Forced to sit out during pandemic, nurse calls for changes to Ontario's registration process
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When her Canadian wife was offered an exciting new job in Thunder Bay in the summer of 2019, Christy Tashjian and her family made the big decision to move from Texas to northwestern Ontario.
Trained and working as a nurse practitioner in the United States, Tashjian told CBC News that she didn't think it would be a big deal to transfer her licence and get her registration to work in Ontario.
So they moved to Thunder Bay at the beginning of 2020.
But more than 20 months later, through the global pandemic and warnings about nursing shortages and burnt-out health-care workers, Tashjian hasn't been able to work due to delays in receiving a work permit from the Canadian government and her licence from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO).
"It's just been really frustrating knowing that I have these skills that could be used here in Thunder Bay, especially with the shortage of health-care providers, and here I am, sitting at home," Tashjian told CBC News.
This story of an internationally educated nurse sidelined by long delays is common, according to leaders of two associations that represent nurses in Ontario.
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