That is a colossal f-up from the part of the health authority hiring and / or the HR personnel, from the sounds of it… Uprooting your family’s life internationally and experiencing this situation is just horrible. I’m sorry your partner and you are going through this =(

I’m sure the both of you have already researched as many options available for support but I’ll try to share some ideas as well.

Explore if there are ombudspersons one can connect with. They may be able to offer guidance and support, but issues related to immigration may complicate it. There may be ombudspersons for specific hospitals, across the health authority, generally for healthcare workers, and potentially for immigration-related stuff.

See if there are immigrant support groups around the area your partner is in. They may have folks that have experienced similar situations before and they could provide guidance for how they’ve handled it / what happened. As well, it’s another outlet to commiserate and hopefully be less alone during this moment.

If finances and food-scarcity is an issue, there should generally be food banks around if they are not too far.

Unfortunately with Canada, and as a result each province, being so vast, the availability and accessibility to all of these services will vary depending on where one’s in.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for y’all that the health authority can just sort out the job title BS internally. Administrative nonsense affecting real people’s lives is just cruel.

Ah, this is the website from where I was able to copy the link to the video! Thanks for pointing out the report, I’ll definitely have a read!