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Whether you are a nurse looking for a change, or a health care facility looking to fill an immediate vacancy, we’re here to make the connection so that every community has access to quality health care.

Connecting qualified travel nurses with the communities that need them the most.

We got our start 25 years ago after noticing a gap in the health care industry - Facilities in remote locations needed qualified health care professionals, but they couldn’t find the right candidates to live in those locations full-time. We are helping to close that gap by recruiting qualified nurses looking for an unconventional work experience on behalf of these facilities.

Your next adventure awaits. Start your career as a travel nurse.

The way we work has changed. People seek more balance and flexibility in where and when they work, and how often. The health care industry is no exception. Travel nursing is a great opportunity to leverage your skills where they’re most needed while giving you the freedom and flexibility to enjoy longer periods of time off between placements to travel, pursue a hobby, or simply work your way through your to-do list. The commute is a little different, but the view is unbeatable and that’s not the only benefit.

Hire a travel nurse

We know that it can take time to find the right people to fill a role and hiring a permanent employee can create an administrative strain. We can take care of all your recruiting needs so that you can focus on what matters - helping people. With a rigorous pre-screen and interview process, you can trust that when you work with us you are getting qualified professionals who have the credentials you require for the roles you are looking to fill.

Travel Nurse Perks

Competitive wage

Per diem allowance

Transportation is covered

Take time off between placements

Accommodations provided

Work in the communities that need you most

Travel nurse faqs, why choose travel nursing.

Travel nursing allows you to apply your skills in an unconventional way that often leads to better work-life balance and the freedom to explore Alberta, Canada, or anywhere else on your list while you’re on your days off.

What roles are you currently hiring for?

We are always looking for qualified Nurse Managers, Registered Nurses, and LP Nurses, but we have also been known to place Health Care Aides, Mental Health Therapists, Respiratory Therapists. If you are looking for an unconventional way to apply your skill set we encourage all health care workers to apply so we have your information on record and if a position opens up we will reach out.

Where are these roles located?

We’ve worked with health care facilities across Canada, but are currently focused on recruiting for roles in Alberta.

How much do travel nurses get paid?

Travel nurses get paid anywhere between $80 - $120 per hour depending on the role, your experience, and training.

Alberta's premiere Travel Nursing Staffing Agency

Fall in love with nursing again. The burnout rate in nursing has never been higher. You don’t have to feel helpless or frustrated. Control your career like never before.

Our disciplined people engage in the necessary actions in order to accomplish the task at hand

We engage in mutual mentoring with a desire to continue our relationships well into the future.

We assess each client’s specific needs & match them with the most appropriate healthcare worker.

We strive to select, recruit, & train the highest quality healthcare, staff.

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I’m very happy I decided to take a contract with Medrep Healthcare Staffing! The staff that I have interacted with have all been so kind and they really do care and make an effort to check in with you. Whenever issues came up, they were quick to address the situation. I loved Alberta so much that I actually extended my contract! I made lots of friends.

Life has always been good to me, but this season of full-time travel nursing has been unparalleled. Big thanks to Medrep Healthcare Staffing for being such a supportive agency and for proving that a fulfilling career and a beautiful adventurous life should exist simultaneously. We don’t need a vacation from a life like this.”

I’ve worked for multiple agencies across Canada over the last few years and Medrep Healthcare Staffing is truly the best – besides the basics you’d want from any travel nurse agency – they’re also: authentic, by-nurses-for-nurses, and pay the highest base wage! I send all my colleagues to Medrep Healthcare Staffing.

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Travel Registered Nurse

EXPERIENCE CANADA AND HEAL LIVES TRAVEL REGISTERED NURSE . Are you a passionate and skilled Registered.. As a Traveling Registered Nurse , you will have the unique opportunity to work in various healthcare..

Travel Registered Nurse Medical Surgical

Job Description Job Description Beaumont, Texas Opportunity. Travel Nurse VISA Come explore the.. We are seeking experienced Registered Nurses (RNs) for travel assignments in Acute Care Hospital..

