College Radar

December 2025

Welcome Collaborative: 2025 highlights

Dr. Ogba at the November 2025 Welcome Collaborative

Dr. Ogba, a family medicine specialist, attended the November 2025 session of the Welcome Collaborative.

In November, 29 physicians new to practising in Nova Scotia participated in the Welcome Collaborative’s final session of the year. The program supports physicians trained outside of North America to better understand the Nova Scotia health-care system and to settle into their new places of practice.

In 2025, the program welcomed a total of 90 physicians into practice in Nova Scotia. Of the 90 physicians who participated in the program, 59 were family medicine specialists and 31 practise in other specialties, including internal medicine, psychiatry, and emergency medicine.

This year, 41 physicians on a Defined licence made up the majority of the participants in the Welcome Collaborative program, while 30 were on a Full licence, 16 were on a Clinical Assessment licence, and three were on an Academic licence.

Physicians location of practice by health zone (2025)

The next Welcome Collaborative takes place January 27–31, 2025 at the College and Dalhousie University.

The College acknowledges that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship. We also acknowledge that people of African descent have been in Nova Scotia for over 400 years, and we honour and offer gratitude to those ancestors.