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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.

ITPC Director Dr. Therese Bichay talks to CHCH News about the exclusionary criteria being used to separate ITPs in Ontario. “For sure, I will try other provinces,” said Dr. Therese Bichay, from the Internationally Trained Physicians of Canada.

ITPC Member Dr. Mohamed Iesa talks about the damage to his career and family plans caused by the discriminatory change against Internationally Trained Physicians, who are Canadian citizens, that excludes them from accessing residency as a path to licensure until the majority of residency spots are gone. <<Pour moi, c'est comme si j'avais vu passer ma chance sans pouvoir faire quoi que ce soit.>> Dr. Nathalia Silveira

Résidence médicale : des étudiants étrangers dénoncent une mesure de l’Ontario <<Pour moi, c'est comme si j'avais vu passer ma chance sans pouvoir faire quoi que ce soit.>> Dr. Nathalia Silveira

ITPC Member Dr. Nathalia Silveira, speaks to CTV Your Morning's Anne-Marie Mediwake about the discriminatory changes against Internationally Trained Physicians, who are Canadian citizens, that excludes them from accessing residency as a path to licensure until the majority of residency spots are gone.

ITPC Director Dr. Therese Bichay, speaks to CBC radio about the discriminatory changes against Internationally Trained Physicians, who are Canadian citizens, that excludes them from accessing residency as a path to licensure until the majority of residency spots are gone.

Ontario’s latest residency-match directive is discriminatory and deeply un-Canadian; it excludes the very thing Ontario residents need the most: doctors!

Ontario’s latest residency-match directive is discriminatory and deeply un-Canadian; it excludes the very thing Ontario residents need the most: doctors!

CBC News reports on physician shortages and barriers foreign-trained physicians face in securing residency training spots.

ITPO is pushing for better licensing pathways and increased residency placements to utilize these skilled professionals.

The shortage of primary care physicians, which contributes to longer wait times in emergency departments and backlogs for specialists

Read our Chair of Board, Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown's thoughts on the recent proposal by Canadian senators regarding ITPs.

Internationally trained doctors face barriers to practicing medicine in Canada Canada Tonight host Ginella Massa spoke with the chair of...

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Despite health-care ‘crisis,’ internationally-trained doctors, nurses face barriers to work Health worker shortages may be at “crisis”...

ITPO Chair Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown speaks about acknowledging the thousands of ITPs not working as doctors.

Tina Cortese speaks with the chair of Internationally Trained Physicians of Ontario – Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown about how the province can...

Watch ITPO's Chair of the Board, Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown, giving her personal experience and discussing the current situation of ITPs in...

Listen to Dr. Makini McGuire-Brown, ITPO's Chair of the Board, interview about ITPs' situation in Canada. "From a lack of residency...