Travel Agent

Job Description Job Description OFFICE JOB 4 HRS DAILY MON FRIDAY book tickets to international and domestic destination book packages english and arabic language required basic co..

Travel Nurse - Community Health RN

Job DescriptionMAKE A DIFFERENCE AS A REGISTERED NURSE IN NORTHERN ALBERTA!Are you a CHN (RN) looking for an exciting travelling work experience?Do you have a passion to make a difference in the..

Travel Sales Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES. You will be traveling around Alberta to better educate residential homes.. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS. Ability to travel around Alberta (accommodations Included) Reliable Car and..

travel counsellor

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. 1 year to less than 2 years Work Term. Permanent Work Language. English Hours. 30 to 40 hours per week..

travel guide

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. Will train Tasks Describe points of interest, answer questions and supply information Assist clients with chec..

travel consultant

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. 7 months to less than 1 year Tasks Supervise clerical staff or other travel counsellors Manage difficult situations with..

travel agent

hours per week Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. Will train Asset languages Mandarin Cantonese Work setting Airline ticket office Travel wholesale company..

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. Experience an asset Asset languages Hindi Urdu Panjabi. Punjabi Work setting Travel agency Tasks Investigate new travel ..

travel clerk supervisor

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. 1 year to less than 2 years Tasks Perform same duties as workers supervised Co ordinate, assign and review wor..

Education. College CEGEP Experience. 1 year to less than 2 years or equivalent experience Work setting Willing to relocate Tasks Perform same duties as workers supervised Assist cl..

Machinery and arrange repair work to ensure business continuity and customer service delivery Requisition materials and supplies Assist customers in planning travel times and routes Work..

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. 7 months to less than 1 year Work setting Travel agency Work conditions and physical capabilities Attention to detail Fast..

reservations supervisor - travel agency

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. 7 months to less than 1 year or equivalent experience Tasks Perform same duties as workers supervised Co ordin..

Education. Bachelor's degree Experience. Experience an asset Work setting Travel agency Tasks Co ordinate activities with other work units or departments Establish work schedules and procedures..

Education. College, CEGEP or other non university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years Experience. 2 years to less than 3 years Work setting Travel agency Tasks Perform..

Education. Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience. 7 months to less than 1 year or equivalent experience Work setting Urban area Tasks Co ordinate, assign and re..

Travel ER RN

Registered Nurse ER 80. 100 hourShift details. 12 hour day and night shiftsJob RequirementsLicensed nurse in Canada1. year of ER Canadian nursing experienceCurrent CPR ACLS certificateCTAS..

Engineering Director, Travel (Remote)

This is your career and our aim is to supercharge it. that fuel who we are.About this roleAs Engineering Director for our Travel vertical you will be accountable for the technical strategy..

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North Zone Nurse Locum Program

A placement through the North Zone Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RN/RPN) Locum Program is an exciting opportunity to diversify your knowledge and explore northern Alberta.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) have a unique agreement that provides nurses a chance to gain experience in a variety of practice settings including Acute Care, Emergency, Intensive Care, Operating Room, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Continuing Care, Home Care, Public Health and Psychiatry by matching nurses with northern Alberta communities based on their experience, availability, and location preferences.

Nurses have the opportunity to experience unique cases and beautiful locations, while patients benefit from the additional knowledge and expertise of trained nurses coming to their area. It’s a win-win solution that you can feel good about.

How to Apply

Please visit our online job board and search for 'Travel Nurse' to apply or e-mail [email protected] to learn more about the program.

Successful applicants will be notified and then placed upon a roster and contacted when North Zone work opportunities matching the candidate’s skills, experience and work preferences become available.

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Is the RN/RPN Locum Program right for you?

You are eligible to participate this program if you:

• Are registered, or eligible to be registered, to practice as a RN or RPN in the province of Alberta
• Have at least one year of applicable nursing experience – two years of experience is preferred
• Are able to travel and work in the North Zone of AHS

You are not required to make a maximum time commitment in order to participate in the program, but there is a minimum assignment of 3 weeks. While on a locum placement, your shift hours and shift rotation cycle will follow the existing collective agreement. While the length of assignment can vary depending upon site need, the average length is approximately six weeks.

