Canadian on Paper Society for Immigrant Physicians Equality

The Canadian On Paper Society for Immigrant Physicians Equality (COPSIPE) is a non-profit society. The purposes of the society are:
- To educate the general public and politicians about the racial prejudice and systemic discrimination against immigrant physicians in Canada by using different means of communication.
- To promote health and improve access of the public to highly qualified physicians by public policy dialogue and development activities that support a thoughtful and merit-based system of integration of immigrant physicians into the healthcare system of Canada.
- To work to align policies, practices, and administration of licensing and access to employment in the medical field–which currently have the effect of marginalizing, excluding, and fostering prejudice against immigrant physicians–with the Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights, human rights as set out in federal and provincial legislation, and relevant international covenants and agreements to which Canada is a signatory. This work will include seeking legal remedies and supporting representation for immigrant physicians harmed by systemic discrimination at different levels of access to practice opportunities in Canada.