Montreal GPL transferring to AB

[nicole0214]

Hi all..

I really need help 'coz until now, I'm really undecided of what to do next.

I am a GPL here in Montreal and I plan to transfer to AB. The thing is, I was led to believe that when you are a GPL here, you have the same status if you go to AB. A friend told me no. She said I'd have to go under the evaluation process again.

So now, I plan to take the OIIQ first before transferring. I was really hoping I could take the CRNE instead.

If I pass the OIIQ, without having completed the French exam requirement, am I able to be recognized as an RN in AB after I pass their IELTS?

Mods, please forgive me if this question have been posted before. Please do direct me to those threads if ever.. :)

Thanks to everyone in advance for your inputs, much appreciated.

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[Fiona59]

Why do you want to move to Alberta? There isn't a lot of work out here. So if you have a job in Quebec, I would think twice about leaving it.

If you were educated outside of Canada, you will have to submit your documents to CARNA to see if you are eligible for a practice permit.

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

As Fiona59 has said, you will need to have your credentials assessed by CARNA and it will be up to them whether or not they accept things as they are or require more from you. It's almost impossible to predict which way that will go. The OIIQ exam is usually considered the equivalent of CRNE for nurses educated in Quebec, but there has been very little discussion of the IEN experience with it so there's not a lot of info about it.

I think, from some of the posts I've read on the subject, Quebec is being viewed as a back door into Canada, and there are sure to be some very disappointed people when it doesn't prove to be as easy as it was first thought to be.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

I think, from some of the posts I've read on the subject, Quebec is being viewed as a back door into Canada, and there are sure to be some very disappointed people when it doesn't prove to be as easy as it was first thought to be.

If IENs do treat Quebec as a gateway to other provinces then I feel very sorry for our overworked, shortstaffed francophone nursing colleagues.

[Fiona59]

Dishes, just look at the sudden interest in Quebec. Their immigration policy is slightly different than the rest of Canada.

Look at the "International Forum". Suddenly there is a huge interest in Norway, not a country know for an easy to learn language. Quebec, not known to be a particulary welcoming place for non-Francophones to migrate to.

There are some very optimistic and naive people out there. But they have decided that becoming fluent in Norwegian and passing an exam is their key to the future. Quebec is now being used in the same manner.

It's all going to be up to the government of Quebec and their nursing authorities as to who is successful, not us. It looks like passing the exam will be the easy part, passing the requirement to be fluent in French isn't going to be easy. So, in a way it does look like Quebec and her population will wind up being used as a point of entry to the rest of the country, despite Canadian Immigration having set limits for the rest of the nation. Which raises the old chestnut of "how much sovereignity should Quebec have?"