Nursing Week 2025: Internationally Educated Nurses - A Vital Thread in Canada’s Healthcare Fabric
- Dr. Rosemary Kohr
- May 10
- 1 min read
From coast to coast to coast, Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) are essential to the health and strength of Canada’s nursing workforce—and our communities. For Nursing Week it's key to highlight Internationally Educated Nurses.
Valuable Expertise and Experience
They bring not only critical clinical expertise and experience from around the globe, but also deep cultural insight, multilingual capacity, and often a profound respect for elders, family systems, and holistic care practices.
Across the Industry
In long-term care homes, hospitals, primary care settings, and rural communities, IENs are helping bridge gaps in access, culture, and communication. They are caregivers and cultural ambassadors—supporting patients in ways that reflect who they are as whole people, not just their diagnosis.
Nursing Week 2025 - Celebrating IEN's
At CHEN, we’ve seen firsthand how IENs contribute to a richer, more inclusive healthcare system. We’re proud to support education and leadership programs that create space for IENs to thrive—not just survive—in Canadian practice settings.
🇨🇦 We celebrate their resilience.
🌍 We honour the diverse traditions they carry.
💙 And we recognize the valuable perspective they bring to Canadian healthcare.
Let’s lift up the voices and stories of our IEN colleagues—today, and every day.
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