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and students, reports of recent TESL Kingston workshops or panel
discussions, as well as news of upcoming events and opportunities. Enjoy!
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KINGSTON'S FIRST ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL ARTS FESTIVAL!
Connect with the Cultures of Kingston |
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Mark September 25th, 2010 on your calendar and join us from 11-6pm in Confederation Park for:
- live music
- cultural performances
- flavours of the world
- artist demonstrations
- a cultural market
- language village
- passages to Canada stories
- local ethno-cultural displays and food
- outdoor Dance Party with Soul Shakedown DJ's 5-6pm
For more information or to participate in, or volunteer with the festival please contact: ektas@kchc.ca or scottc@kchc.ca
Are you interested in selling artisan goods at the Kingston Multicultural Festival? Opportunities are available with no vending fees!
The Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival is being organized by Immigrant Services Kingston and Area (ISKA) and the Kingston Immigration Partnership (KIP). Both organizations are a part of the Kingston Community Health Centre. |
Changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Application for Permanent Residency
The Queen's University International Centre (QUIC) has brought this to our attention.
On Saturday, June 26 Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced changes
to the Federal Skilled Worker class of Permanent Residency application.
Where applications used to be accepted as long as you met at least 1 of 3
criteria, that has changed. Now, to be able to submit an application you
must meet 1 of 2 criteria:
- have "arranged employment"
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- have work experience in one of 29 identified occupations |
The Queen's University International Centre (QUIC) does not focus on
Permanent Residency but has shared this information because they are aware of
the impact on international students at Queen's (particularly graduate
students or those who have previous full-time work experience).
Though their focus is on temporary residency (study permits, work permits,
temporary resident visas, etc.), please note that International Student
Advising is offered throughout the summer from Monday to Friday between
1:00pm and 4:30pm. |
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Cultural Access Passes for New Citizens
The Institute for Canadian Citizenship issues CULTURAL ACCESS PASSES for new citizens which are valid for up to 1 year from the date of the citizenship ceremony. This pass gives free access to different museums and galleries. Please inform your students of this.
For more information, you can visit: http://www.culturalaccesspass.ca/
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Kingston Helps Chile with a Community Fundraiser
This well attended event to raise funds for Chilean earthquake victims was held on Saturday, May 8th at Tthe Mansion on Princess Street. Activities included door prizes, face painting, crafts for children, a silent auction, and Chilean food. Both adults and kids had a very good time, and the informal, family atmosphere encouraged socializing. The Chilean music and dancers kept everything lively and encouraged everyone to dance.
Between donations at the door, the silent auction and the generosity of the face-painter, who donated her fees, the fundraiser was clearly a successful event, and the photos below attest to the high level of participation and enjoyment.
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TESL Kingston's AGM
May 11, 2010 |
Attendance was down slightly at our recent AGM, likely because of the conflict with
Kingston Literacy's annual 16th Annual Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee, which is a very major event in Kingston. Even one of our nominees for the Board was already committed to helping at the Bee, and had to give his speech to a Board member to read aloud. We must remember to check with Kingston Literacy before we set the date for next year's AGM!
Nevertheless, it was a spirited group, and seemed to enjoy the presentations by Pat Davis, David Craig and Sue Bain who spoke about their milestones and memories in their ESL teaching careers. Two things all three had in common were a great respect and admiration for the accomplishments, courage and determination of their students, and a profound gratitude for having had the opportunity to work with them along the way.
We are delighted to announce that the new Secretary of the Board is Gaitree Oogarah, and we welcome three new Members-at-Large to the Board: Corliss Finlayson, Maria Haig and Robert (Bob) Johnson, all of whom bring new ideas and plenty of enthusiasm with them. The pictures below will help to introduce Maria and Corliss. Bob, of course, was at the big Spelling Bee..
Corliss Finlayson
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Maria Haig
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Panel: Pat Davis, David Craig, Sue Bain
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The snacks were delicious,
thanks to Sharon Cathcart!
Fresh fruit and home-made baking.
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Marjatta Holt's Presentation Inspired Us All
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Marjatta Holt lived up to her reputation in her recent presentation entitled: The Ins and Outs of Prepositions and My Compliments to the Verb. Having had to master the complexities of verb usage and learned to navigate the morass of prepositions herself when she emigrated from Finland, she was able to present reasons for and clues to how these things work that a native speaker would never think of. Her handouts were thorough and practical, and will no doubt simplify life for the teachers who attended, as well as for the students they teach, at every level.
