Workplace Integration Program
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses is offering the Workplace Integration Program (WIP) to all health care and related organizations. Don’t miss this game changing opportunity!
Learn More About WIP
CARE Centre. For Nurses.
CARE Centre provides IENs with the one-on-one case management, language and communication skills, exam preparation, professional development, mentoring and networking to be successful in the nursing profession.
CARE Centre History
Donate Today!
Your donation will help support an Internationally Educated Nurse by providing the guidance and skills they need to be successfully employed in the Ontario health care system.
Donate Securely via Canada Helps

NURSE: BEFORE AND AFTER ARRIVAL IN CANADA

Internationally Educated Nurses who have been approved to immigrate to Canada can join CARE Centre’s PASS Program. PASS offers a pre-arrival program and a post-arrival program for newcomer nurses.

Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the PASS program helps pre-arrival nurses in their countries of residence who are planning immigration to Canada and provides post-arrival newcomer services to nurses anywhere in Canada.

NURSE: LIVING IN
ONTARIO, CANADA

For Internationally Educated Nurses living in Ontario, the CARE Centre provides the STARS program for nurses at all stages of their nursing journey.

Providing nurses with one-on-one case management, personalized language and communication training, exam preparation, professional development, mentoring and networking. 

The Supports, Training, and Access to Regulated-employment Services program (STARS) is funded by the Government of Ontario.

The Pre-Arrival and Post-Arrival Supports and Services (PASS) Program for Internationally Educated Nurses is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

The Supports, Training, and Access to Regulated-employment Services program (STARS) is funded by the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development Ontario.

Dr. Ruth Lee, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD
Outgoing Executive Director

Rola El Moubadder, RN, BScN, MQM,
Executive Director

Honouring Dr. Ruth Lee & Welcoming Rola El Moubadder As Executive Director​

ANNOUNCEMENT: March 23 2025​
After 9 years of dedicated service, we extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Ruth Lee, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD, for her leadership, commitment, and lasting contributions to CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses. We wish her all the best in her retirement.

We are also delighted to congratulate Rola El Moubadder, RN, BScN, MQM, on her appointment as Executive Director, and we look forward to this exciting new chapter in her leadership journey with CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses.

Celebrating Internationally Educated Nurses

THANK YOU

CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses acknowledges the generosity of the following organizations

SANJEETA MAHARAJAN,
RN

“OJS allowed me to reflect on my own professional practice and my readiness to explore the Canadian healthcare system.”

OMOLARA AJAYI
RN

“I felt that having a case manager who I could work with, who was non-judgmental, and provided resources , made a huge difference.”

PATRICIA TAN YEE,
RN

“CARE Centre helped me with my OSCE prep and exams. I was provided job search support by my Case Manager”