Aside from the benefit of working within a broad inter-professional team, RNs and RPNs are able to work to their full scope of practice, treating patients throughout the continuum of care. Being part of the locum program also offers various financial incentives, including:

• Compensation of $38.44 to $50.45 per hour
• Temporary premium payment of $25.00 per hour on top of regular wage
• Temporary daily payment of $50.00 for each day on assignment (excluding Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray)
• A per diem allowance of $25.40 for each day on assignment
• Reimbursement for travel costs
• Accommodation provided by the program at no cost

Covering a vast expanse of the province, Alberta’s north offers exceptional lifestyle opportunities. The extra-long summer days deliver ample opportunity to enjoy the outdoors: hiking, biking, and riding horseback or ATVs along thousands of kilometres of trails, or enjoy fishing, swimming, or paddling along northern waterways. Winter sports are also hugely popular and locals enjoy skiing, skating, ice-fishing or snowmobiling through the varied terrain. From prairie grasslands to dense boreal forest, you’ll find yourself immersed in communities with unique cultures that are all their own.

“I have always worked in big hospitals and was very specialized. When I came as a locum it’s a totally different way of nursing. You really get to know your patients, the community and different cultures from around the world.”

Barb, completed various locums

“I just really fell in love with the area. It’s nice to have that diversified experience you get working in the North. That’s what appealed to me. You get a little bit of everything from trauma, cardiac, pediatrics, obstetrics, health teaching and a lot of mentoring.”

Audrey, former locum nurse

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Isn’t it time to spread your wings, travel Canada and never miss a paycheck?

Work to live , Talk about work/life balance!

Nursing is your career. You went to school and studied hard, graduated, got your first job and now you’ve been working in the field of nursing for a lot of years. You love the job and you’re passionate about it, but at this point in your life you want  more ‘You time.’ You’d like to have more time with your family and friends, you’d like to travel and you’re even starting to think about retiring; not yet, but you’re thinking about it. What if you could stay in the profession you trained for and you love and have the lifestyle you want at the same time? There is such a thing as work/life balance; you can have it all with Solutions Staffing.

Nursing school helped you prepare for what a career in the industry was going to be like, but the real training has been the years of experience you’ve devoted to the field. Your education along with what you have learned on the job has made you an invaluable asset to the profession. Throughout everything you’ve learned, one of the most important things is that to be at your absolute best, it is essential to have a real balance between your work life and your personal life. When you first started in nursing it was important to prove yourself as a dedicated and passionate hard worker; you’ve done that. Now it would be nice to let the profession work for you. What if we told you there’s a different kind of nursing experience? Solutions Staffing is just an email away.

Work When You Have Time To Work. Decide for yourself.

Nursing is a tremendous career and you love it, but sometimes the scheduling doesn’t account for your aging parents, your kids or grandkids or the fact that you’d like to take an extended vacation. You give a lot of yourself to your career, but it would be nice to be able to decide when you want to work and what’s best for you and your family. With Solutions Staffing, that’s exactly what happens: you decide for yourself when and where you work. Seem to good to be true? Solutions Staffing is a real opportunity for you. Our reputation speaks for itself and while you get on with the business of what you do best, we take care of the rest. Of course you have a lot of questions, that’s normal. We will answer all of them so you can make the decisions that are right for you.

It’s Flexible Freedom. Never Miss A Paycheque.

Remember when you were first learning how to use your Smart Phone? Your TV remote? The PVR? You knew that you wanted to do it, but it seemed daunting and scary so you put it off. It didn’t take you long to realize that if you wanted these things as a part of your lifestyle you were going to have to pursue them. And so you did and you mastered it. The reason you put in the time and effort to learn about it is because you knew that it would make your life easier, more convenient and ultimately better. That’s what it’s like with Travel Nursing. At first, you might not think that it’s that important to you, but as you think about it, you start to realize that this really could improve your life. Not only will you get the hang of it in no time, but just like with technology, you’ll wonder how you did without it. It’s your job, your way with Solutions Staffing. We hire healthcare professionals including Nurse practitioners, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals for casual shifts, permanent positions and everything in between.