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Teachers networking
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An Untimely Loss to ISKA and to KIP |
I am deeply saddened to announce the sudden death on March 2nd of Carolyn Davies, Director of ISKA in Kingston. She collapsed at work with what turned out to be a ruptured aorta. Despite five hours in surgery, doctors were unable to save her. Carolyn's wisdom, insight and respect for human diversity informed her commitment to making the Kingston community safe, caring and welcoming for all people and she will be sorely missed by many, including all those who are involved with the Kingston Immigration Partnership.
Carolyn's official title was Director of Community Engagement and Health Equity at Kingston Community Health Centre. Formerly she was Executive Director of Opportunities Kingston. She also worked at the United Way, the March of Dimes, Literacy Link of Eastern Ontario and Kingston Literacy, and her sons' favourite job - Lego sales rep! Her sense of humour and contagious laugh, creativity, cooking, joie de vie, integrity, impeccable taste, and loving kindness endeared her to all her friends and the staff she worked with.
Our sympathies to her family and to the staff at Kingston Community Health Centre.
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New Bridging Participant Assistance Program for Ontario Newcomers
A new education bursary will help newcomers get the local training they need to find a job in their field.
The Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program will help cover the cost of short-term college and university bridge training programs that are not covered under the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). The 19-month pilot project is expected to help more than 1,800 newcomers enter bridge training programs in high-demand fields.
The targeted, fast-track and flexible training provided by these programs helps skilled newcomers get jobs that match their education, skills, and experience. These programs also offer work experience such as internships, clinical placements, job shadowing and mentorships, as well as employment services such as interview preparation, labour market information and job search skills.
QUICK FACTS
- Ontario is investing $8 million over 19 months to provide bursaries to more than 1,800 students.
- Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program bursaries provide up to $5,000 in financial assistance to help cover tuition, books and equipment costs.
- Since 2003, Ontario's Bridge Training Programs have helped more than 35,000 newcomers get jobs and get licensed in their field.
- About 70 per cent of Ontario's adult newcomers have post-secondary education or training.
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Loyola Belleville ESL Students Held a Fundraiser for Haiti
On
Wednesday January 20th, from 11:30am-1pm, students and staff of Loyola Community Learning Centre in Belleville
hosted a chili lunch and rummage sale to raise money for the earthquake-ravaged people of Haiti.
SNAP Quinte was present to document the event. Click here to see the article and picture: SNAP QUINTE
Well done, Loyola Belleville! This must have taken a lot of work and organization.
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A Review of Vesna Nikolic's Workshop:
"Fascinated by the Brain" |
This workshop, sponsored by TESL Kingston and held on January 23rd at Kingston Literacy LINC's site was a compelling one that opened up new ways of thinking about our teaching, and about the health of our own brains. Vesna had us spellbound throughout this presentation.
The brain contains 100 billion neurons, each one of which connects to at least 1000 and up to 10 000 other neurons, a mind-boggling complexity. Until recently, it was thought that the various parts of the brain responsible for speech, learning a language, interpreting or playing music, controlling muscles, etc., were hardwired for that specific function, and incapable of healing if injured. But it is now known that the brain is much more plastic than previously thought. It can reorganize itself as necessary, even in adulthood. People who have suffered brain trauma or strokes can recover many of their lost abilities through appropriate therapy that helps those neurons to form new connections, and to do so in an undamaged part of the brain.
From our point of view, one of the most exciting implications of this is that teachers can make a difference in brain development, even in older students. For an intriguing glimpse of some of the amazing resources designed to build on this concept, take a look at this site: http://www.scilearn.com/resources/
But beyond the specific learning tools she described, Vesna described the differences in the brains of boys and girls and what strategies are effective in the classroom to accommodate these differences and promote higher levels of learning. As well, she pointed out that the physical requirements of the brain at any age for optimal health and function are quite simple: healthy food, sufficient water intake, physical exercise and mental exercise. All our other organs wear out with age, but the brain continues to get sharper the more it's used! So check these sites to explore a variety of brain fitness tips and programs that can benefit you and your students:
http://www.positscience.com/
http://health.howstuffworks.com/how-to-improve-your-memory.htm
http://www.amenclinic.com/
And guess what one of the key activities for sharpening our brains is? Yes, indeed—learning a new language!! So you can encourage your students by telling them they're increasing their brain function as they learn. And perhaps, if we were learning a new language while teaching English to our students, we might even get a new perspective on the processes involved!
