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MNO's Health Careers Support Program is currently on
hold and we are not accepting applications at this time.
The June deadline has been suspended and a new deadline
date for applicant submissions will announced. Please
check this webpage periodically for updates.
Have you ever wanted to go back
to school but never had the opportunity? Have you ever
wanted to become a health professional? Are you currently
in school in a health career and having difficulty making
ends meet?
Further information
on the Métis Nation of Ontario Health Careers
Support program (HCSP) and application forms for
each program:
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If so, the Métis
Nation of Ontario may be able to assist you through our new funding program
for Métis students. The program is designed to assist Métis
students from Ontario who are interested in becoming a health professional
or who are currently involved in health career related programs.
This exciting funding
opportunity is available through the Métis Health Human Resources
Initiative which is a four year national program funded by Health Canada.
Based on our best
knowledge and understanding of population size, there are not enough Métis
working in our health care system. Our goals include creating a representative
workforce which includes appropriate numbers of Métis physicians,
nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, dentists, and other health care
providers to be responsive to the unique and diverse needs of Métis
people.
All Applications
will be carefully assessed by the following criteria:
- Application
fully completed
- For
scholarship program – academic achievement
- Potential
for success (community leadership, extracurricular
involvement)
- Career
aspirations include working with Métis currently
and in the future
- Involvement
in Métis community, volunteerism and cultural
activities
- Positive
letters of support from Métis community member
and personal reference
Please note that while
there are established criteria for approval of an application, the philosophy
of the MNO is to be as flexible and supportive as possible in order to
encourage those students that are experiencing hardships in their lives
to realize their dreams of becoming a health professional.
The ultimate goal
of the Health Careers Support Program is to double the number of Métis
health care workers. In order to reach this goal, the MNO will strive
to remove as many obstacles as possible that have impeded Métis
people from achieving the highest level of accreditation possible. With
this in mind, the MNO is open to any logical, reasonable and verifiable
plan of achieving an end goal which may take a number of years to accomplish.
For MNO to consider special circumstances, it will be incumbent upon all
applicants to provide a workplan demonstrating what they wish to achieve
and the steps required to get there over a period of time. Such plans
deemed to be credible would open the door to MNO supporting even part-time
courses leading to full-time enrolment.
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