CARE Centre Case Managers are now available to meet with IENs in the offices of community partners around the Greater Toronto Area!

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CARE Centre Case Managers are now available to meet with IENs in the offices of community partners around the Greater Toronto Area. These co-located offices are listed below. For information on service hours and to speak with a case manager to book an appointment, please call CARE Centre’s main phone number at 416-226-2800. North c/o COSTI 3100 Rutherford Road Vaughn Central …

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CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) is pleased to be the focus of a Conference Board of Canada report

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CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) is pleased to be the focus of a Conference Board of Canada report Measuring Returns: Valuing Investments in Internationally Educated Nurses. It follows a 2012 Conference Board of Canada profile of CARE Centre in their Organizational Excellence library as a “best practice” model. Read the full Press Release …

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Vladi Struchkov

Vladi Struchkov RN, MHSc, IEN from Kyrghyzstan, CARE Centre board member

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In the summer of 2005, inspired to start a new life in Canada, I made the decision to emigrate from my home to this beautiful and culturally diverse country. I felt very frustrated, because so many IENs like me were manipulated by private exam prep companies, wasting so much time and money, and were still …

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Ivana Freitas

Ivana Freitas, RPN, IEN from Serbia, Health and Wellness Manager, Chartwell Retirement Residences

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The reason I wanted to become a nurse was because I like to help people. I was brought up by my grandmother in Serbia so I was a caregiver to her as well. When I decided to come to Canada and apply to be a nurse, I didn’t think it would be a big deal, …

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Edsel Mutia

Edsel Mutia, RN, North York General, IEN from the Philippines, Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year 2013

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When my wife and I decided to move to Canada, it was both exciting and scary adapting to new social norms and creating a new network of friends. Returning to nursing school to become registered to practice in Ontario involved many sacrifices. It’s expensive and time consuming. I worked evenings as a personal support worker …

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Loy Asheri

Loy Asheri, RN, IEN from Tanzania, CARE Centre Case Manager, Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year 2011

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As a single mother of four young children, coming to a foreign country was a big challenge financially, psychologically, socially and emotionally. On top of that I had to face all the frustrations and uncertainties which came with the licensing process. My story changed, however, when I joined CARE Centre. CARE Centre conducted a nursing …

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