Transcript Slide 1

Canadian Information Centre for
International Credentials
(CICIC)
at the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC)
UK NARIC Annual Conference - London, UK
2009.11.02
Recognition of Qualifications
Developments in the
Provinces and Territories of
Canada
Education in Canada
• Canadian Constitution
• Art. 93 - In and for each
Province the Legislature
may exclusively make Laws
in relation to Education…
• Federal Contribution
Provinces and Territories
(Credential Evaluations)
• Universities and Colleges
• Admissions
• Bologna Process
• Regulated professions
• Licensure/certification
• Employers
Provinces and Territories
(Credential Evaluations)
• International Mobility
• Lisbon Recognition
Convention
• Recommendation on Criteria and
Procedures for the Assessment of
Foreign Qualifications
Provinces and Territories
(Credential Evaluations)
• Pan Canadian Quality Standards in
International Credential Evaluation
• General Guiding Principles for Good
Practice in the Assessment of Foreign
Credentials
• Quality Assurance Framework of the
Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services
of Canada
Provinces/Territories and
the Federal Government
• National Labour Mobility
• Agreement on Internal Trade
(Chapter 7)
– Mobility of professionals and
certified trades people
Provinces/Territories and
the Federal Government
Pan-Canadian Framework for
Foreign Qualification
Assessment and Recognition
(an initiative of the Prime
Minister of Canada and the
Premiers of all provinces and
territories)
Federal Government
• Immigration
• Foreign Credentials Referral Office
• Helping the foreign-trained workers
• Foreign Credential Recognition
Program
• Objectives of the program
– fair, accessible, coherent,
transparent, rigorous
• Sector Councils
Links 1
1) Canadian Information Centre for
International credentials
http://www.cicic.ca/
2) Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
(CMEC)
http://www.cmec.ca/
3) The Alliance of Credential Evaluation
Services of Canada (ACESCD)
http://www.canalliance.org/assurance.en.stm
4) Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO)
http://www.credentials.gc.ca/
Links 2
5) Foreign Credential Recognition Program
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/cs/comm/hrsd/ne
ws/2005/050425bb.shtml
6) Agreement on Internal Trade - Premiers
http://www.councilofthefederation.ca/pdfs/EN_I
nternal%20Trade%20Agreement.pdf
7) The Alliance of Sector Councils
http://www.councils.org/ourpriorities/internationally-trained-workers/
8) Sector Council - ICTC
http://www.ictcctic.ca/en/content.aspx?id=1880
Links 3
9) Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council
http://cthrc.ca/en/programs_services/credential
_recognition.aspx
10) Canadian Network of National Associations
of Regulators
http://www.cnnar.ca/
11) Pan Canadian Quality Standards in
International Credential Evaluation
http://www.cicic.ca/docs/2009-report-standardsevaluations.en.pdf
12) General Guiding Principles for Good Practice
in the Assessment of Foreign Credentials
http://www.cicic.ca/502/good-practice.canada
Questions
Discussion