December Information Meeting for CSAs. Date: December 30, 2018 Time: 3-5 pm Place: West Point Grey United Church 4595 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC We will be providing information about the challenges that CSAs face and strategies that should be considered. CSAs who have navigated the system will be there to answer questions. For those […]
NOTICE of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for CANADIANS STUDYING MEDICINE ABROAD and THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. Date: Thursday, November 22, 2018 Time: 6:45 PM Place: Arbutus Club, 2001 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia. If you are or have a loved one studying medicine abroad, you should attend this meeting. Canadians who chose to study medicine abroad […]
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 […]
See attached guide. Note : We are looking for people to write up a chapter for Australia, Poland and other parts of the world. Please send us an e-mail if you can help: socasma.working@gmail.com
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LES CANDIDATS AUX ÉLECTIONS EN ONTARIO DOIVENT S’ENGAGER À DÉMANTELER LES BARRIÈRES ÉRIGÉES CONTRE LES CANADIENS QUI ÉTUDIENT LA MÉDECINE À L’ÉTRANGER ET QUI VEULENT REVENIR ET PRATIQUER AU CANADA Près du quart[1] des médecins qui pratiquent la médecine au Canada ont reçu leur diplôme de médecin à l’étranger. Plusieurs de ces jeunes étudiants […]
CALLING ONTARIO ELECTION CANDIDATES TO END ROADBLOCKS FACING CANADIANS WHO STUDY MEDICINE ABROAD AND WANT TO COME BACK AND PRACTICE IN CANADA Nearly one quarter[1] of doctors practicing in Canada today received their medical degree abroad. Many of these were young Canadian students who chose to study medicine abroad in accredited universities and have met […]
Write to the candidates in your riding. Encourage people you know in swing ridings to write their candidates. Dear Mr. / Ms. XXXXX: I would like to seek your support in addressing an unfortunate injustice in the Ontario Health System that is preventing a number of Ontario medical students who study in the United States […]
Further to our post below about the need to take political action in Ontario to ensure that we do not face the devastation of matching and then having the training position taken away because Canada refuses to issue a Statement of Need, here are the swing ridings: Ridings where the election results are most uncertain […]
UPDATE: September 10, 2018. Since this call to action was made, CSAs and their families took action. As a result of CSA action including engagement of political representatives, the restrictions on Statements of Needs have been removed. There are no more limits on the number of Statements of Needs nor the disciplines in which a […]