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Office of the Fairness Commissioner’s
Continuous Improvement Strategy
Nuzhat Jafri, Executive Director
Sixth National Conference for Educators,
Provincial Regulators and Employers of IENs
Winnipeg, Manitoba
April 26, 2012
Agenda
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Context
Activity of the Office of the Fairness Commissioner
Continuous Improvement
Nursing in Ontario
Conclusion
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Ontario Context
• Ontario population: 13.3 million
• Membership in regulated professions
– Largest: College of Teachers 230,000
– Smallest: College of Dental Technologists 500
• Proportion of internationally educated members ranges from zero to 40
per cent
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Office of the Fairness Commissioner
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Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, 2006
Transparent, objective, impartial and fair licensing
40 regulatory bodies
Hon. Jean Augustine, Commissioner
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Office of the Fairness Commissioner
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Continuous Improvement
• Assessments of regulators’ licensing practices
• Specific duties, e.g.,
– Information for applicants
– Clear, reliable assessment of qualifications
– Appeal processes
• General duty to be transparent, objective, impartial and fair, e.g.,
– Registration policies are well documented (transparent)
– Decisions are free from bias (impartial)
– Canadian experience requirements are justifiable (fair)
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Continuous Improvement: Activity
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Activity to April 26, 2012
– 33 assessments completed and summaries published
– 258 recommendations
– 304 commendable practices
– Action plans received from 19 regulatory bodies
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Continuous Improvement: Top Issues
• Top recommendations to regulatory bodies:
– Provide better information for applicants
– Use clear criteria to decide whether applicants are qualified
• Assessment summaries on fairnesscommissioner.ca
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College of Nurses of Ontario
• Membership in 2011: 155,817
– Internationally trained: 10.7 %
• Applications in 2011: 16,214
– Internationally trained: 31.1 %
• Top source countries: Philippines, India
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College of Nurses of Ontario
• College registration improvements in progress, e.g.:
– Faster registration
– Fairer assessments for internationally educated nurses
– Clearer information for applicants
• OFC assessment: publication in July 2012
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Progress
• Regulatory bodies’ changes:
– Reduced requirements for Canadian work experience
– Speeded up procedures
– Posted more information online
– Ensured that qualifications assessment agencies do their work
fairly
• Office of the Fairness Commissioner identifies problems that demand
vigilance and action
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Conclusion
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Commissioner pinpoints where regulators must improve.
Regulatory bodies are implementing our recommendations.
Assessment of College of Nurses of Ontario is in progress. Stay tuned!
The Office of the Fairness Commissioner gets results.
In Ontario, qualified people will have faster, fairer access to their
professions.
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Contact
Office of the Fairness Commissioner
595 Bay Street, Suite 1201
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2B4
Canada
416-325-9380
[email protected]
www.fairnesscommissioner.ca
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