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Are you experiencing low healthcare staff to patient ratio? Are you looking for qualified medical professionals for your staffing needs?

Revolve Staffing is a nursing staffing agency that specializes in placing qualified healthcare professionals in health care facilities across Canada. We provide qualified, trained, and experienced healthcare professionals for your temporary or long-term staffing needs. 

Whether you're struggling with a shortage of staff or already seeking a new employee, we have the perfect person for the job!

The need for qualified healthcare professionals is growing at a significant rate and our team is committed to providing the best care to our patients every day.

Our staffing agency boasts an amazing team of Healthcare Professionals such as Health Care Aides, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Midwives Nurses. Join our team and help us provide unmatched excellence in healthcare.

Every day, we strive to transform lives and advance health through compassionate care, quality education, and an unwavering commitment to the community. 

we have licensed & trained staff to meet your nursing needs

Licensed practical nurses (lpns).

We have licensed practical nurses that are available for travel nursing assignments across Canada.

Registered Psychiatric Nurses

We have trained Registered Psychiatric travel nurses to help meet your nursing staffing needs. Our staff has been carefully selected and screened to to ensure they are the perfect fit.

Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs)

Our Registered Practical Nurses are dedicated and enthusiastic about what they do and they are committed to providing you with the best care possible. 

Health Care Aides (HCAs)

If you are looking for reliable, professional and qualified Health Care Aides, Revolve Staffing is your solution to meeting your staffing needs.

Registered Nurses (RNs)

Our Registered travel nurses are reliable, dedicated and committed to providing the best care possible. 

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Our recruiters are available 24/7 to help get you started on your staffing needs and to help review your staffing needs in a way that suits your facility. 

Have questions about our staffing services? Get in touch with us today!

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Healthease Staffing

Live your travel nursing life with ease

Healthcare staffing assignments for nursing

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Where People Come First

We fill in staffing gaps at hospitals and other facilities on a temporary basis.

Service across Canada

Assignments can be in suburban or rural areas across the country.

Qualified nurses

Highest Quality Care

Great opportunity to demonstrate expertise in the nurse’s chosen field.

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Registered Practical Nurse Licensed Practical Nurse

RTs/OTs/PTs

Allied Health

Personal Support Worker

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We are a travel nursing agency borne out from first-hand experience, and throughout our nursing career, we have caught ourselves too many times wishing that some services are offered and extended, or just be supported, seen, and heard.

At healthease staffing, YOU ARE OUR PRIORITY.

We will support YOU in every part of your travel nurse journey.

Increasing Demand

Perks of Being a Travel Nurse with Us

Travel nursing is a life-enriching experience and it offers a unique blend of benefits, both personally and professionally. Outstandingly, it both provides a stable, sought-after career and an exciting life of travel. As you go through different facilities, you get to immerse yourself in different areas of the practice and this adds a variety of valuable skills, which greatly boosts your resume.

Given the exciting perks mentioned above, at Healthease, we offer:

License reimbursement.

Secure accommodation.

End of contract incentives.

Referral bonus.

Training fees reimbursement.

Airfare/travel.

Car Rental.

Meal allowance.

Night and Charge Differential.

The demand for travel nursing in Canada has been steadily climbing over the last few years, resulting in an ever-growing number of healthcare agencies seeking qualified personnel to fill roles on a temporary basis. Travel and contract nurses are now being sought after across multiple sectors, including long-term care facilities, hospitals etc.

The nursing industry is facing a shortage of nurses caused by a number of factors.

Travel nurses can be a more cost-effective option than hiring full-time nurses, since they typically only work for a few months at a time.

The increasing popularity of medical tourism has contributed to the demand for travel nurses.

Hospitals are connecting to travel nursing agencies in Canada for hiring nurses to take care of patients.

Travel Nursing

Explore new places and learn about other cultures.

Work in different healthcare settings and learn new techniques.

