Tod MaffinCanadian Commentator, From Far and Wide · Emotional Support Canadian

If you’re in healthcare, dozens of Canadian communities will help you get to Canada.

11 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker promotes the National Healthcare Infusion Program, a volunteer‑driven initiative that connects American healthcare professionals with Canadian communities eager to help them relocate. The program’s website, healthcareinfusion.org, lists dozens of community‑run resource sites that provide detailed information on immigration procedures, job opportunities, schooling, and safety for LGBTQ individuals, often supplemented by active Discord groups for real‑time local Q&A. The speaker highlights a specific outreach event in Nanaimo, a coastal city of about 100,000 located 1.5 hours from Vancouver, scheduled for April 24‑26, where prospective nurses and doctors can tour hospitals and clinics, meet regional health‑authority recruiters, and explore the community. The pitch emphasizes Canada’s universal healthcare system—no personal bankruptcy from illness—and the promise of a safe, valued life for healthcare workers and their families. Listeners are invited to learn more via nanaimoinfusion.ca and consider moving to Canada.

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If you're an American healthcare worker looking for safety for your family, there are dozens of communities across Canada who will drop everything to help you get here. My wife and I, along with volunteers across this country, are building the National Healthcare Infusion Program. You can see it all at healthcareinfusion.org. Pick a community listed there, it'll take you to a community-run resource site with information about immigration, jobs, programs for your kids, and so on. Most have Discord communities where you can chat live with locals in the area and ask them about whatever you need. What are the schools there like? Do queer people feel safe there? Whatever. Here in my community, Nanaimo, which is on the far west coast of Canada, we are hosting a weekend, April 24th to April 26th, where you can come up, check out the area. We'll arrange hospital visits if you're a nurse, clinic visits if you're a doctor. We'll introduce you to recruiters at the regional health authorities, whatever you need. Nanaimo is a city of 100,000 people on the ocean, an hour and a half from Vancouver, and a whole community ready to help you and your family land on your feet. You can learn more about that weekend at nanaimoinfusion.ca. Look, Canada's not perfect, but people here don't go bankrupt because they get sick. If you work directly with medical patients, and you're ready to build a life where your work is valued and your family is safe, come to Canada. You already have friends here.