Healthcare workers considering moving to Canada? Important links here:

[Fiendish Thingy]

There is a grassroots network helping American healthcare workers move to Canada and get jobs.

Checkout this link:

https://engageq.notion.site/infusionhosts

(Or go to healthcareinfusion.org )

My local chapter in Nanaimo is hosting an event this April:

https://engageq.notion.site/infusion-2026

The first event was held last spring, and hundreds of Americans showed up - it made the national news!

Since then, dozens of nurses, doctors and other professionals have moved to the island, with many more in the pipeline.

Note: I am not affiliated with any Healthcare Infusion group (yet), so can’t offer any specifics about their activities or events.

[mitch96]

1. The trick is gonna be the cross linking of license from US to Canada.. I looked into an Irish med lic and the

qualifications are way different...
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[Fiendish Thingy]

2. In the past year, BC has worked with credentialing bodies to simplify the process

Like I said, since April, about 2 dozen nurses have arrived on Vancouver Island with fresh Canadian credentials and jobs, and about 8-10 US doctors, and an unknown number of other health professionals.

And that is just for Vancouver Island, not the rest of BC or Canada.

Normally the process take 18-24 months- BC is serious about expediting the entry of healthcare professionals to Canada, and Carney’s feds are just beginning to join in.

If you are a US trained and credentialed doc wanting to come to Canada, you should check out the resources at healthcareinfusion.org . There is a discord channel with people who have gone through the process and ready to share their knowledge.

[mitch96]

4. I wonder if it's the same for Hospital technical positions...Radiology/Laboratory/Respiratory? ...nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. My wife is a retired medical technologist

She was trained and licensed in California, with a BS in microbiology(BC only requires a 3 year diploma) had 27 years of experience and was section head of hematology and then blood bank.

The BC credentialing body still made her take almost three years of distance learning coursework , mostly in histology, and then finally allowed her to take their licensing exam, at a cost of thousands of dollars. She passed, of course, then worked in the lab for another 3-4 years before retiring when COVID hit.

That was 12 years ago- supposedly, the BC government is working with the credentialing bodies to streamline the process.

I encourage you to use the resources at the links I provided to get up to date current information.

[carpetbagger]

3. It's gotten a lot better for US family docs

We can now get our credentials acknowledged by MCC and then get a full, unrestricted licence in most provinces.