Although, given the two birthday cards I forgot to send last month, I have a feeling I should begin with the site that shows how to improve one’s memory...
For pictures of this event and a brief write-up in SNAP Kingston, go here:
SNAP Kingston February Issue
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These English Classes for Immigrants Aren't Old School! |
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TESL Kingston Members Rise to the Challenge!
I think the organizers of the new KIP initiative in Kingston discovered the potential of TESL Kingston members on December 1st, when so many responded with such enthusiasm to my e-mailed plea for participation in this gathering. A number of ESL instructors took their classes along with them, so there were plenty of knowledgeable contributors to the focus groups. I have heard various estimates of attendance numbers, but it seems apparent there were more than 100 participants. Considering the poor attendance at the focus group that was initially organized for ESL providers, this is quite an achievement. The two biggest challenges facing newcomers are mastering English and finding a job. There is an obvious connection between the two, making it very important for this committee to hear directly from both teachers and students.
The morning began with a summary of the previous meetings and background to the KIP initiative. (See background article below.) Scott Clerk
outlined and reviewed the process for everyone. At the meeting, KIP had the room set up for various groups:
a) newcomers
b) businesses
c) educators
d) established immigrants
e) social services
f) employment groups
In these groups people discussed 32 proposed outcomes that were gathered from the last meeting. Their job was to streamline these into categories.
After the break, they reconvened in different groups according to these new streamlined categories and were asked to identify some goals and outcomes.
These categories, goals and outcomes will be used in the formation of a Strategic Plan.
Participants felt that the most exciting part of all this is the formation of a Council that will guide immigration issues in Kingston. This Council is starting to take a more tangible form and a web portal is being developed.
There were suggestions that the groups might have been more effective had they been smaller, and held in a space with better acoustics, but I suspect that based on the last turnout, Scott Clerk didn't expect so many to attend! On the other hand, participants also noted that the meeting was very well organized and facilitated.
More information will be forthcoming, and will be reported here, so keep an eye on this space!
My thanks to Peg Deaton,
David Craig, Lea Westlake and Hal Schipper for contributing to this report, since I was unable to attend the meeting myself.
Susan Bain
Webmaster, TESL Kingston ----------Update on this initiative--See article below this one>
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~Integrating Diversity for a Dynamic Kingston~
The Kingston Immigration Partnership working with the
Welcoming Communities Initiative
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The WCI is a collaborative effort
between universities and local
stakeholders to promote newcomer
inclusion and to help small and
medium-sized cities benefit from
diversity. To achieve these goals and
to capitalize on the proximity of
researchers to community
organizations and municipal agencies,
the project is building a durable
research and governance
infrastructure. This infrastructure will
support policy and best-practice
research and will help to forge
connections among researchers, local
stakeholders and government
agencies.
Funding for this initiative has come from Citizenship and Immigration Canada under the Ontario Region's “Call for Proposals for the Welcoming Communities Initiative: CIC's Contribution to Canada's Action Plan Against Racism”, and also from a project of the Ontario
Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), entitled “Making Ontario Home: A Study of Newcomer Settlement
Services Uses and Needs.” A good deal of the research is being carried out through Queen's University, as Kingston has been chosen as one of two locations for pilot projects.
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Work in Kingston has been facilitated by the project's Local Engagement Committee, formed through a partnership between Queen's and the Kingston Immigraton Partnership (KIP), a project funded by a Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) grant. This is a new project of KEDCO, KEYS, and KCHC. These close and active ties between university researchers and their community partners produce a wider range of expertise and contacts, while providing the community with valuable information and access to university resources. KIP is actively creating and working with a variety of focus groups, some of which include representation from TESL Kingston and local community ESL providers. |
Work in Kingston has been facilitated by the project's Local Engagement Committee, formed through a partnership between Queen's and the Kingston Immigraton Partnership (KIP), a project funded by a Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) grant. This is a new project of KEDCO, KEYS, and KCHC. These close and active ties between university researchers and their community partners produce a wider range of expertise and contacts, while providing the community
with valuable information and access to university resources. KIP is actively creating and working with a variety of focus groups, some of which include representation from TESL Kingston and local community ESL providers.
