Human Resources committee  Health Workforce Australia, Health Workforce New Zealand, the Centre for Workforce Intelligence in the U.K., and there's also an organization that's much smaller in the United States. But I think those other three organizations are much more applicable because of our public healt

Human Resources committee  We have some of the best researchers in health human resources here in Canada, and that's recognized in those other countries. But they have created an organization that really capitalizes on their research expertise and their knowledge. The research expertise is not just in the

Human Resources committee  I think all four countries fail in terms of health human resources. I think that the tool three of those four countries, not Canada, have put in place has been a coordinated observatory, Health Workforce Australia, Health Workforce New Zealand, Centre for Workforce Intelligence i

Human Resources committee  I would echo that.

Human Resources committee  You have so many different organizations in the health human resources field. You have an organization, the Canadian Institute of Health Information. It's an absolutely fantastic, internationally recognized organization collecting statistics, but those statistics aren't feeding i

Human Resources committee  There were a couple of comments in regard to where you establish such sites and whether or not they're examining sites, whether it's a written exam or a clinical exam. There are resource implications for those. There are also 50 countries that have been identified on the WHO list

Human Resources committee  Yes. I will go to my concluding facts. In highlighting how to make the integration process easier, we have to also note that it may have the unintended consequence of drawing more people here from other countries, which contravenes one of the principles here. Another challeng

Human Resources committee  Yes. I'm not aware of any specific programs, but I do know that through the Access Centre for Internationally Educated Health Professionals here in Ontario, through their case management approach they do provide some support for the employers who hire the particular international

Human Resources committee  There are some municipalities--here it's Hire Immigrants Ottawa. It's a particular program from the City of Ottawa that provides incentives and training and support for employers to hire immigrants. It's not specifically focused on health professionals or professionals in general

Human Resources committee  Yes, and that is why there's very much a lack of a coordinated approach in this area.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Like the other panellists, I would like to thank you for inviting me to make this presentation to this panel. This is a very important issue. I want to highlight, however, that I do not represent the Canadian Institutes of Health Research at this table. I am here as