The Tuition Support Program for Nurses (TSPN) offers tuition reimbursement to recent nursing graduates from rural and remote communities. Applicants must be new College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) registrants who choose to do a return-of-service (ROS) in an eligible underserviced community. The program is open to nurse practitioner, registered nurse and registered practical nurse graduates who have recently graduated from a Canadian University or College.

Rural and Northern Physician Group Agreement (RNPGA)
(formerly Northern Group Funding Plan (NGFP) and Community Sponsored Contract (CSC))

The RNPGA provides a global payment to a group of physicians and ensures patients will receive a wide range of comprehensive primary care services in several northern communities. The RNPGA provides several benefits for physicians including :

• guaranteed remuneration;
• overhead funding;
• specialized service incentives, including obstetrics, plus billings for evenings/weekends for these services;
• remoteness incentives;
• funding for 24 hour on-call or emergency department coverage;
• access to locums for up to 37 days leave per year;
• maternity benefits for up to 17 weeks at 50% of salary.

Health care professionals and their spouses may be reimbursed for travel and accommodation expenses within Ontario to visit a designated underserviced community to assess practice opportunities. Refer to program-specific guidelines for detailed information.

The Free Tuition Program offers physician applicants up to $40,000 (or $10,000 per year) in exchange for a three or four year return-of-service commitment. The program has two components :  the reimbursement of medical undergraduate tuition fees and a location incentive fund. The Free Tuition Program will compensate medical students and postgraduate trainees for actual medical tuition payments (to a maximum of $10,000 annually), in exchange for a return-of-service commitment in a community designated as underserviced or an undersupplied specialty. The location incentive fund may provide tuition grant candidates with additional financial incentives to locate to approved communities if tuition is less than $10,000 per year. Please see the Free Tuition Program and Applications for the Free Tuition Program.

The tour is an annual recruitment activity that provides communities across the province with an opportunity to market themselves to established health care professionals and those in training. The tour, held in the fall of each year, visits all seven of the provinces Academic Health Science Centres. Please visit the recruitment tour.