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The once-dormant abortion debate seems to be finding its
way into an election campaign that many have said has
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Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's stance.
At the G-8 summit in Georgia, the prime minister said
he believes in a woman's right to choose. He said if it
comes to choosing between his religion or the Charter
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Ontario
Regulators for Access (ORA) goal to improve access to
professions by those trained or educated internationally
Working
together: Ontario regulators, educators, governments,
and service agencies come together to find ways to improve
access for internationally trained professionals
TORONTO,
June 7 /CNW/ - More than 25 of Ontario's self-regulated
professions, as well as educators, governments, representatives
of internationally trained professionals and community
service agencies will meet today to discuss ways to work
collaboratively to improve access to professions in Ontario
for international candidates.
Ontario Regulators for Access (ORA) - an umbrella group
of several self- regulated professions - is organizing
the Forum. The goal of the ORA is to improve access to
professions by those trained or educated internationally
while maintaining high standards for public safety.
"The goal of today's forum is to identify ways for
regulators to work collaboratively not only with each
other, but also with internationally trained professionals,
employers, educators, community groups, and governments
to improve access to professions for international candidates,"
said Jan Robinson, Registrar, College of Physiotherapists
of Ontario. "We want to break down the silos between
regulators to share best practices and solutions that
increase opportunities for international candidates to
practice, while maintaining high standards."
"We owe it to new Ontarians and we owe it to our
province to speed the integration of internationally trained
individuals into our workforce.
That's why we are working with the regulators to achieve
our goal of one year for the elimination of major barriers
to the accreditation of internationally trained individuals,"
said the Hon. Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training,
Colleges and Universities.
"As a community service agency involved in helping
integrate internationally trained professionals in the
workforce, we are pleased to be a part of this Forum and
commend the ORA for playing a leadership role in helping
increase access for international candidates," said
Ed Kothiringer, Director of Programs and Services - Career
Action for Newcomers, JobStart.
This will be the second regulators' forum on access to
regulated professions by the ORA. Funding for the forum
has been provided by the Ontario Ministry of Training,
Colleges and Universities.
Since 2002, the ORA has been working to identify practical
and proactive solutions that will increase access for
international candidates. Activities include:
-
Producing a research report that includes a compendium
of promising practices for regulators to increase access.
The report includes specific examples of what regulators
are doing that other regulators can adopt for their
own professions
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Developing Guiding Principles for Regulators to increase
access while maintaining professionals standards
-
Creating a "How to" Guide for Regulators to
promote access
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Building a Business Case that highlights the benefits
for society, the economy and professions and
-
The Ontario Regulators for Access (ORA) is a group of regulators
of self- regulated professions in Ontario. Their goal is
to help Ontario regulatory bodies to improve access to professions
by internationally educated or trained candidates while
maintaining high standards for public safety. The ORA is
led by a Steering Committee that serves as a catalyst for
regulators to work collaboratively on practical, proactive
approaches and to benefit each other's experiences.
The Steering Committee includes:
-
Professional Engineers Ontario
-
College of Nurses of Ontario
- College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
- College
of Massage Therapists of Ontario
-
Certified General Accountants of Ontario
-
College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario
-
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
- Ontario
College of Teachers
-
College of Physiotherapists of Ontario
-
Ontario Association of Architects
- Ontario
College of Pharmacists
-
Law Society of Upper Canada
Study:
Mixed Marriages in Canada - 1991 to 2001
From Stats Can
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040608/d040608b.htm
Unions
involving partners from different ethnic origins, religions
or visible minority groups still represent a low proportion
of the total in Canada, but they have gained ground over
the last decade, according to a new report in Canadian Social
Trends.
The report, which analyses census data, shows that in 2001,
an estimated 14.1 million people were living as either a
married couple, or as a couple in a common-law union.
Of these, some 452,000 individuals were in a couple comprising
one visible minority and one non-visible minority, or members
of two different visible minority groups.
This was a 35% increase from 1991, more than three times
the increase of 10% for all people living in a couple. In
2001, mixed unions represented 3.2% of all people living
in couples in Canada compared with 2.6% a decade earlier.
Mixed couples could be increasing for many reasons. One
key factor is Canada's growing cultural diversity. In 2001,
there were more members of visible minority groups in Canada
than at any time in the past, creating a larger pool of
potential mates.
The
4.0 million visible minorities in Canada in 2001 accounted
for more than 13% of the population, more than twice the
proportion of only 5% in 1981.
The most common type of mixed marriage or common-law union
occurred between a member of a visible minority and someone
who was not. There were 394,300 people in such couples in
2001, accounting for 2.8% of all people in couples, up from
2.4% in 1991.
Of these couples, 53% consisted of a woman who was a visible
minority and a man who was not, and 47% the reverse.
Japanese were the most likely visible minority group to
marry or live common-law with a non-Japanese person. The
second and third most common groups were Latin Americans
and Blacks.
Among the least likely to form a partnership outside their
group were South Asians and Chinese.
Mixed unions accounted for 7% of all people in couples in
Vancouver, 6% in Toronto and 3% in Montréal. However,
among the age group 20 to 29, the proportions doubled to
13% in Vancouver, 11% in Toronto and 6% in Montréal.
People in mixed unions tend to be younger and foreign-born,
live in large urban areas and have a higher education.
Mixed unions were also more likely to be common-law relationships
than marriages. This was probably related to age, as common-law
unions are more prevalent among young people, and visible
minorities also have a younger age profile than the overall
population.
About 4% of all common-law unions were mixed in 2001, compared
with 2.9% of all marriages.
In the general population, 57% of all couples had children
compared with 59% of couples which comprised a visible minority
and non-visible minority.
About 69% of couples comprising two different visible minorities
had children.
Toronto
News Digest 04/06/07
Now Available: Video clips from The Great Canadian Job Interview.
Canada's youth 'interviewed' PM Martin and Layton last Friday.
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