Website: www.lacitec.on.ca
E-mail: jderome@lacitec.on.ca
Location: Ottawa
Ontario Bridge Training
Current research projects
The findings of these Ontario research initiatives will lead to the development of resources and tools that can help internationally trained individuals obtain licensure and/or find jobs in their fields.
- Cadres de référence de la compétence bilingue (CRCB) {Terms of Reference for Bilingual Skills}
- Charting an Equitable Path for Competency Assessment and Attainment for Internationally Educated Professionals (Toronto)
- Cultural Competency Training (Toronto)
- Enhancing Internationally Educated Nurses' Language Competencies: Fair and Effective Systems Change(Toronto)
- Improving Recruitment, Hiring, Workplace Integration, and Retention of Internationally Trained Engineers (ITEs) in Engineering Companies (Toronto)
- Levelling Access Assessment for National Dental Specialty Examination (NDSE) Eligibility (Toronto)
- Ontario Centre of Excellence for Communication Competency Assessment (Toronto)
- Profession-Based Language Assessment in Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy (Toronto)
- Showcase and Repository of Regulatory Practices to Facilitate Integration of Internationally Educated Individuals (Toronto)
- Workplace Cultural Competency - A Pathway to Successful Integration and Inclusion of Internationally Trained Individuals (Niagara and Ottawa)
This project will develop a Bilingualism Frame of Reference to allow internationally trained individuals (ITIs) to situate their bilingual status in comparison to the current employment reality in Ontario. This will also assist bilingual ITIs in obtaining employment that is consistent with their level of competency and experience.
The Frame of Reference will include components of bilingual competency based on linguistic needs which are appropriate for employment in the fields of health, tourism and administration.
Website: www.yorku.ca/esse
Location: Toronto
In partnership with the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS), York University will develop resource modules for each of the competencies to provide options for self and distance learning for Internationally Educated Professionals. York University will also develop a sector specific language course for internationally educated land surveyors.
Human Resource Professionals Association of Ontario (HRPAO)
Website: www.hrpa.ca
Phone: (416) 923-2324
Location: Toronto
This project will develop a cultural competency certificate for delivery at Ontario companies and as a public certificate which will qualify holders for recertification credits for the Certified Human Resources Professionals (CHRP) designation.
The certificate will help Human Resources (HR) professionals to gain organizational competence and confidence to recruit, hire, retain and promote qualified internationally educated HR professionals in Ontario companies.
Website: www.yorku.ca/health/nurs/programs_inter_educated.html
E-mail: lum@yorku.ca
Telephone: 416-736 2100 ext. 20037
Location: Toronto
This project will ensure that the improved tools, policies and processes used to assess, teach, and support English language skills development internationally educated nurses become embedded into York University’s core business. Though this project focuses on internationally educated nurses, the ultimate goal is to expand to internationally educated professionals in other professions.
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
Website: www.ospe.on.ca
E-mail: lweissling@ospe.on.ca
Phone: 416-223-9961
Location: Toronto
This project will develop new resources for engineering employers in order to help facilitate the integration and retention of internationally trained engineers into Ontario workplaces.
The project will create an online engineering sector hub of information and services, which will be useful for human resources and management staff in engineering companies. The ultimate goal is to improve the sector-wide recruitment and hiring practices, workplace integration and employment retention of internationally trained engineers.
Royal College of Dentists of Canada
Phone: 416-512-6571 ext. 503
E-mail: registrar@rcdc.ca
Website: http://www.rcdc.ca/home.cfm
Location: Toronto
This project addresses the challenges that are faced by internationally-trained dental specialists in passing the National Dental Speciality Examination (NDSE) and becoming eligible for licensure in Ontario and find work in their field. The Royal College of Dentists of Canada aims to do this by developing a revised examination process, providing additional training to volunteer examiners and making information more accessible to internationally trained applicants.
Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences
Website: www.michener.ca
E-mail: cpearl@michener.ca
Location: Toronto
This project will establish a sustainable Ontario Centre of Excellence for Communication Competency Assessment (OCECCA), targeting the health sector.
The Centre will provide a centralized hub for health sector occupation-specific language and communication competency assessments, provide referral services for addressing internationally educated health professionals' (IEHPs) communication and employability skill gaps, and establish processes to ensure that assessment tools used within OCECCA are tested, revised and new versions developed to maintain ongoing validity and reliability.
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators
Phone: (416) 234-8800
Website: http://www.alliancept.org/
Location: Toronto
This project is developing an occupation-specific language assessment test for the occupational therapy and physiotherapy professions.
Ontario Regulators for Access (ORAC)
Website: www.regulatorsforaccess.ca
Location: Toronto
This project is developing an occupation-specific language assessment test for the occupational therapy and physiotherapy professions.
Website: www.ryerson.ca/ce/wcc.
E-mail: wcc@ryerson.ca
Location: Niagara and Ottawa
This program helps internationally trained individuals understand the importance of workplace culture in Canada and will be piloted in the Niagara and Ottawa regions through a combination of online and classroom delivery.