So why should Kingston welcome this initiative? Aside from the obvious humanitarian benefits of fighting racism and facilitating the successful settlement of newcomers in Kingston, what many people seem not to realize is that smaller centres such as Kingston do not manage to retain many of the immigrants who arrive here. Some of the reasons are evident, and others are much less clear.
But one thing is very clear. One only needs to look at the demographics of cities such as ours to realize that we very much need much larger numbers of immigrants to settle here if we wish to thrive as a community.
The Kingston Immigration Partnership is a community-driven initiative to help build Kingston as a prosperous and diverse city through a collaborative approach to the settlement of immigrants.
According to Jeff Garrah, CEO, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO): “Improving access to the local labour market for immigrants and strengthening the capacity of our community to integrate immigrants is critical to the future of Kingston.”
The service utilization aspect of the study will examine newcomers' experiences and satisfaction with the
services currently in place in Ontario's small and medium-sized cities. The target groups are newcomers who are currently using services, past users and those who, for one reason or another, have never used newcomer services.
Critically, the research will distinguish the needs of specific demographic groups, at both province-wide and regional levels. Policy recommendations should emerge for all levels of government, as well as best practice
recommendations for a range of service providers. The study will also benefit service providers who have yet to develop special newcomer practices.
Through seven scheduled assemblies, KIP will provide opportunities for the community to discuss and debate how best to move forward on issues of immigration and diversity. The next step will be to craft a community-defined strategy for attracting, retaining, supporting and integrating newcomers to Kingston. By March, 2010, they plan to form a Council to coordinate and integrate settlement and attraction services. |
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For those who weren't able to make it to Pamela Robinson's dynamic workshop on October 3rd, here are a few highlights from....
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Put Some Drama into your Classroom!
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Pamela began with a carefully designed series of warm-ups. These served a dual purpose: to show us how to get the students relaxed and loose enough to feel comfortable in the activities that followed, and also to provide specific exercises to help certain students to form the English sounds that don't occur in their first language.
We all participated in a variety of dramatic activities, including mime, role plays, skits and more. In each case, Pamela was explicit about how to use the activity to promote language goals, from developing vocabulary and improving pronunciation to using effective body language in communication and reinforcing grammar structures. |
Activities included, (but were not limited to): using discourse chains, creating roleplays based on pictures or problem-solving or proverbs, many ways to use tongue-twisters effectively, acting out scripts and scripting text, mime, and improvisation. Rarely have I seen such concentrated involvement of over 40 people in a very full, two-hour workshop! Participants chose not to take the scheduled break, but to keep the considerable momentum going. All of us are eager to try these out in the classroom.
Congratulations, Pamela! Yours was a stellar performance!! |
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Volunteers Needed at ISKA! |
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Immigrant Services for Kingston and Area needs volunteers and volunteer families who are willing to meet for one to two hours a week with newcomers to Canada to help them to practice English and answer questions about life in Canada. For a glimpse into the joys of volunteering with newcomers learning English, check out this Globe and Mail article:
I found my family in the classroom.
Interested? Phone: 613-544-4661 or Email: info@iska.kchc.ca to offer your services.
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Ontario Government Launched Online Registration For Health Care Connect on July 21, 2009 |
Ontario is giving people the ability to register online to find a family doctor. Urge your students who are still without a family doctor to try out this service.
The online service - being offered through Health Care Connect - is the next step in the McGuinty government's plan to increase access to family health care. The most recent data shows that approximately 800,000 more Ontarians have a family doctor now than in 2003.
The Health Care Connect online registration tool provides:
- Round-the clock access to on-line registration
- Options to register more than one patient - you can register your family and dependants
- Registration that will connect patients to a Care Connector - a nurse who will help patients without a family health care provider to find one
- Security features to protect the privacy of your personal health information
- A link to the Health Care Options website, a medical services directory with a built in mapping system, for patients to find their local health care options
QUICK FACTS
- 51 percent of Ontarians who have registered with Health Care Connect have been connected to a family health care provider, 81 percent with greater health care needs have been connected.
- The Primary Care Access Survey 2008 shows 300,000 patients have been attached since 2006, building on the 500,000 attached between 2003-2006.
- Health Care Connect will continue to register patients via the toll-free number: 1-800-445-1822.
