Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll respond to the first part about the perceived shortage. The term “engineer” is a broad term, as you may well be aware. I think we have about 21 different recognized disciplines of engineering, so there are different types of engineers. As our labour market study shows, it's

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On your second question about the recognition of foreign credentials, there are various levels of acceptance that we currently have, and it's spawned from international agreements, as the top, I would say. There's an agreement that recognizes accreditation systems. The accreditat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have had a number of projects funded by the federal government over the years. The first one was the From Consideration to Integration project, which was initiated in 2002. It brought together the stakeholders from academia, employers, and immigrant-serving agencies to make ch

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The engineering profession hasn't had any forecast, but if an individual is more licence-ready when they come to Canada, they'll be able to become part of the labour market a lot sooner and be an active member. I think the time that is saved by ensuring that they are licence-read

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. Thank you for the question. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, our intent is to push as much as we can in the licensing process overseas, so they will have met certain of the criteria for licensure at the same time as meeting the criteria for immigration.That wil

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the opportunity to appear today. My name is Gordon Griffith and I am the director of education with Engineers Canada. Engineers Canada is the national body that represents the 12 provincial and territorial regulators of the engineering profession. These regulato