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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
April 17, 2024
Recruitment, retention and collaboration: Addressing Canada’s shortage of health professionals 
BNN Bloomberg
June 17, 2023
Taking Stock – Immigrants are coming to Canada but many plan to leave after they get here
Canada Immigration News
March 17, 2023
Foreign-Trained Doctor Credential Recognition Program Coming In Ontario
CBC
March 13, 2023
Alberta to add 120 medical school seats, 100 medical residency spots in three years
CTV News
March 10, 2023
Regulatory changes to ‘eliminate barriers’ in bringing international doctors to Manitoba: province
Calgary Herald
February 11, 2023
Foreign doctors in Calgary frustrated by barriers to work in Canada
CBC
February 10, 2023
Canada is short of doctors — and it’s turning away hundreds of its own physicians each year
Calgary Herald
February 11, 2023
Foreign doctors in Calgary frustrated by barriers to work in Canada
Calgary Herald
June 04, 2022
Opinion: The quiet, progressive death of Alberta’s health-care system
Calgary Herald
January 14, 2022
Foreign-trained doctors on the sidelines as COVID exhausts Alberta hospitals
CBC
November 24, 2021
Alberta newcomers could lag behind without more access to pediatric COVID-19 shots, agencies warn
CBC
October 16, 2021
Mobile clinics still a vital tool in push to get more Albertans immunized against COVID-19
CBC Radio
October 12, 2021
Afghan refugees adjusting to life in Calgary
Calgary Herald
June 2, 2021
Pop-up ‘vaccine rodeo’ aims to combat disparities in northeast Calgary
Globe & Mail
April 18, 2021
Calgary Catholic Immigration Society connects former refugees with COVID-19 vaccines
Globe & Mail
April 8, 2021
Alberta will vaccinate 2,000 employees at Cargill meat packing plant
CBC
February 8, 2021
Here’s why COVID-19 numbers have dropped among B.C.’s South Asian population
CTV News
June 1, 2020
Community groups filling gaps in translation of COVID-19 information
Al Jazeera
May 4, 2020
Highly qualified medics unable to work in Canada
Calgary Herald
April 29, 2020
Filipino workers face backlash in towns over COVID-19 outbreaks at packing plants
Global News
April 29, 2020
Diverse communities in Calgary facing discrimination over Cargill’s COVID-19 cases
The Globe and Mail
April 27, 2020
Alberta’s COVID-19 crisis is a migrant-worker crisis, too
World Socialist Web Site
April 16, 2020
Thousands of foreign-trained medical staff prevented from assisting in COVID-19 fight
City News Calgary
April 10, 2020
International doctors awaiting license are feeling sidelined in the COVID-19 pandemic
The Indo-Canadian Voice
April 8, 2020
The case for additional MD residencies for Canadian IMGs in B.C.
Calgary Herald
April 7, 2020
Calgary emergency doctor heartened by mask policy along with Albertans’ COVID-19 compliance
CTV News
April 7, 2020
Ontario asks anyone with medical background to step forward to fight COVID-19
Vancouver Sun
April 6, 2020
Even in a pandemic, foreign doctors face a system rigged against them
CTV News
April 3, 2020
‘We want to join this fight’: Immigrant physicians make plea to serve on front lines of COVID-19
CBC
April 3, 2020
Some internationally trained doctors can apply for 30-day Ontario licence to fight COVID-19
Vancouver Sun
April 2, 2020
It’s absurd to ignore foreign-trained doctors’ offers to help with the COVID crisis
Calgary Herald
March 30, 2020
Immigrant doctors frustrated at being left on COVID-19 sidelines
The Star
March 24, 2020
Brampton councillor asks province to allow more foreign-trained doctors to help with COVID-19 crisis
Global News
March 27, 2020
Former B.C. health official calls for internationally trained healthcare workers to join COVID-19 fight
CTV News
July 8, 2019
New Alberta clinic is tailored to South Asian people addicted to opioids
CBC News
May 8, 2019
Canada facing doctor shortage