Healthcare Shortage

• New Brunswick invests in Université de Moncton to expand its nursing program

  The provincial government allocated funding for the Université de Moncton to expand its nursing program from three seats to 12 seats.

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  May 8, 2023
  
• Layoffs at Simcoe County hospital due to funding cuts spark concern for Ontario Nurses Assoc.

  Amid an ongoing health-care worker shortage, the Ontario Nurses Association worries 13 nurses being laid off at a Simcoe County hospital is just the start of a backward slide.

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  Mar 17, 2023
  
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• Internationally trained nurses in Ontario call for better support

  Despite Premier Ford's announcement last fall to bring more internationally educated nurses into Ontario's health-care system, experts say more still needs to be done.

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  Feb 22, 2023
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• Manitoba announces funding for nurse recruitment, retention initiatives

  The Manitoba government announced Friday more than $123 million in funding for several initiatives aimed at retaining and recruiting nurses.

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  Feb 17, 2023
• Nursing grads ready to jump onto front lines of Manitoba health care

  Many of the U of M's new nursing grads have spent time on the front lines already, helping with the fight against COVID-19.

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  Jun 9, 2022
• More health-care concerns after nursing shortage temporarily closes Port McNeill ER

  Island Health said it was forced to divert people from Port McNeill to Port Hardy, 30 minutes away, overnight on Friday due to an "unanticipated temporary nursing shortage."

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  May 29, 2022
• Saskatchewan ICU doctor leaving province due to ‘frustrating’ government leadership

  Dr. Hassan Masri announced he is moving to Ontario on social media on Thursday and said the 'suffocating leadership' of the Saskatchewan government was the reason why.

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  May 13, 2022
• Foreign doctors ready to help are ‘sidelined’ by regulation, expert says

  Despite thousands of experienced foreign doctors living in Canada ready and willing to help amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, many say they are being sidelined.

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  Nov 13, 2021
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• Men underrepresented in healthcare and early education careers: Study

  A study out of the University of British Columbia shows that fewer men explore options in healthcare and early education than women.

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  Aug 22, 2018