A program placing Black medical students in Toronto's community health centres is expanding to five more centres and offering $5,000 each to students.
The initiative, run by the Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario (BPAO), allows students to gain valuable medical field experience.
The program places students in centres catering to racialized communities, homeless, temporary residents, or refugees.
Research shows Black patients often report higher satisfaction when treated by Black physicians. Despite Ontario nominating a record number of healthcare workers through its Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), there is still a growing shortage of family medicine residency applicants.
Last year, about 12% of all OINP nominations were made to healthcare workers.
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April 9, 2024
According to a study by Statistics Canada, immigrants are progressively occupying both unskilled roles, which many Canadians are hesitant to take on, as well as professional positions.
The study indicates that immigrants and temporary foreign workers have stepped into roles previously held by Canadian-born workers, as the latter have distanced themselves from low-skilled jobs.
From 2001 to 2021, employment in low-skilled roles decreased by 500,000, with immigrant and temporary foreign workers filling 360,000 of these positions.
Interestingly, immigrants are also increasingly taking on high-paying, professional roles, with a 92.4% increase in immigrant workers in such positions from 2001 to 2021.
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April 5, 2024
Despite nominating a record number of healthcare workers through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) last year, Ontario is still in need of family doctors.
The Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) reports an increase in unfilled family medicine residencies, with 108 out of 560 open spots.
This shortage emerges despite the OINP nominating over 2,000 internationally educated healthcare workers for immigration to Canada.
Roughly 12% of all OINP nominations were made to healthcare workers last year. Despite 2.3 million Ontarians lacking a family doctor, many medical graduates are not applying to family medicine due to the perceived stress and underfunding.
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April 5, 2024
Statistics Canada reports that new immigrants in Canada are now experiencing faster employment growth than their Canadian-born peers, closing the employment gap.
Immigrants aged 25-54 have seen a 10.7% increase in employment rate from 2010 to 2023, while Canadian-born workers saw a 4.1% increase.
The employment rate gap dropped from 13.1% in 2010 to 6.5% in 2023. Unemployment rates for immigrants also decreased from 12.1% in 2010 to 6.6% in 2023.
Immigrants recovered faster from COVID-19 employment setbacks, especially in the accommodation, food services, and retail sectors. Immigrants are also contributing more than one-third of all patents and increasing their participation among investors in Canada despite making up only a quarter of the population.
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April 1, 2024
