Canadian Health Workforce Network

01/30/2026

📣 First CHWN Blog Entry of 2026!

As Canada increasingly relies on internationally educated nurses (IENs), ethical recruitment matters more than ever. In this entry, Dr. Houssem Eddine Ben-Ahmed shares his reflections on a recent publication co-authored with Dr. Ivy Bourgeault, calling for political action to foster ethical recruitment to promote equity and build sustainable, effective, and efficient healthcare systems.

Read the full blog post here: https://ow.ly/9GPI50Y5H1u

01/20/2026

❤️ Don't forget to join us for our first webinar of 2026, in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research as part of their HSPR Talks series.

Through shared reflections among multiple speakers, this webinar will explore how experiential "heart knowledge" from health services and policy research can strengthen research, inform policy, and drive innovation in the health workforce.

🔗 Register here: https://ow.ly/BJyK50XZRKR

12/22/2025

Don’t miss our last CHWN blog entry of the year! ❄️

In this entry, Nimrit Kenth discusses how gaps in publicly accessible linguistic data across health professional registries limit access to care for Francophone and Anglophone minority communities — and why better data is essential for accountability, health workforce planning, and equity.

Read the full blog post here: https://ow.ly/Bpnw50XMO3E

With thanks to our organizational partner Société Santé en français (SSF)

12/04/2025

The ESKM Hub hosted an engaging meeting of EDI Champions on Integrating Intersectionality into Health Workforce Research 🌎

Drawing on examples and group reflections, participants explored reflexivity, power and oppression, diverse representation, and decolonized practices. Despite the global anti-EDI climate, Champions reaffirmed their collective commitment to addressing inequities through ongoing collaboration!

Explore our teams' project pages on the CHWN website to learn more: https://ow.ly/7myc50XrqHU

The Pan-Canadian Health Workforce Network (CHWN)- previously the Canadian Health Human Resources Network (CHHRN) is comprised of national experts researchers and policymakers involved/interested in health human resource research, policy and/or planning

12/02/2025

Check out the CCHL Blog's latest entry on health workforce planning from CHWN Health Workforce Planning Co-Lead Dr. Sarah Simkin!

Read the sponsored blog by Sarah Simkin, MD, as she talks about how raw data and indicators of population need and workforce capacity can be transformed into usable intelligence that can support decision-making. Using the case study of integrated primary care workforce planning in Toronto, she discusses a workforce planning framework that focuses on workforce analysis and describes the inputs and outputs that are needed for planning, including the key steps in the conversion of data to intelligence and the impact of the approach. This blog builds on her article in the November 2025 supplement of Healthcare Management Forum in which she and her co-authors highlight the important challenges related to data standardization, comprehensiveness, granularity, and accessibility and timeliness. Simkin is a physician and health workforce researcher at the University of Ottawa. > https://bit.ly/4nAjFoZ

11/28/2025

How is strengthening the health workforce inextricably connected to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?

Check out this month’s CHWN blog entry by Dr. Neeru Gupta who explains how health workforce capacity, equity, data systems and sustainability intersect with global development priorities.

Read the full post here: https://ow.ly/ZCqn50XyMLm

11/27/2025

📢 Beginning soon – don't miss our joint webinar with the uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics from 1-2pm ET!

Join us for a timely discussion on the legal and regulatory mechanisms that support more standardized health workforce data across Canada.

Click here to join: https://ow.ly/AzPm50XyKgQ

Event

11/27/2025

Recently, our Pathways for Internationally Educated Nurses (P4IENs) implementation science team advised the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing CASN in their submission to the House of Commons Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA) on integrating internationally educated health practitioners (IEHPs), including insights from their environmental scan.

🎥 Watch the meeting recording here (beginning at 11:12:46 for P4IENs): https://ow.ly/XumA50XroHo

Visit our website to learn more about this environmental scan and the team's ongoing work.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research & Institute of Health Services & Policy Research

11/25/2025

Our Long-Term Care Psychological Health & Safety (LTC Ph&S) implementation science team has developed a new LTC Toolkit to build psychological safety and strengthen equity and trauma-informed capacity in long-term care settings! This multi-level, intersectional inventory curates high-quality resources to support healthier, more equitable workplaces.

Explore the toolkit here: https://ow.ly/NK8B50Xrmfp

Visit our website site to learn more about this team's ongoing work �

Organizational partners include: WeRPN, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, The Ontario Personal Support Workers Association, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Health Services & Policy Research, and the CIHR Institute of Aging.

11/20/2025

How can embedded research and evaluation strengthen workforce strengthening in a province actively pursuing health system transformation?

Check out last month’s CHWN Blog entry on Reflections on Embedded Health Workforce Research Evaluation by Dr. Caroline Chamberland-Rowe who shares valuable insights and lessons based on her experience: https://ow.ly/PRZr50XqPEx

11/17/2025

We are pleased to host a joint webinar with the uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics on The Legal Context Enabling the Standardization of Health Workforce Data in Canada ⚖️

Join us on November 27th to learn about the legal and regulatory mechanisms that enable more standardized collection and sharing of health workforce data - key to improving healthcare delivery across the country - or share it with others who may be interested.

Click here to join: https://ow.ly/Y3jJ50XqOYq

Event

11/13/2025

📢 What if you were the voice that drives change in our healthcare system?

Registration is now open for the Health Workforce Studies Microprogram — an innovative, 100% online program designed to transform how Canada plans and manages its health workforce. Through two courses offered fully in English or French, professionals in the healthcare sector can strengthen their understanding of workforce planning, policy, and management to help drive sustainable system change.

Click here to learn more: https://ow.ly/nChf50XqIYr

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