“Ukraine — Land of the Brave”
A UCMAO evening in Toronto on 10 December 2022, presenting flags signed by Ukraine’s defenders and thanking Canadians who help Ukrainians.
Branch of UCC Ontario Provincial Council
Ukrainian Canadian healthcare workers in Ontario, working together.
UCMAO connects physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and other health professionals of Ukrainian heritage — to support each other’s careers, help colleagues arriving from Ukraine, and deliver medical aid where it is needed most.
What we do
The better we support each other, the better we serve our community.
Education & guidance
Practical guidance on licensing, credential recognition, study and career pathways in Ontario’s health system.
Professional network
A community of colleagues who share experience, mentor newcomers and open doors for each other.
Information & advocacy
Reliable information for members and a voice for Ukrainian Canadian health professionals within UCC Ontario.
Medical aid to Ukraine
Coordinating donations of medical supplies and medications from Ontario to hospitals and medics in Ukraine.
Our work
When the full-scale invasion began, our members mobilized.
In the spring of 2022, UCMAO coordinated donations from Ontario hospitals, clinics and families, sorted and documented them, and shipped medications and supplies to hospitals and frontline medics in Ukraine — working alongside community organizations across Canada.
- relief effort launched in the first days of the war
- 2022
- relief effort launched in the first days of the war
- first shipments delivered with the Canada-Ukraine assistance headquarters
- Lviv
- first shipments delivered with the Canada-Ukraine assistance headquarters
- newly arrived medical families helped with housing and essentials
- Families
- newly arrived medical families helped with housing and essentials
Arriving from Ukraine?
Start your path to practising in Ontario.
We gathered the official starting points for physicians, nurses, pharmacists and dentists — regulators, credential assessment and settlement support — in one place.
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All news →Newcomer families meet Ontario’s Minister of Labour
Newly arrived Ukrainian families met Minister Monte McNaughton and members of the provincial parliament to talk about health care, education and work.
More medical support, thanks to MPP Natalia Kusendova
Thank you to Natalia Kusendova, MPP for Mississauga Centre, for her medical donation for Ukraine.
Join our community
Membership is open to healthcare workers and students of Ukrainian heritage in Ontario, and to everyone who shares our goals. Call or email us — we’ll answer in English or Ukrainian.
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