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Human Resources committee No. They have, but again, when we go to the provincial level, say for example in B.C., there's a business transformation of employment services. In B.C. we have over 70 employment centres. You send people to generic employment services that are for all people who need employment.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
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Human Resources committee I totally agree. I think very often this exposes the social aspect for the employers, their comfort level, and also the risk factor. If the employer were given support and the chance to understand where they came from and their credentials and their knowledge, I think it would cl
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
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Human Resources committee For the trades, we've been working with different trade associations and the Industry Training Authority in B.C. For three years in a row, from 2004 to 2007, we worked with the roofing and sheet metal apprenticeship program helping new immigrants to get into the roofing industry.
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Human Resources committee Of course the provincial and federal governments are our major funding sources. In the Fort St. John case we also received funding from the energy companies. We also charge the participants tuition fees. It's a combination of different sources of funding.
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Human Resources committee Those health-related professions are the most difficult part for foreign-trained professionals. We see that the majority of employment opportunities are in the non-regulatory professional jobs. In that area, the most important factor is the employer's acceptance or readiness. Tha
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
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Human Resources committee Definitely. Volunteer development is part of our core services of SUCCESS. Very often people have to get a survival job for their own living, so many immigrants may not be able to afford to spend too many hours as volunteers. But it is always the case that for the first couple of
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
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Human Resources committee I am also involved on the immigration side. We see now that more and more people are coming in through the provincial nomination program. If they come through the PNP, that means they already have employers. Each province identifies their own job requirements or labour market nee
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Thomas Tam
Human Resources committee We had a similar experience in B.C. Recently we also targeted some major employers. We worked with the City of Vancouver, which is a big employer. They identify staff from four different departments—the finance department, the engineering department, and two other departments—to
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Thomas Tam
Human Resources committee First of all, I would like to express my appreciation for the pan-Canadian FCR framework. This was a very good start a couple of years ago, and we see a lot of progress in terms of the increased motivation from the sector councils, with more efforts being paid by the regulatory b
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Thomas Tam
Human Resources committee There are two kinds of experiences. One is a generic service, say for someone with a support group with all those workshops and seminars. It's difficult to track the results. On the other hand, we also have very specific programs of a pilot nature. For example, three years ago
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
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Human Resources committee It's what we call survival jobs.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
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Human Resources committee In B.C. through the payment transfer, most of the employment funding comes from federal transfers to the province. But when the province develops its own employment services, it's according to their own policy and direction. For the foreign credential recognition, sometimes this
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Thomas Tam
Human Resources committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Honourable members of the standing committee, my name is Thomas Tam. I'm the CEO of SUCCESS, which is a multicultural organization serving new Canadians in British Columbia. We serve over 180,000 people a year through our offices in greater Vancouver, nort
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Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, I think so.
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