Fill vacant positions quickly and efficiently.

Build relationships with nurses from all over the country.

Make an impact where it matters the most.

Staffing Solution

3 reasons to work with us, higher pay packages + incentives, license and travel reimbursements, competency upgrade.

How we work

INTEGRITY We operate with clarity and trust. We observe and adopt the highest moral standards of our industry. We are passionate, we are dedicated and we love what we do!

RESPECT We treat each other, and our clients with mutual respect and sensitivity.

BALANCE We strongly believe in work / life balance, and we support workplace flexibility.

We are passionate, we are dedicated and we love what we do.

We will support you in every part of your Travel Nurse journey.

Fall in love with nursing again.

The burnout rate in nursing has never been higher. You don't have to feel helpless or frustrated. Control your career like never before, with travel nursing.

Canadian Travel Nurse Agency

We connect nurses with jobs that fit like a glove...

While also providing true community & strong support..

Northern Med is a preferred Canadian travel nurse agency, proudly based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We specialize in recruiting quality healthcare professionals and connecting them to Canadian communities, from coast to coast.  In addition to rewarding assignments, exceptional wages, and paid travel + accommodations, NMC fosters a strong sense of community and ensures each member of the team is supported at every stage of their travel nurse journey.

Your happiness matters.

We don't simply place nurses wherever there's a need & hope it works out. we match nurses to their ideal positions - which means happy nurses providing exceptional levels of patient care..

As a point of pride, Northern Med spends an incredible amount of time ensuring our nurses are placed in positions that fit them perfectly.  Unlike most agencies during the matching process, we evaluate placements through a thorough lens; considering things like professional competency & skill, family needs, geographical preferences, work-life balance requests, and a number of other metrics. The result is happy nurses who excel in their jobs and provide exceptional levels of care.

Hear from our nurses across the country...

We are so proud of our Northern Med nurses; super heroes doing incredible work in their field.

I would recommend travel nursing to anyone and would highly recommend working with Northern Med!

"With my first travel nursing contract in Gander, Newfoundland complete - I can honesty say that I have made so many friendships and connections here that will last a lifetime! 🤍 I had the opportunity to work in a new place and to explore a lot on my days off, independently and with friends. I also got to visit a piece of France with my amazing grandparents. Both staff and travel nurses alike have been so good to me and welcomed me to this amazing province. You are all incredible people, and have made this experience the best in the world - I can’t wait to come back! A huge thank you to Northern Medical Connections for being so amazing and supportive through this entire process - you truly made this the BEST experience! I would recommend travel nursing to anyone and would highly recommend working with Northern Med! On to my next adventure! ✌️✈️”

"Everyone at Northern Med has been so kind and they really do care!"

“I'm very happy I decided to take a contract with Northern Med! The staff that I have interacted with have all been so kind and they really do care and make an effort to check in with you. Whenever issues came up, they were quick to address the situation. I loved Nova Scotia so much that I actually extended my contract! I made lots of friends and was able to explore a part of Canada that I probably wouldn't have if it wasn't for travel nursing.”

"I remember always being told my full-time line was the end goal as a new nurse, yet I still felt there had to be more out there for me."

“One year ago, I took a leap of faith. I remember always being told my full-time line was the end goal as a new nurse, yet I still felt there had to be more out there for me. I quit my line, gave away my belongings, signed my first contract and haven’t looked back since. Life has always been good to me, but this season of full-time travel nursing has been unparalleled. Big thanks to NMC for being such a supportive agency and for proving that a fulfilling career and a beautiful adventurous life should exist simultaneously. We don’t need a vacation from a life like this.”

Don't burn out. Burn bright.

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Precision Health Program grad motivated by opportunity to elevate patient voice

Aimee Mains, Cumming School of Medicine

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A registered nurse for 27 years, Consuelo (Coty) Ong had travelled all over North America. She worked as a travel nurse, as a clinical nurse educator, and took on other diverse leadership roles to expand her expertise. Through the range of work experiences, she discovered a passion for patient safety and set out to become a leader in the field.

