Key points

Canada wastes the talent of global experts while millions needlessly wait for mental health care.

Registered professional psychology faculty in Ontario are 83% White; only 11% are people of colour.

Reforms must avoid a new bias that favors applicants from White, English-speaking nations.

True equity demands a proactive, multinational review to find and welcome talent globally.

It has become a deeply unfortunate Canadian cliché: the Uber driver with a medical degree from their country of origin. In a nation where families can wait six months or more just to find a family doctor, this represents a staggering waste of human talent and a systemic failure. But this tragedy is not unique to medicine. I see it firsthand in my own field. I currently have three graduate students at

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