CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (CARE Centre), a not-for-profit professional organization, is celebrating 25 years of service in 2026. Funded by the Ontario Government since 2001, CARE Centre was one of the first bridge-training programs to receive full government funding. Since 2016, CARE Centre has received funding from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

CARE Centre’s new Executive Director is Rola El Moubadder, an internationally educated nurse with more than 27 years of combined healthcare experience in Canada and internationally. She has a long and meaningful history with CARE Centre, beginning in 2010 as a member IEN. Over the years she progressed through several roles, including case manager and

CARE Centre was honoured to received the Employer of the Year Award at the Partners in the Integration and Education of IENs (PIE-IEN) conference in Halifax in April 2026. Executive Director Dr. Ruth Lee, who has served the organization for over nine years and supported it for many more, retired at the end of March.