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
Bursaries for Indigenous Medical Students
September 29, 2022by jasminht
Indigenous peoples face significant barriers to postsecondary education. Achieving a medical degree is an even steeper climb.
Supporting Applications to Medical School
September 29, 2022by jasminht
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.
Universities across Canada have recently made changes to their admission process to help increase the number of Black medical students.
Bursaries for Medical Students in Africa
September 29, 2022by jasminht
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.
Recently Completed Projects
August 8, 2021by jasminht
The Canadian Medical Foundation worked alongside organizations in Canada and outside of Canada to stop the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19
Greatest Need
March 27, 2021by jasminht
Support philanthropy and community building in Canada and around the world.
COVID-19 & Infection Prevention in Canada
February 27, 2021by jasminht
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.
Washing hands with soap and water, repeatedly throughout the day, is a critical basic step in the prevention of infection, but a large percentage of households in many developing countries lack the knowledge or basic facilities at home to properly wash their hands.
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The Canadian Medical Foundation acknowledges Toronto is on the traditional territory of many nations including the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The land at Bathurst Street was once the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River.
