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Im/migrants and refugees need assistance to prepare for, find and retain paid employment. This can include preparing individuals for the expectations of employment in a new country and, in particular, to obtain recognition for professional experience secured in another country and to obtain initial work experience in their new country.

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Newcomer Youth Connections for Success

Newcomer Youth: Connections for Success (NYCS) helps newcomer teens, ages 14-18, build community connections, find peer support and enhance leadership & employment skills.

Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Innovation in Immigrant-owned Firms in Canada

This paper uses data from a survey of Canadian firms in 2011, 2014 and 2017, and asks whether immigrant-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were more likely than those owned by Canadian-born individuals to implement an innovation.

Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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The Financing of Immigrant-owned Firms in Canada

Using data from the 2011 and 2014 Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises, this paper examines access to financing by immigrant business owners.

Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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The Wealth of Immigrant Families in Canada

This study documents the evolution of the wealth of immigrant families and of their Canadian-born counterparts from 1999 to 2016. The study uses data from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Financial Security.

Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Labour Market Outcomes Among Refugees to Canada

Using the Longitudinal Immigration Database, this paper examines the labour market outcomes of refugees from 13 source countries with large inflows to Canada over the 1980-to-2009 period.

Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Race, Gendered Violence and the Rights of Women with Precarious Status

This 4-module course is developed to help front-line practitioners learn about how to better understand and meet the unique needs of women with precarious immigration status, who are facing gender-based violence.

Last updated Nov 29, 2022
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Why critical race theory is vital

To those who misunderstand the need for critical race theory, learning about and understanding the legacy of racism in Canada and the world is critical to our collective future.

Last updated Sep 12, 2022
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Regulatory approaches to international labour recruitment in Canada

This paper is intended to be a resource on the provincial statutory regulation of international labour recruitment and employment in Canada. In order to frame the comparative discussion, select international principles on fair recruitment are used as a thematic framework.

Last updated Jul 29, 2022
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New Rules About Working While Getting Employment Insurance

Please note: In response to COVID-19 the Federal Government has established an Emergency Response Plan to help individual business and non-profits. Applications for the Canada Emergency Response Benefits are now open.

Last updated Apr 13, 2020
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Can an Employer Tell an Employee What to Wear at Work?

This resource from Step to Justice (CLEO) provides explanation about the law in Ontario on dress codes in the workplace.

Last updated Aug 14, 2018

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Youth Program Social Worker position

Progress Career Planning Institute (PCPI) Toronto, ON Onsite

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Starling Community Services Kitchener, ON Onsite

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Program Manager, Mosaic Connects Simcoe County

Ethnic Mosaic Alliance Barrie, ON

Deadline date December 27, 2024
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Employment Counsellor (Job Search Workshop Facilitator)

Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization - OCISO Ottawa, ON Hybrid

Deadline date January 2, 2025
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Community Health Manager (One-year contract, with the possibility of renewal pending funding)

Centre for Immigrant and Community Services (CICS) Onsite

Deadline date January 3, 2025

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Career Specialist 2-Persons with Disability

Achēv Richmond Hill, ON Onsite

Deadline date January 15, 2025

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On The Radar - Changes coming for Ontario workers

As 2024 approaches, it's time to look ahead at some upcoming changes that will affect workers in Ontario.

Published August 9, 2024
Niagara Health program helping immigrants become registered nurses in Ontario

Brilee Sears St. Catherine Standard Thu., Feb. 9, 2023

Nurses from around the world — who now live in the Niagara Region — are being given the chance to work in their field through supervised practice experience partnerships.

The supervised practice experience partnership (SPEP)…

Published February 13, 2023
Why is Canada snubbing internationally trained doctors during a health-care crisis?

The Canadian Press Feb 06, 2023

Authors: Simran Purewal, Research Associate, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University; Evelyn Encalada Grez, Assistant Professor, Labour Studies, Simon Fraser University, and Paola Ardiles, Senior Lecturer, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser…

Published February 9, 2023
Ottawa extends, expands work permit program for Hong Kong residents

Aaron D’Andrea Global News February 6, 2023

Ottawa has extended and expanded a work permit program for Hong Kong residents seeking jobs in Canada as advocates warned thousands could be shut out with its expiry.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced Monday that the federal…

Published February 9, 2023
New regulations on migrant farm workers should tackle employer/employee power imbalances

February 1, 2023 The Conversation Stephanie Mayell, C. Susana Caxaj &Janet McLaughlin

The government of Canada recently amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to include new employer obligations. These amendments are intended to enhance protections for migrant…

Published February 6, 2023
Calls for more newcomers to help ease labour shortage

Richard Hutton St. Catherine Standard Fri., Jan. 20, 2023

Adrion Brion came to Canada from the Philippines along with his wife and son. Since landing in Canada last August, he has found a job in information technology with the Algoma Central shipping company,

Adrian Brion had…

Published January 20, 2023
A Norfolk County company wanted to hire Ukrainian refugees. First step? Build them a place to live

J.P. Antonacci The Hamilton Spectator Sat., Jan. 7, 2023

Olha Diletchuk first came to Titan Trailers near Courtland in June, one week after she and her two young children landed in Canada as refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.

“I was ready to do any job just to stay here. I was…

Published January 10, 2023
Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program is ballooning to fill the labour gap, but workers say they’re abused and poorly paid. Is that the solution we want?

Ghada Alsharif The Star Sat., Dec. 17, 2022

David Rodriguez, a 37-year-old cook from Mexico, says he was fired from a Toronto restaurant less than two months after arriving in Canada for standing up to his verbally abusive employer.

Amelia, 37, from Indonesia, says she was fired…

Published December 20, 2022
Work skills must be central to Canadian immigration efforts

Pedro Barata, Steven Tobin Policy Options December 13, 2022

The federal government recently announced a significant increase in immigration targets for the next three years – welcoming almost 1.5 million people between 2023-25. The plan aims to address continuing labour…

Published December 20, 2022
Canada’s new permanent-residency pathways are a half-measure

Iain Reeve The Globe And Mail 12 December 2022

Iain Reeve is the associate director of immigration at the Conference Board of Canada.

Earlier this year, Liberal MP Randeep Sarai put forward a private members’ motion in the House of Commons, calling for expanded immigration…

Published December 12, 2022

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