Updating your Health Assessment Skills
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Nursing Week 2026 Message
It is my great pleasure, as the new Executive Director of CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs), to wish everyone a Happy Nursing Week on behalf of our organization and Board of Directors, led by our new Chair, Lesley Hirst, a fellow IEN. This year is especially meaningful as CARE Centre celebrates 25 years
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CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) Celebrates 25 Years of Supporting Newcomer Nurses
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).
Welcoming Rola El Moubadder As Executive Director
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
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CARE Centre receives ‘Employer of the Year’ Award
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.
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Transition to Practice Course- Registration Open!
The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has announced that starting April 1, 2025, anyone applying to become an RN or RPN for the first time in Ontario will be required to meet a Transition to Practice (TTP) requirement. This new requirement will help support nurses’ integration into the Ontario practice setting. In response, CARE
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Racism and Discrimination in Nursing Report
RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION AMONG NURSES IN CANADA AND THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SCOPING REVIEW.” Read the report HERE.
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CARE Centre presents at the International Council of Nurses Congress (ICN)
CARE Centre was privileged to contribute to the global nursing conversation and share our expertise in supporting IENs.
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Nursing Week Message from Leigh Chapman, RN, PhD,
“The nursing profession is stronger as a united front”
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“Accelerating internationally educated nurses’ entry to the nursing workforce”
CARE Centre Case Manager & Communication Lead Tina Novotny, has a written article in the latest issue of Hospital News. Page 28 and 29
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