To find out more about registering online, go to Health Care Connect or
call ServiceOntario, INFOline at
1-866-532-3161
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Women's Day in China: by Stephen Chappell |
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March the 8th was Women's Day in China. It is celebrated in a big way here. Most women in the workplace get a half-day holiday . in addition they often receive a sum of money from their employer or a trip to some scenic spot. Children will often give their mothers cards and gifts somewhat akin to the western Mother's Day.
Our Foreign Language Department treated all the women teachers to a countryside outing. Foreign teachers in China are always regarded as special guests so my colleagues and I were invited along. I decided to invite some of my closet female friends and their children to dinner to celebrate the day. |
| It was such a special evening. I had arranged some games and asked the children to provide some musical entertainment, namely the violin and the accordion. They performed superbly. The handsome fellow in the foreground of the picture above is Alexis, our newly arrived French teacher from Bordeaux, France. |
Editor's Note: For more interesting articles by Stephen Chappell, see our Teachers' page.
Home Language
and the
English Language Learner
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This was a free workshop for professionals working with children 0 to 6 years, but also geared toward professionals teaching ESL to adult parents of children.
It was presented by Alka Burman, an Early Years Literacy Specialist supporting the unique language and literacy needs of newcomers.
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Why is it so important to support the development of pre-literacy skills anong pre-school children whose first language is not English?
Because a child who lives in a world with two languages needs to be able to grow and learn in both languages, which obviously includes reading in both languages.
Research has shown us that that maintaining the home language is key--it's the foundation for English langauage learning because it allows for transfer of knowledge and skills.. Bilingualism at an early age expands linguistic ability, and the language learning in the first language provides the scaffolding for learning the second one.
It's important to provide opportunities for children to plan, recount, explore, predict, analyze, report and explain whatever the object of curiosity may be.
For children to learn to converse, they must
- manipulate real materials
- bring their own experiences to learning and share these
- build positive relationships as social skills are taught and practised
- enjoy extended experiences
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All these activities are just as valuable if they take place in the mother tongue. In fact, the level of development of the mother tongue is a strong predictor of a child's ability to learn a second language. Denying them the opportunity to use their home language is a "subtractive" strategy. The child will tend to lose its culture, conversational skills and depth of communication.
What does this have to do with those of us who teach ESL to adults?
1. Often, our students are worried about what to do about their children. They may feel they have to speak English at home so the children will learn quickly. Wong-Fillmore (1991) has shown us that children usually learn English instead of their home language, but if children "forget" their home language, they become unable to communicate with their parents, their extended family and especially, their grandparents. This is a high price for parents to pay for sending a child to child care--the possible loss of the ability to transmit their culture and values, and the loss of the connection between generations.
Parents reading or re-telling stories to their children is one of the best ways for this communication and connection to take place. Also, as Jim Cummins (1985) has pointed out, it is important that both languages continue to develop, both to increase their abilities in English, and also to improve their job opportunities as adults.
So the least we can do is encourage our students to use their first language at home, and English everywhere else. It would be good as well if we helped parents network with other families with the same linguistic background. ISKA is an excellent resource for this.
2. We can find ways to include kids with their parents whenever possible--for example on field trips, pot lucks or craft days.
3. We can translate/explain (or arrange for translation of) documents, newsletters or a few key phrases essential for the children and their parents when dealing with school or day care. Other parents can sometimes translate, and a good website for this is listed below.
4. We can encourage our sudents to spend language-rich time with their children while cooking together, going out together or shopping together.
Who else is in a position to advise our students if we are not?
If you are interested in finding more information on this topic, try these resources:
For parents:
www.linktolearning.com (for all grades and subjects)
http://www.settlement.org/edguide/ (The Newcomers' Guide to Elementary Schools in Ontario-available in many different languages)
For teachers:
http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins/index.htm An incredible resource provided by Jim Cummins!
http://www.freetranslation.com/
Great tool for the ESL writing workshop classroom.
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Immigrant Services Kingston and Area (ISKA) |
All sorts of new things are happening at ISKA these days. Remember to check their website so you can refer students appropriately. For more information and updates on services, click here:
http://immigrantserviceskingston.ca
Be sure to download their monthly calendar of events and their newsletters from the website.
