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Represents Canada's 17 faculties of medicine and is the voice of academic medicine in this country, medical education, research, accreditation, scholarship, advocacy.

National voice for Physician Assistants, National Competencies Standards, Advocacy, Public Awareness, Continuing Professional Development, Certification, Maintenance of Certification, Exam Development, Accreditation, Integrity of Care, Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, International Collaboration.

National voice for nursing education, research, and scholarship; accreditation; national standards of excellence for nursing education; advocacy; public policy, competencies development; continuing professional development; advancement of nursing knowledge

The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) is the national professional association. CASW promotes and strengthens the profession, supports its members, and advances issues of social justice.

As the national voice for Black Canadian Nurses est. July 2020, CBNA represents Black nursing professionals and nursing students. CBNA has provincial representatives and academic affiliated clubs in nursing schools across the nation. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Innovation, Anti-Black Resistance, Mentorship, Empowerment, Professional Development, Research, Health Equity, Advocacy, Membership and Scholarship. 

Leadership, Credentials, Professional & Leadership Development,
Education, Training, LEADS Framework                                                                                  

National voice for dental hygiene; advocacy, public awareness, public policy, professional development, education, research, scholarship, leadership

Safe staffing, national universal pharmacare program, government advocacy, mental health, health care financing, safe seniors’ care, intergenerational issues in the workplace and occupational health and safety.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides essential information on Canada’s health systems and the health of Canadians. We provide comparable and actionable data that is used to accelerate improvements in health care, health system performance and population health across Canada.

Together, Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative  (CIHC) members are a collective for developing and sharing knowledge, enhancing advocacy, supporting education & practice change for interprofessional collaboration that can improve patient outcomes, health system, and workforce resilience.

Nursing, Advocacy, Leadership, Certification, Accreditation, Membership, Policy

Certification, Credentialing, Exam Development, Governance, Program Management, Psychometrics, Accreditation, Education, Competencies, Continuing Professional Development, Integrity of care, Internationally Educated Medical Graduates, Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Founded in 1998, the Canadian Society of Physician Leaders (CSPL) provides a support and development network to the growing cadre of Canadian physician managers. The CSPL seeks out opportunities and partnerships to increase members' exposure to quality professional development programs, either by promoting existing programs or developing new

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) is the professional organization that represents more than 42,000 members across the country. The College establishes the standards for and accredits postgraduate family medicine training in Canada's 17 medical schools. It reviews and certifies continuing professional development programs and materials that enable family physicians to meet certification and licensing requirements. The CFPC provides high-quality services, supports family medicine teaching and research, and advocates on behalf of the specialty of family medicine, family physicians, and the patients they serve.

Canadian coalition of 41 national health organizations that represents a broad cross-section of health providers, health regions, institutions and facilities. HEAL represents more than 500,000 providers and consumers of health care.

Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC) works with partners to spread innovation, build capability and catalyze policy change so that everyone in Canada has safe and high-quality healthcare. Through collaboration with patients, caregivers and people working in healthcare, we turn proven innovations into lasting improvements in all dimensions of healthcare excellence. Launched in 2021, HEC brings together the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada leads the development and dissemination of innovative programs and tools to support the mental health and wellness of Canadians. Through its unique mandate from the Government of Canada, the MHCC supports federal, provincial, and territorial governments as well as organizations in the implementation of sound public policy.

The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) serves as the voice of the province’s public hospitals, supporting them through advocacy, knowledge translation and member engagement, labour relations, and data and analytics with the goal of helping hospitals build a better health system.

The Ontario Physician Reporting Centre (OPRC) is the definitive source of data and information on Ontario’s physicians in practice and postgraduate medical training. Previously known as the Ontario Physician Human Resources Data Centre, OPRC is governed by the Ontario Ministry of Health, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine and the Ontario Medical Association.

With a history dating back to 2017, PCANAD is a federally incorporated, grassroots not-for-profit organization serving as a collective voice for Canadian nurses of African descent (African, African Nova Scotian, Black, Afro-Caribbean, etc.) at the national level. They are committed to mobilizing, supporting, and connecting nurses of African descent across the country through their respective provincial/jurisdictional organizations. Their objectives are to advocate for the health and well-being of people of African descent in Canada and to amplify the voices of Nurses of African descent by promoting recruitment, retention, professional advancement, and representation in education, practice, administration, research, and policy.

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Member Advocacy, Education, Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Professional and Workforce development, Training, Accreditation, Quality of work life/work environment

Funded by Ontario Health, the Rehab Care Alliance works with partners across the province to strengthen and standardize rehabilitative care in Ontario through better planning, ongoing evaluation and quality improvement, and the integration of best practices across the care continuum.

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WES is working with organizations across the country to call for a strategy aimed at ending the persistent underutilization of Internationally Educated Healthcare Workers (IEHW). To develop and implement effective systemic strategies, all stakeholders need to be at the table. Coherent, system-wide plans that can be applied at both the pan-Canadian and provincial-territorial level can help to ensure a more equitable and effective labour force integration of IEHWs.

Women in Global Health Canada

World Health Organization - Gender Equity Hub 

Women in Global Health