mandatory exam for international medical graduates in Ontario.  Read Lucy Scholley’s  article on Metro here.

Can’t find a job?  Can’t find a doctor?   Faced with these conditions, it might seem paradoxical that doctors in B.C. are facing unemployment problems.   Vancouver Sun  reporter Pamela Fayerman reports on the reasons here.

      On December 11,  Dr. Evert Tuyp addressed the doctor shortage in a letter to the editor of Vancouver Sun.  The series of letters below demonstrate how UBC is responding to the shortage and how its policy fails to address the shortage. Click the boxes to read more:

Overworked and in debt, Dr. Michael Power is closing his medical practice in Halifax and is moving to Toronto.  Shortage of doctors in Halifax leaves the community without care as more doctors move out of the province.  Read more… 

Read about how Rory Silverberg, a Canadian English-speaking resident, is being required to prove his English proficiency before he can train in B.C. More here …

Universities co-opting academic freedom to industry, report says

Are Canadians being discriminated against in their own country?   Canadian students who finished school abroad are being unfairly excluded from opportunities to residency and medical practices here at home.  Read more…

IMGs and CSAs are becoming big in the media these days.  Read over the articles linked below.  Found another article that we have not listed? Email us, or comment below!