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Local Immigration Partnership Project
Presented By: Dipti PatelJune 15, 2011
Project Objectives:
• Identify groups that will coordinate and enhance local and regional service delivery to newcomers
• Identify and minimize duplication by promoting strategic partnership between the service providers
Challenges• Low attraction for economic
class immigrants• Lack of accreditation and
licensing service facilities• Regional Service Providers• Opportunity costs,
transportation, international travel
• Professional networks communication
Opportunities• Shortage of skilled
professionals – Doctors, nurses, engineers, IT, Plant Managers
• Succession planning • Shifting agriculture economy
-aging farmers, number of small farms declining, changing agriculture business and changing technology
Understanding Immigration and Rural/Urban Connectivity
Canadian Technologist Immigrant Network
•Economic Immigrants• Family Class
Immigrants
Signpost – Ryerson University
• China• Philippines• India • USA • UK
Ground Breaking Initiatives
• Canadian Technologist Immigrant Network (CCTT)
• Signpost – Ryerson University
• Canadian Immigrant Integration Program (CIIP)
• Fairness Commission
Connecting to Professional Networks
Ontario Health Force Canadian Technologist Immigrant Network
• HFO Jobs is the healthcare job site
• It has two website listing opportunities for Doctor and Nurses
• Assist in search by speciality, community, geographical location, healthcare employers/organizations
Canadian Technologist Immigrant Network
• The Canadian Technology Immigration Network (CTIN) is led by the Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (CCTT) and has been developed with the specific goal of assisting internationally-trained engineering technology professionals in having their credentials recognized and finding successful employment in Canada
• CTIN’s national network of partners includes provincial regulatory bodies, provincial government immigration departments, community colleges, immigrant settlement organizations and immigrant employment councils
Signpost – Ryerson University
• The Sign Post is a collaborative project initiated by Ryerson University and The Conference Board of Canada, and funded by the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Ontario
• It’s a set of online resources and tools (Competency Assessment and Talent Management Tools) for internationally educated professionals (IEP) in the accounting and financial services (in Canada or planning to come to Canada)
• It has also been designed to help employers, immigrant service agencies, and learning service providers to facilitate talent management functions
Permanent Residents by Class -Canada
63,364 70,513 66,241 65,577 65,200
156,312 138,244 131,244
149,070 153,498
262,241 251,642 236,754 247,247 252,179
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Family Class Economic Immigrants Total Immigrants
Business Immigrants – $ for Canadian Economy
2,591 2,201 2,025 2,832 2,872
2,643 4,672 6,329
8,343
11,801
750
820
581
446 372
-100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
-
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Investors - PA Provincial/territorial nominees - p.a.* Entrepreneurs - PA
Foreign Students in Ontario
26,794
15,170
1,552 761 1,067 362
30,503
18,305
1,427 619 1,137 379 -
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
Ontario Toronto London Windsor Kitchener Guelph
2008
2009
Looking at Succession Planning in the Top Employers of Chatham Kent
*Data source: Industrial/ Agricultural Database of Businesses for CK (2009), CK web, CKHA website
Municipality2200 employees
Union Gas700 employees
CK Health Alliance1400 employees
Immigration = Creative Rural Economy
Identify skill and investment
opportunities for newcomers in rural
economy
Review and realign policies and systems
to attract newcomers with identified skill set
Identify rural urban partnership for
secondary migrationBuild local
collaboration
Strengthen newcomers services
& integration Creative Rural
Economy
Creating Win-Win Scenario
Municipal LevelIdentifying local
assets and building entrepreneurship and newcomers
attraction strategy around it
Realigning it to Provincial Initiativese.g. Provincial Nominee Program &Canadian Experience Class
Aligning it to emerging
Immigration Initiatives
Exploring linkages with CIIP, CTIN and Sign Post