Canadian Health Care Students Sick of Unpaid Workterms
History shows that many female dominated health care professions have unpaid work terms (nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, dieticians, etc.). As a group of health care students we are s... continue reading »
"Unfair"
"Unpaid worktime is also required of RN's immigrating to Canada and who are forced to work 255 hours unpaid, so the Nurses Association will allow them to do the Canadian RN exam. this also reeks of exploitation"
"I agree"
"Tuition costs the same for all students. Work terms therefore should pay the same for all students. Fair is fair."
"Not only women but men too."
"Nursing is essential to healthcare, and in the next 5-10 years we are going to be desperately short (even shorter than we are now). Please recognize all that our profession contributes to the well being of Canadians and help us in any way possible with ou"
"By the time most of us finish school we are in 60,000-100,000$ worth of debt. This debt has huge implications for our mental health, as well as the lack of funds needed to begin a family an develop our lives. Paid workterms would releave some of this burd"
