Email: makini@itpsofcanada.ca
Country of Origin: Trinidad and Tobago
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Medical Areas of Interest: Family Medicine, Anaesthesia
Other Qualifications: MBA, PMP, PhD in Administration

Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown completed her medical training at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica, holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the PMI institute, has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a PhD in Administration from the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada. Her dissertation explored the effects of accounting policies on the clinical environment and drew on more than 10 years of experience as a general practitioner and healthcare management professional across Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Canada.
IN addition to her role as Chair of the Board at ITPC she has worked on healthcare policy and health workforce management with a particular focus on Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals in the not-for-profit and governmental sectors with organisations such as World Education Services, Ontario Health, and now serves as Project Director of the Re-IMGine Project in the Certification and Assessment Department at the College of Family Physicians of Canada. She has received the King Charles III Coronation medal for outstanding service to Canada in Health Policy and Workforce planning.

"I was asked to join the board of ITPC (then ITPO) very soon after it formed. I joined because it was an organisation that aimed to fight for doctors to continue being doctors. I've always been someone with a strong and bold voice and it only seems fitting that those who are able to use their voices effectively, use it for good. Advocating for doctors to have their rightful place to help in society as doctors is a good cause!

ITPC has been a labour of love and has grown exponentially in a short time. We work hard and are very motivated because of the wonderful team we have and the amazing ITPC members who volunteer their time and effort to keep ITPC moving. This includes our resident and fully licensed ITPC members who give back to the ITP community every year.

I feel proud that ITPC is now known as a source of reliable data and information on ITPs, that can inform ITP friendly policy. We endeavour to continue building out our Policy, Advocacy and Research arm.

Our mission is simple- ensure that doctors remain practicing doctors when they immigrate to Canada. We bring free resources to ITPs as well as advocate, research and collaborate with health stakeholders to this end. We aim to have have a health system in which ITPs are seamlessly integrated to care for the Canadian population."