Newfoundland Labrador Focuses To Enhance Foreign Credential Recognition
20 Mar 2019
The provincial government of Newfoundland & Labrador is looking to upgrade its system of recognizing the international qualifications of current immigrants.
The funding of $50,000 is being made possible for projects that improve the process of credential verification, from contributing pre-arrival services to Newfoundland immigrants have obtained jobs. The process of expression of interest is allowable until Apr 11, 2019.
Credential recognition is observed as one of the primary barriers to integration for current permanent residents, who usually find themselves working in less skilled jobs when they initially arrive in Canada.
Newfoundland is attending for ways to boost numbers of new permanent residence.
Its Education Department, Skills and Labour are demanding for expressions of interest from companies that can give services of credential recognition.
The initiative comes under the whole Canadian Framework for the Evaluation and Recognition of International Qualifications, which includes the below target professions:
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Engineers
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Architects
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Medical laboratory technologists
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Financial auditors and accountants
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Pharmacists
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Occupational therapists
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Registered nurses
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Physiotherapists
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Engineering technicians
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Dentists
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Medical radiation technologists
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Licensed practical nurses
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Teachers (K-12)
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Physicians
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Carpenters
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Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
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Geoscientists
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Electricians (industrial and construction)
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Heavy equipment operators
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Heavy-duty equipment technicians
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Midwives
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Lawyers
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Welders
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Psychologists.
The funding is possible for projects in the below areas:
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Pre-Arrival and Preparation Support
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Foreign Qualification Evaluation
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International Qualification Recognition
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Bridge-to-Licensure
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Participation of Workforce
Newfoundland EOI process Information specifies the below types of project:
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Software and Website development or improvement.
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Core resources Development, materials of communications, practical supports, or evaluation tools –
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projects of workforce integration.
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Production of training and bridging programs.
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Other projects that improve current international qualification recognition resources.
Newfoundland is watching to do this by improving its provincial nominee program, as well as being a member of the employer influenced
Atlantic Immigration Pilot.
However, bringing a higher number of immigrants is only a bit of the challenge, with integrating and retaining immigrants proving hard in smaller provinces of Canada.
By increasing international credential recognition, Newfoundland will make it simpler for new immigrants to find jobs immediately associated with their qualifications, an essential factor when it attains to integration and retention.
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