It all led Ong to the Cumming School of Medicine’s (CSM)  Precision Health Program .

“There are a wide variety of career paths in health care,” says Ong, now a senior patient safety specialist with Alberta Health Services (AHS). “But I fell in love with patient safety and quality improvement and since then continued to pursue that path.”

Seeking to learn more about leadership in patient safety and how she could be a catalyst for change, Ong was delighted to come across the Precision Health Program (PHP) which offered a specialization in  Quality and Safety Leadership . A laddered master’s degree designed for working professionals from many backgrounds, the PHP is unique in Canada as the only graduate degree of its kind focused on precision health. 

Ong joined the inaugural cohort when the program launched in the fall of 2021. This year she will earn a master’s degree in precision health that aligns with her career ambitions.

Elevating the voices of patients and families

As part of her master's PHP project, Ong leads a patient safety initiative being developed at the Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH) and the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. Called Partnering with Families to Improve Pediatric Patient Safety, her project aims to unite and elevate the voices of patients, families and health-care providers in pediatric hospital settings. It supports the  Safest Together program, a patient safety initiative based at ACH and Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital. Ong’s supervisor and academic project lead, Dr. Jennifer Thull-Freedman, MD, MSc, a clinical associate professor with the CSM’s Department of Pediatrics, wanted to improve the experience of safety for families of children admitted to hospital and increase engagement in patient safety initiatives. “We were seeing many positive outcomes from our work in safety,” Thull-Freedman says. “But we had a sense that our program wasn’t reaching families and improving their experience as much as it could.” In interviews with parents of patients admitted to hospital, families shared that staff behaviours and attitudes, collaboration and prioritization of family experience was what mattered most in making them feel safe. Ong’s role was to better understand how to improve the family experience based on that feedback and to facilitate co-design workshops and strategies that incorporated the voices of everyone involved.

Through consultation and interviews the team discovered that families were not always aware of the safety actions being implemented in the hospital or ways they could contribute. The team was able to determine that psychological safety was the foundation of feeling safe for families and among health-care providers, and that families valued being able to communicate openly without fear of judgment. 

“Blending the family and patient voice with the health-care professional experience and knowledge has provided unique perspectives that help us create and fuel innovative change in the hospital environment,” Ong says. Findings will help improve the experience of safety for everyone involved and may lead to broader system change down the road, she adds. Laurel Pridgen became involved with Ong’s project as a family advisor soon after two of her children were diagnosed with a rare genetic disease. She uses her lived experience as a parent of children with medical complexity to provide feedback on the program.

“Through my involvement with this project as a family member with lived experience, I have seen an excellent example of health-care professionals collaborating with families to improve outcomes for children and families,” she says. Pridgen says the project team has been willing to advocate on her behalf and enabled her to share her story with many health-care leaders and front-line staff in order to improve personalized care.  “I think many individuals have learned about co-design and the importance of it through Coty’s project and passion for this work.”

Quality and safety leadership

Students in the PHP’s Quality and Safety Leadership specialization are trained in health system and project management with a focus on innovation. They also learn how to measure and improve patient outcomes, experience and value within the health system. Ong says her studies have provided that specialized training, helped her develop flexibility and emotional intelligence, and strengthened her skills as a health-care leader in her field. 

She is grateful to have found graduate-level studies that align with her career interests, and to have connected with other “change agents” through the program. “Coalitions with like-minded people are really important,” she says. “And this program was a catalyst for creating that.”

The Cumming School of Medicine’s  Precision Health Program  is delivered online, making it accessible to professionals living anywhere the world. Students can choose from four specializations designed to enhance their potential as health-care leaders in the areas of precision medicine, quality and safety leadership, health professions education leadership, and innovation and entrepreneurship. For more information visit  ucalgary.ca/precision-health . Applications for the Precision Health Program will be accepted until May 31, 2024.

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Young woman searches for live kidney donor sharing her extremely rare blood type

Best match for calgary's sana ashoori, 20, is likely in the south asian community.

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Sana Ashoori is in a race against time — and the odds — as she searches for a life-saving kidney donation.

