Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree with everything that's been said. In addition, as mentioned, is the importance of collaboration and integration in serving the whole person to make sure that projects that come forward focus on the entire family and that it really is a collaborative community model that

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's balancing the two, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct. As well, I would say that while working across groups, remember the unique needs of each.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is a very difficult question. As mentioned, the issue in many cases would be related to regulated professions and professional associations. What we find is that newcomers themselves are very creative, and we are with them. Many newcomers who are highly educated may not end up

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. I would say employer incentives, either in the form of tax credits or compensation. However, there are two parts to integration. One is training for the newcomer. The other is providing professional development in the workplace for workers who are receiving newcomers

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I said, it's very much a continuum. There's the integration piece but also the language piece. Literacy in level one, CLB-1, is certainly very little English. You may not have that individual right in the workplace, but you certainly would be working on vocabulary, on basic in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's a good question. We've come around to this question many times. About 15 years ago, there was a project for colleges integrating immigrants to employment. A number of strides were made. The project was dropped, unfortunately. The hallmark successes of that, though.... Wh

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Number one, it's key for motivation. It's key for newcomers to secure employment as they come in along the continuum that we have talked about. We know, though, that employment is not accessible for everyone, so we need willing employers to work with us. We've had success where

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for giving me the opportunity to meet with you today. My name is Christine Buuck and I'm the associate vice-president of academic administration and international education at Conestoga College. We are located in Kitchener-Waterloo. Conestoga is on

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.