Downstream Responses to Changing Selection Processes
This panel will explore the institutional adaptations that are required – some already underway – to respond to profound policy shifts affecting the admission and selection of newcomers for economic purposes. The institutions include settlement organizations and academic institutes serving international students, including those who transition to permanent residency; employers and employment councils implicated in immigrant absorption and integration; and organizations involved in overseas accreditation and the management of new accreditation pathways.
Moderator: Michael Haan – Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of New Brunswick
Projected Policy Impacts on Numbers, Characteristics and Entry Pathways: Sandra Harder – Director-General, Strategic Policy and Planning, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Implications for Newcomer Needs and the Capacities of Mediating Institutions
- Selection Category and Perceived Needs: Victoria Esses
- International Students: Chedly Belkhodja – Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of Moncton
- Employers: Julie Drolet – Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of Calgary
- Smaller Communities: Don Curry – Executive Director, North Bay and District Multicultural Centre
- Accreditation: Timothy Owen – Director, World Education Services
