Canada is home to thousands of experienced International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and other foreign-trained professionals, many of whom are refugees, who are unable to use their many skills and assets here in Canada
Canada is home to thousands of experienced International Medical Graduates (IMGs) and other foreign-trained professionals, many of whom are refugees, who are unable to use their many skills and assets here in Canada
Indigenous peoples face significant barriers to postsecondary education. Achieving a medical degree is an even steeper climb.
While financial aid is frequently the largest obstacle facing students who aspire to attend medical school, many students from underrepresented groups also lack a mentor to help guide them and provide support throughout their journey to medical school.
The cost of University education in Malawi is too much of a financial burden for students from under-resourced, often rural communities.
Alberta, like the rest of the provinces in Canada, is facing a shortage of physicians that is affecting the healthcare needs of Albertans across the province.
The Canadian Medical Foundation worked alongside organizations in Canada and outside of Canada to stop the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19
We are proud to announce the completion of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Project in Northwest Syria, in partnership with the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations-Canada (UOSSM Canada)
Through CMF’s Stop the Gaps Program, our project with GlobalMedic will support the needs of families living in camps in northwest Syria by providing them with Family Emergency Kits (FEKs) which have been developed as a holistic solution to serve multiple needs faced by families in crisis.
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In Canada, vulnerable communities are more at risk of getting an infection and developing severe complications due to their health, social and economic circumstances. Especially in times of pandemics, cracks and holes in systems are magnified and more easily identified as gaps or barriers to infection prevention.