Recruitment and Education Incentive Directory
The Recruitment and Education Incentive Directory (REID) is a central online hub that brings together current recruitment and education incentives in Saskatchewan to support Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) leaders and hospital and health-care foundation partners in strengthening the health workforce.
These incentives may include scholarships, recruitment incentives, professional development funds and research grants from sources such as foundations, the SHA, provincial and federal governments.
The Recruitment and Education Incentive Directory is a product of the partnership between the SHA and the Network of Hospital and Health-Care Foundations (Network). It represents the first step in a larger effort to explore how, together, we can strategically respond to health human resources needs in Saskatchewan. Strong care teams help us deliver on our shared commitment to timely, high quality, patient- and family-centred care.
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Hospital and health-care foundations generously offer a variety of recruitment and education incentives for people working in health care. These incentives are available to those practicing, or intending to practice, within the funding foundation’s area of support. Please contact the foundation for more specific details.
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Foundation | Profession Eligibility | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggar and District Health Services Foundation | Various | Professional development | This incentive provides professional development funding for employees of Biggar Health Services who have been employed for six months or more. Please contact biggarhealthfdn@gmail.com to learn more. |
| Biggar and District Health Services Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | This incentive provides two $1,000 scholarships per year for licensed practical nursing students enrolled locally in the Practical Nursing program at Great Plains College. Please contact biggarhealthfdn@gmail.com to learn more. |
| Boreal Healthcare Foundation | Various | Professional development | This incentive provides up to $10,000 of professional development funding for eligible staff in the Boreal Health Foundation service area. Please contact info@borealhealthcare.ca. |
| Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | The Southwest Nursing Commitment Scholarship funds third and fourth year tuition for applicants who commit to four years of practice in south-west Saskatchewan. Please visit the website for more information. |
| Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation | Licensed practical nurses, continuing care aides | Scholarship | The Skills Enrichment Scholarship for licensed practical nurses and continuing care aides provides $1,000 funding per applicant per session with two intake sessions per year. Please visit the website for more information. |
| Esterhazy Golf Classic | Nurses, lab and X-ray technologists | Stay incentives | This incentive provides stay incentives for lab, X-ray and nursing staff. Please contact the Esterhazy Golf Classic Foundation to learn more. |
| Esterhazy Golf Classic | Students in health disciplines | Scholarship | This incentive provides a $500 scholarship to up to four local students in a health discipline. Please contact the Esterhazy Golf Classic Foundation to learn more. |
| The Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan | Nurse practitioners | Scholarship | This incentive provides a scholarship to nurse practitioner trainees who commit to practice within the foundation's service area following graduation. Visit the website to learn more. |
| The Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan | Physicians | Fellowship | This incentive provides fellowship funding for certain specialties, in exchange for a return in service. Visit the website to learn more. |
| The Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan | Physicians, nurses, therapists, various health professionals | Professional development | This incentive funds training, workshops, and other professional development for health professionals in the foundation's service area. Visit the website to learn more. |
| The Health Foundation of East Central Saskatchewan | Physicians, nurses, therapists, various health professionals | Recruitment incentive | This incentive provides relocation/signing bonuses to various health professionals starting employment in the foundation's service area. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Clinicians | Research | This incentive provides new clinicians in the Regina area with funding for a research assistant, two days per week. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | International specialist physicians | Grant | This incentive provides internationally-trained physicians with support for the pre-licensure assessment period and licensure by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, followed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan specialty exam. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Physicians | Fellowship | The Dr. Chris Ekong Neuro Spine Clinical Fellowship provides a $50,000 fellowship over one year and is provided in partnership with the USask College of Medicine. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Physicians | Fellowship | This incentive funds fellowships based on SHA priorities. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Nurses | Professional development | The Dolly Fleming Education Fund provides professional development funding for nursing staff at Pasqua Hospital and Royal University Hospital. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Nurses | Professional development | The Leader Post Education Fund provides professional development funding for NICU nursing staff. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Physicians, nurses, various health professionals | Professional development | The Pediatric Staff Education Fund provides professional development funding for PIPD, POPD and Wascana Rehabilitation Centre Children's Department staff. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Nurses, technologists | Professional development | The Eye Centre Education Fund provides professional development funding for nursing and technologist staff at the Pasqua Hospital Eye Centre. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Physical therapists, various health professionals | Professional development | The Wascana Research Centre Interdisciplinary Therapy Services Staff Education Fund provides professional development funding to eligible staff. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | ECHO technologists | Professional development | The Cardiac ECHO Tech Education Fund provides professional development funding to eligible staff. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Various | Professional development | The Cardiosciences Education Fund provides professional development funding to staff within this division. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Hospitals of Regina Foundation | Physicians, nurses, various health professionals | Professional development | The Palliative Education Fund provides professional development funding for palliative in-unit and home care staff. Contact hrf@hrf.sk.ca to learn more. |
| Humboldt District Hospital Foundation | Medical students, medical residents | Accommodation | This incentive provides accommodation for medical learners participating in local education programs. Please contact info@hdhfoundation.ca to learn more. |
| Humboldt District Hospital Foundation | Various | Professional development | This incentive provides professional development funding for all current staff of the Humboldt District Hospital. Please contact info@hdhfoundation.ca to learn more. |
| Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation | Physicians | Fellowship | This incentive provides a $100,000 per year fellowship. Applications are received from the USask College of Medicine Specialist, Recruitment and Retention Practitioner Staff Affairs Office. |
| Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation | Various | Professional development | This incentive provides $70,000 professional development funding per year to employees working within maternal and children's programs. Contact the program's executive director to learn more. |
| Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation | Various | Research | JPCHF partners with the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation to engage researchers across Saskatchewan and support pediatric and maternal research initiatives. Learn more on the website. |
| Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation | Pediatric researcher | Research | JPCHF funds the Pediatric Research Chair |
| Lloydminster Region Health Foundation | Physicians, nurses, various health professionals | Professional development | This incentive provides professional development funding to nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Lloydminster Region Health Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | The Goodfellow Nursing Scholarship funds up to 12 nursing student recipients, for up to $1,000 per recipient. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Lloydminster Region Health Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | The Pat Redden Memorial Scholarship funds $5,000 towards the education of individuals obtaining their registered nurse designation. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Lloydminster Region Health Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | The Jane Ruptash Scholarship supports a nursing student who has completed their first year in an accredited registered nursing program. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Lloydminster Region Health Foundation | Students in mental health disciplines | Scholarship | The Sunrise Scholarship, funded by Project Sunrise, is directed towards individuals enrolled in a full-time post-secondary program related to the field of mental health and delivered by an accredited college or university. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Lloydminster Region Health Foundation | Students in health disciplines | Scholarship | This incentive provides $750 for up to two recipients per year, pursuing a health-care-related program of study. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Lloydminster Region Health Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | This incentive provides $2,500 for up to two recipients per year who are in their first or second year of a nursing program. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Moose Jaw Health Foundation | Various | Professional development | This incentive provides professional development funding to medical professionals in the foundation's service area. Please contact kelly.mcelree@mjhfoundation.ca to learn more. |
| Moose Jaw Health Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | This incentive provides a $1,500 scholarship to a local nursing student at the University of Saskatchewan. Please contact kelly.mcelree@mjhfoundation.ca to learn more. |
| Moose Jaw Health Foundation | Medical students | Scholarship | This incentive provides a $1,500 scholarship to a local medical student. Please contact kelly.mcelree@mjhfoundation.ca to learn more. |
| Moose Jaw Health Foundation | Nursing students | Scholarship | This scholarship provides two $1,000 scholarships to nursing students at Sask Polytech. Please contact kelly.mcelree@mjhfoundation.ca to learn more. |
| Nipawin Region Health Foundation | Various | Professional development | This incentive provides $5,000 professional development funding over five years for health-care employees in the foundation's area of service. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Nipawin Region Health Foundation | High school students | Scholarship | This incentive provides five $1,000 scholarships for high school students entering a health-care related field of study and living in the foundation's area of service. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Royal University Hospital Foundation | Physicians | Fellowship | This incentive provides fellowship funding for subspecialty training at the Royal University Hospital. Visit the website to learn more. |
| Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation | Nurses, ophthalmic photographers, ophthalmology residents and orthoptists | Professional development | This incentive provides funding to the listed professions in the context of the City Hospital Eye Care Centre. Please contact info@schfgo.com to learn more. |
| Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation | Nursing students | Bursary | This incentive provides a nursing student with a bursary of approximately $2,000 per year through an endowment by the nurses alumni. Please contact info@schfgo.com to learn more. |
| Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation | Various | Research | The Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Centre is funded by a management group connected to the USask College of Medicine via an account held at the Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation. The $5M Research Chair establishment and additional funding of $750,000 are funded through the Saskatoon City Hospital Foundation general account. |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation | Students in health disciplines | Scholarship | This incentive provides a scholarship for local residents and high school students pursuing a health-care-related career. Please contact info@sjhf.org to learn more. |
| St. Mary's Villa Foundation | Continuing care assistant students | Educational partnership | The foundation partners with Saskatoon Business College to offer the Earn While You Learn continuing care assistant program. Please contact smvfoundation@saskhealthauthority.ca for more information. |
| St. Mary's Villa Foundation | Continuing care assistant students | Educational partnership | The foundation partners with Carlton Trail College to provide clinical opportunities for their continuing care assistant programs. Please contact smvfoundation@saskhealthauthority.ca for more information. |
| St. Mary's Villa Foundation | Nursing students | Educational partnership | The foundation partners with the USask registered nursing program based out of Muenster to provide clinical placements and preceptorship opportunities to students. Please contact smvfoundation@saskhealthauthority.ca for more information. |
| St. Mary's Villa Foundation | Various | Partnership | The Villa hires students for non-health-care areas to introduce them to the diverse opportunities available. Historically these areas have included recreation and maintenance. Please contact smvfoundation@saskhealthauthority.ca for more information. |
| St. Paul's Hospital Foundation | Various | Professional development | This incentive provides professional development funding for eligible employees of St. Paul's Hospital. Please visit the website to learn more. |
The Government of Saskatchewan has a variety of incentives available to support health-care workers who wish to work in Saskatchewan. Learn more on their website.
The Government of Canada offers student loan forgiveness to graduates who work in certain occupations in eligible communities. Learn more about Canada Student Loan Forgiveness.
Please note that the Recruitment and Education Incentive Directory is a living tool and incentives are added on an ongoing basis. If your organization offers a recruitment or education incentive you would like included in the database, or if updates are needed, please contact the Community and Foundation Relations team.