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Preliminary Online Equivalency
On September 5, 2006, World Education Services (WES) announced their launch of an online credential equivalency service. The Preliminary Online Equivalency (POE) is a self-directed web-based service where individuals or institutions can look up equivalencies of international academic credentials instantly. We believe this online service will help immigrants to Canada as well as educational institutions, employers, regulatory bodies and potential immigrants to Canada who are still overseas. |
Initially, POE will contain credential equivalencies for twenty-five countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK and USA. We expect the list will grow very soon to encompass the vast majority of countries.
This self-assessment tool is currently limited to a post-secondary degrees and recognized degree-granting institutions. It does not include secondary-level or other types of institutions and credentials.
The equivalencies provided are based on information in WES database. There is $30 fee to review equivalencies for three international credentials. This fee can be credited towards the cost of a formal evaluation report.
Note: Since the statement of equivalency is not based on a review of actual documents, it has no formal status, and cannot be used by an individual as proof that they have earned the degree described. Only a formal evaluation report can be used for purpose of degree authentication.
For more information, click here
To access the Preliminary Online Equivalency, click here.
Credential Evaluation for Newcomers
by Peg Deaton, Roving Reporter, TESL Kingston
On May 31st, 2006, Nancy Millward of World Education Services (WES) gave a
presentation at St. Lawrence College on the whys and hows of credential evaluation
for newcomers.
She stated that approximately 40% of employers indicate that they would screen out internationally-educated applicants because they do not know how to assess their education. In order to break that barrier of what employers are thinking, WES
aids foreign-trained professionals to apply for employment, apply for licensing or certification with professional associations, enter apprenticeship training programs and
even to immigrate to Canada. For employers in Canada the biggest issues are understanding foreign credentials and ascertaining language skills.
In working with the applicants there are three key questions: Does the work they do belong to one of the regulated professions? How will a credential assessment help them get a job? Why choose World Education Services?
WES is an international not-for-profit agency whose mission is to facilitate the employment and academic integration of immigrants through the provision of credential evaluation services. WES is recognized and funded, by the Government of Ontario, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. It has 30 years experience and does approximately 55,000 evaluations annually.
For teachers of these professionals the following contact information may be useful:
www.wes.org/ca At this site the individual may download the application form or complete the form on line.
www.edu.gov.on.ca (or call 1-888562-4769) At this site or phone number the individual
may obtain information related to regulated professions.
416-651-1496 Costi Translation Services
http://www.ilc.org/index.php or call 1-416-326-5775 At this site or number questions may be asked with regard to apprentice training.
www.apprenticesearch.com This site gives information about jobs for apprentices.
www.SkillsInternational.ca This site is a very new venture. It contains a searchable database of candidate profiles and is dedicated exclusively to profiling the skills of immigrant job seekers in Ontario. This tool unites pre-screened, internationally trained individuals with employers who need their skills.
www.wes.org/ca/apply/westoeic.asp This site allows newcomers to apply online for an evaluation of international educational credentials as well as registration for a TOEIC test.
For those using WES, Nancy stated that the most important document for foreign trained professionals to obtain is their transcripts. These should be sent directly from their university abroad to WES in a sealed envelope. Once those are received, their standard service is fast – 7 businesss days. For one fee, WES evaluates all the professional’s formal academic degrees or diplomas issued by educational institutions.
An on line application may be made to www.wes.org/ca/application . To check the status of a report online, the applicant may go to https://www/wes.org/ca/appstatus
For no extra charge, a second original copy of the report is sent directly to an institution of the professional’s choice. Course-by-course evaluation reports are preferred by educational institutions and licensing bodies. An evaluation can be used for employment, continuing education, licensing, entry to apprenticeship training programs and immigration purposes.
The cost of a document-by–document report is $115 per application. The cost of a detailed course-by-course report is $200 per application. An upgrade from document-by-document to Course-by-course report is $150. Rush service is available at an extra cost:
same day service is $200, 3-day service is $100. Nancy recommends that one use the
same day service only if transcripts are already in the WES office.
If you would like a WES staff to contact you for an “Information Session” on their Evaluation Services and outreach to employers, contact Nancy Millward at 416-972-0070 ext. 26 or Kevin Kamal 416-972-0070 ext. 25.
You may order materials from WES to give to your students, including WES application forms in English or French, brochures about the TOEIC-WES application, WES hire-smart booklets, WES postcards, and a brochure on understanding a WES report. For these
materials contact Kevin or Nancy at the above numbers.
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