Provincial support – medical residents
Contact Practice Ontario for personal support to help transition in to practice:
- Personal transition in to practice advice as well as a Service toolkit that provides practical, career-focused information for physicians entering practice in Ontario
- Free personal job search assistance for locum and permanent opportunities
Local support
Contact a recruiter at the Southern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance (SOPRA). Eighteen community physician recruitment programs are working together to attract Canadians studying abroad and doctors from the UK, US, Ireland, and Australia. This is facilitated by simplified licensing and repatriation process to help physicians hoping to work in these regions.
Economic development and business improvement associations (BIAs) can also provide assistance for new practices in their area:
London
- Downtown London BIA
- Hyde Park BIA
- Hamilton Road BIA
- Old East Village BIA
- The Argyle BIA
- London Chamber of Commerce Ontario
- London Economic Development Corporation