Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. There are organizations that are working to support the express training that I previously mentioned. I briefly mentioned the Ontario Council on Community Interpreting. This council involves members of the different stakeholders, including several settlement agencies

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely. One thing one of the other speakers mentioned.... I'm not an expert on the Yazidi community but I know for a fact that in Ontario, in the different associations, there are only two or three interpreters registered for those languages, which obviously is not enou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to share that some of the settlement organizations, specifically in Toronto, have adopted some strategies to train some of the refugees as interpreters. One of the challenges is that they have a hard time finishing the training because there has to be a bridge to teach the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That will depend pretty much on the setting when the person needs to move on. We know people who have been here for 20 years, have jobs, and function perfectly on the job, but when they have to go to a hospital for a cardiac interaction, they cannot function in the language. Th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Could you expand a little bit more about what you mean by government support? One of the points that was mentioned was that, without communication, there is no integration for these refugees. There is no way you can provide health care services or welcoming services without lang

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. Thank you for inviting me to present to you about this very important topic. Thank you to the interpreters who will be making sure our voice is heard in French as well. Besides Multi-Languages, I have been working for the past 30