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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On September 24, 2018 CSAs filed a Petition in BC Supreme Court challenging the residency matching system which excludes international medical graduates (IMGs) including Canadians who study medicine abroad (CSAs) from competing for residency positions on the basis of individual merit, i.e., knowledge, skills, and other attributes relevant to the practice of medicine.  We are […]

This year a record number of CMGs went “unmatched”. Why shouldn’t CMGs get priority access over IMGs? This really isn’t a Canadian versus internationally trained doctor issue — it is in the public interest to ensure we train more doctors through residency positions, and that we ensure we attract the most qualified doctors into these […]

  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 […]