December 8, 2025 The Honorable Lena Metlege Diab Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, IRCC.MinisterMinistre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca The Honourable Marjorie Michel Minister of Health, hcminister.ministresc@hc-sc.gc.ca Dear Madame Ministers: Please find attached a policy proposal to address the issue of physician shortages in Canada. Our organizations have put forward a solution that, through a change to immigration policy […]

“The court directs the Minister of Health to issue a fresh directive to such agencies and organizations as may be necessary to re-open the applications process relating to the 2026 R-1 match so that Residency candidates who were excluded by the requirement that they have attended high school in Ontario for two years shall have […]

November 28, 2025 CARMS Email to IMG Subject: Update on Judicial Stay for 2026 R-1 Match in Ontario / Mise à jour sur la suspension judiciaire du jumelage R-1 2026 en Ontario (Le français suit l’anglais.) On November 27, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) ordered on an interim interim basis that the […]

SOME OF YOU HAVE ASKED FOR INFORMATION REGARDING QUEBEC’S REQUIREMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH FOR PROFESSIONAL ORDERS. Here are the details: https://www.cmq.org/en/acc%C3%A9der-%C3%A0-la-profession/international/permis-dexercice-regulier-par-la-reconnaissance-dequivalence-du-m-d You’ll see that the knowledge of French is a legal requirement that applies to all professional orders : “Section 35 of the Charter of the French language stipulates that the […]

To :  Ontario Faculties of Medicine Program Directors  Ontario Media  Ontario PGME Associate Deans pgmedean@mcmaster.ca anath@uOttawa.ca adpge@nosm.ca jmccoleman@nosm.ca postgrad.med@utoronto.ca muellevm@torontomu.ca pgme@queensu.ca postgraduate.medicine@schulich.uwo.ca  COFM members  smcnickle@cou.ca  OMA info@oma.org Ontario MOH Premier Ford Premier@ontario.ca Sylvia Jones sylvia.jones@ontario.ca David Lamb david.lamb@ontario.ca Karima Velji Karima.Velji@ontario.ca   Many Ontario Residency Program Directors are expressing that they value diversity, are not […]

La Society of Canadians Study Medicine Abroad est heureuse d’annoncer la création d’une branche de ses activitées qui est dédiée aux médecins francophones formés à l’étranger.  Le Collectif des médecins francophones internationaux du Canada, qui regroupe plus de 150 médecins francophones formés à l’étranger, s’est doté des objectifs qui suivent: Objectifs du Collectif des médecins […]