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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