Institute for Health and Social Policy
Community Retention Incentive Initiatives
Better access… in their language
The McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project contributes to Quebec’s initiatives to ensuring English-speaking Quebecers have access to the full range of health and social services in their own language through measures designed to build and maintain a sufficient complement of health and social services personnel capable of providing services in English. The project is an additional tool to support the implementation and enhancement of regional programs of access to health and social services in English as provided for in the Act respecting health and social services.
The objectives are to ensure English-speaking people receive effective communication in their language from the health and social services professionals serving their needs and to increase the number of English-speaking professionals working in the health and social services system.
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Investing Towards the Future of Health and Social Services in Laval
Agape’s retention project aims at creating awareness of the needs of the English Speaking Community of Laval, increase understanding and promoting careers in the health and social services area through collaboration with various key partners. With Agape’s current partnerships, the expansion of these partnerships will be sought, in quantity and quality. In doing this, Agape and the English speakers of Laval will have a better sense of belonging and more of a stake in their broader community.
Promotion activities with the education network
Agape will increase understanding for the need of additional English speaking health and social service professionals in our Laval institutions with the collaboration of educational networks and health and social services networks. We will work with Competency and Development Centers (CDC Pont-Viau, CDC Vimont), public and private high schools such as Laval Senior Academy High School and North Star Academy (private) High School Laval.
Senior high students will be identified with the help of our school partners (principals and career counsellors) who are potentially interested in the health and social services fields. We will organize field trips and contribute to school career fairs at our local high schools.
We hope that by this work we can provide graduating students with a better understanding of the health and social service fields and spark an interest to pursue these fields of study.
Community Health and Social Service Leadership Bursary Program
Bursaries will be offered this year. We are awarding conditional bursaries of up to $5,000 each.
- Students who pursue their studies in the fields of health or social services may be eligible for the Community Health and Social Service Leadership Bursary program of up to $5,000. Bursaries are awarded on a yearly basis and require a commitment on the part of the student to practice their profession in Laval for one year, once they have successfully completed their studies.
Requirements & Eligibility:
- Are Canadian citizens who have resided in Canada for at least 2 years (24 months);*
- ·Are permanent residents who have resided in Canada for at least 2 years (24 months);*
- ·Have the appropriate English and French language skills to provide health and social services in a health and social services institution in Quebec;
- ·Are pursuing studies in a government recognized educational institution;
- ·Are currently accepted into or pursuing full-time studies (the educational institution that the students are attending considers them as such) in a government recognized health and social services program that permits the students to work professionally in Quebec upon completion of studies
- Are registered full-time during the current Academic year
- Are committed, following completion of studies, to working in Laval in the field of health and social services in a public health and social services institution or related organization for a minimum of one year;
- Agree, upon completion of studies, to participate in any follow-up, monitoring or evaluation of the Program conducted by the McGill Project and/or AGAPE.
Please note that the Bursary Program is not applicable to students:
–Registered in independent or non-degree programs;
–Registered in distance and on-line training programs
Selection Criteria:
- The student’s demonstrated history of community involvement;
- The student’s commitment to working in Laval following completion of studies, in a public health and social services institution or related organization for a minimum of one year per bursary awarded;
- The compatibility of the student’s field of study with the identified regional priorities or vulnerable job categories;
- The quality of the student’s academic standing;
- The quality, content and presentation of the application
Qualifying programs:
CEGEP:
- Nursing
- Physical Rehabilitation
- Social Service
- Soins Infirmiers
- Special Care Counselling
- Techniques de Réadaptation physique
- Techniques de travail social
- Techniques en éducation spécialisée
- Actualisation professionnelle en soins
- infirmiers
- Agent en gérontologie-gériatrie
- Intégration à la profession infirmière du Québec
- Intervenant en gérontologie
- Intervention en milieu de vie auprès de la personne en perte d’autonomie
- Support and Intervention in Palliative Care
- Techniques d’aide aux personnes âgées ou en perte d’autonomie
- Transition to Nursing in Quebec for Internationally-Educated Nurses
University (Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate levels)
- Audiology
- Certificate in Special Education
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Diploma in Human Relations and Family Life
- Éducation spécialisée
- Gérontologie sociale
- Intégration socio-économique des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle
- Intervention jeunesse
- Intervention psychosociale
- Intervention sociale
- Nursing
- Nursing communautaire
- Nurse practitioner
- Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
- Pratiques psychosociales
- Psychoéducation
- Psychologie clinique (doctorat)
- Psychology (applied and field work)
- Réadaptation motrice et sensorielle
- Réadaptation occupationnelle
- Réadaptation physique
- Santé communautaire
- Santé mentale
- Social work
- Speech and Language Pathology
Other important information
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-If unable to obtain work in the Laval region in the field of health and social services in a public health and social services institution or related organization, the recipient will be considered to have met his/her commitments by working in one of the three adjacent regions: Lanaudière, Laurentides or Montérégie (Ouest centre or est) for a minimum of one year
-Should the bursary recipient not be able to meet his/her commitments, he/she will have to report in writing to AGAPE and reimburse the allocated funding;
· -Should the bursary recipient drop out of the agreed upon program of study or default on his/her commitment in any other way, he/she must reimburse AGAPE, any money received, within three years following the date he/she dropped out or defaulted
-Should the recipient default on his/her commitment by ceasing to work in the health and social services field in Laval or one of the three adjacent regions before the fixed period has expired, he/she must reimburse the AGAPE, within three years, the amount of the bursary prorated for the remaining period;
-If the recipient can only secure part-time employment, repayment time is considered to be the equivalent in hours of one year of full-time work;
Please contact us for more information: info@agapeassociationinc.com
