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Doctors Without Residency
Description
This short documentary highlights how the mechanism of discrimination prevents
foreign-trained doctors from practicing in Canada – even after they've
received their Canadian qualifications. Every year, scores of these doctors
are turned down for the residencies they need in order to practice – and many
of those residencies stay vacant. Through interviews with medical
professionals and human rights advocates it becomes clear that systemic racism
is to blame. Strikingly, several doctors interviewed for this film would not
speak on camera, fearing repercussions from the medical establishment. What is
the real problem: the incompetence of foreign-trained doctors or the injustice
of the system?
This film is part of the Work For All
series, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, with
the participation of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
In French with English subtitles.
2010, 09 min 57 s
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