Almost $900,000 To Help Early Childhood Educators Work In Their Field. A McGuinty government investment of $871,000 is yielding results, with internationally trained early childhood educators getting the specific training they need to get jobs in their field, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Mike Colle announced today. "This program is the first of its kind in Ontario and breaks down barriers so the internationally trained can put their global experience to work in our province," said Colle. "The program graduates will help meet Ontario's labour needs for early childhood educators." The Access to the Early Childhood Education Field in Ontario project is a partnership between the Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office of Toronto for Social and Multicultural Development and George Brown College. The program includes language courses, mentorship, provides courses on how to practice in a Canadian setting, and practicums to gain experience working in the field. This bridge training program will graduate 135 early childhood educators over three years. The first class of 32 started in September. Graduates are expected to enter the workforce after September 2007. According to the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, Ontario is facing a shortage of over 100,000 early childhood education
workers.
The program is part of the McGuinty government's investment of more than $34 million in more than 60 bridge training programs to help thousands of newcomers find work in more than 100 professions and trades. This bridge training program is just one of the ways the McGuinty government's comprehensive plan, Breaking Down Barriers, for newcomers to successfully integrate into Ontario's economy. Other initiatives include: Negotiated the first-ever Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, which quadruples federal spending on language training and settlement services and brings an additional $920 million to assist Ontario newcomers over five years; Introduced Bill 124, the Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act which passed third reading and would help break down barriers facing newcomers seeking to work in their fields by mandating fair registration practices in regulated professions; Developed 'All About Ontario,' a new citizenship curriculum resource to be added to language and citizenship classes in early 2007 to help newcomers learn about Ontario's history, geography, their roles and responsibilities, and to promote civic participation - from voting to volunteering; Launched immigration web portal, www.OntarioImmigration.ca, which is designed to support newcomers both in Ontario and abroad, prior to arrival; Established the first Provincial Internship for the Internationally Trained. Administered by Career Bridge, newcomers with a minimum of three years international work experience will be placed for six-month paid assignments within the Ontario Public Service and Crown Agencies; Created a Foreign Trained Professionals Loans program of up to $5,000 per person to cover assessment, training and exam costs, in partnership with the Maytree Foundation; and, Total annual investment of $130 million, more than any other province in Canada, on programs to help newcomers upgrade their language skills, settle and find work.
"Newcomers want the chance to demonstrate their talents and skills," said Colle. "This program is one of more than 60 that gives them an opportunity to contribute and succeed." For detailed information: www.citizenship.gov.on.ca OR www.OntarioImmigration.ca and for further information: Rick Byun, Minister's Office, (416) 325-3460; Michel Payen-Dumont, Communication Branch, (416) 314-7010
workers.
The program is part of the McGuinty government's investment of more than $34 million in more than 60 bridge training programs to help thousands of newcomers find work in more than 100 professions and trades. This bridge training program is just one of the ways the McGuinty government's comprehensive plan, Breaking Down Barriers, for newcomers to successfully integrate into Ontario's economy. Other initiatives include: Negotiated the first-ever Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, which quadruples federal spending on language training and settlement services and brings an additional $920 million to assist Ontario newcomers over five years; Introduced Bill 124, the Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act which passed third reading and would help break down barriers facing newcomers seeking to work in their fields by mandating fair registration practices in regulated professions; Developed 'All About Ontario,' a new citizenship curriculum resource to be added to language and citizenship classes in early 2007 to help newcomers learn about Ontario's history, geography, their roles and responsibilities, and to promote civic participation - from voting to volunteering; Launched immigration web portal, www.OntarioImmigration.ca, which is designed to support newcomers both in Ontario and abroad, prior to arrival; Established the first Provincial Internship for the Internationally Trained. Administered by Career Bridge, newcomers with a minimum of three years international work experience will be placed for six-month paid assignments within the Ontario Public Service and Crown Agencies; Created a Foreign Trained Professionals Loans program of up to $5,000 per person to cover assessment, training and exam costs, in partnership with the Maytree Foundation; and, Total annual investment of $130 million, more than any other province in Canada, on programs to help newcomers upgrade their language skills, settle and find work.
"Newcomers want the chance to demonstrate their talents and skills," said Colle. "This program is one of more than 60 that gives them an opportunity to contribute and succeed." For detailed information: www.citizenship.gov.on.ca OR www.OntarioImmigration.ca and for further information: Rick Byun, Minister's Office, (416) 325-3460; Michel Payen-Dumont, Communication Branch, (416) 314-7010
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