Provinces easing barriers for internationally trained doctors, nurses

By Carrie Wright (June 28, 2023, 9:20 AM EDT) -- Canada is experiencing ongoing shortages in health-care workers and is increasingly losing internationally trained doctors to other countries that have fewer barriers to licensing. As a result, provincial regulators of physicians and nurses are reassessing their licensing requirements so that internationally educated doctors and nurses can obtain their licences more quickly. Specifically, colleges in Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and New Brunswick recently announced changes to facilitate the licensing of foreign-trained health-care workers so that they can practise in Canada....