A rare disease has left the young Calgarian with just 30 per cent kidney function and she will ultimately need a transplant.

"I think mainly for my future," said Ashoori, 20, who struggles with fatigue, anemia and a number of other health issues related to her illness.

Ashoori and her family were advised to start searching for a donor early — before she is added to the transplant list — because she also has an extremely rare blood type, known as the "Bombay" blood type.

While she could take a kidney from someone with another type, doctors say a kidney from someone with the same blood group reduces the risk her body will reject the organ.

"What if I don't find a donor? Or what if I do find one and then it's not really a compatible match with my blood type? And then rejection happens? That whole process is very scary to think about."

Bombay blood type

People with the Bombay blood type lack an H antigen, a basic protein that is the backbone of other blood groups, according to Dr. Dave Sidhu, head of transfusion and transplant medicine in southern Alberta.

The introduction of another blood type in these cases   can prompt the formation of antibodies, which can ultimately lead to organ rejection.

Some people already have these antibodies circulating in their blood, further increasing the likelihood of rejection.

The trouble is, the Bombay blood type is extremely rare in Canada.

"The best option for finding a compatible match is looking within her own ethnic population first," said Sidhu.

That's because this blood group is more common in South Asian populations.

According to Sidhu, approximately one in a million people of European descent have the Bombay blood type compared to about one in 10,000 people from India, for example.

No one in Ashoori's family, originally from Afghanistan, has been identified as a match.

And despite their efforts reaching out to other South Asian communities across the country, and even internationally, they have yet to find a suitable donor.

More awareness needed

Ashoori's story shines a light on the need to have as many people from as many different backgrounds as possible in the Canadian donor pool, doctors say.

"The best matches are often coming from people who have immigrated from similar parts of the world. So the more diverse donors we can have, the better the chance — particularly for people coming from some of these small ethnic minorities — for finding a very suitable or better match for them long-term," said Sidhu.

According to Sidhu, while the transplant could be done with a kidney from a live or deceased donor , a live donor will give Ashoori the best chances for success.

Her mother, Shaima Rahimi, said the family is working to raise awareness about live kidney donation within South Asian communities as they scour the country for a donor who can help.

It's been an uphill battle, she said, because she's encountered a number of people who don't understand the concept of live kidney donation.

"We have been trying to reach out to people to come forward. Also, we are trying to educate people to know that they can live on one kidney. It is possible to live on one kidney, and the other kidney can save a life," she said.

There can be a number of challenges, according to Sidhu, including language barriers, misconceptions about risk, cultural differences and a lack of access to information.

"That's why it's always more successful when we have community members try to create community awareness."

Information on becoming a living donor:

• Canada's Kidney Paired Donation (run by Canadian Blood Services)
• Southern Alberta Transplant Program - Calgary
• Living Donor Services - Edmonton

"It's well known that living donors can donate a kidney very safely and … live a long and healthy life with their one remaining kidney," said Joyce Van Deurzen, executive director of the southern Alberta branch of Kidney Foundation of Canada. She noted extensive testing is done ahead of time.

In Alberta, while the direct costs of donating a kidney are covered, the  Living Donor Expense Reimbursement Program  can help cover some out-of-pocket expenses for living donors — including some travel expenses — even if they're from other provinces or other countries, she said.

Meanwhile, Ashoori's family continues to search.

"It's hard," said Rahimi, holding back tears.

"As a mother, I'm asking, as a human, come forward, save a life. Start with the testing so it can change my daughter's life."

Ashoori, who has put her dream of becoming a nurse on hold due to her failing health, is hopeful the right person will come forward.

"I think it would be a really good blessing because kidneys are a vital organ. Without them, I cannot live," said Ashoori.

 "I'd get to be less stressed about my future. And hopefully, in the future, I can also help educate other people and provide more donors to other people who are in need."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jennifer Lee is a CBC News reporter based in Calgary. She worked at CBC Toronto, Saskatoon and Regina before landing in Calgary in 2002. If you have a health or human interest story to share, let her know. [email protected]

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