Specialist ITPs are diverse, experienced and highly skilled. With training from 45 countries around the globe, almost 90% of the respondent ITPs have more than three years of specialist training, and over half have more than five years of independent clinical practice. Although skilled ITP specialists have various pathways available in Canada, a labyrinth of barriers prevent most of them from accessing licensure; these barriers however are not without actionable solutions!

An Ontario judge has given a temporary lifeline to international medical school graduates who would have been excluded from qualifying for the first round of matching for medical school residency placements under the province's controversial new rule.

A decade of global experience, top exam scores, and a Canadian citizenship — yet Ontario’s new medical residency rule now excludes Dr. Ashok Biswas from even applying in the first round. His story exposes how the system pushes internationally trained doctors to the margins while our communities face a worsening doctor shortage.