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From Engineer to Taxi Driver? Language Proficiency and the Occupational Skills of Immigrants
This paper examines the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. Click on the Resource Link Here.
Read More...From Poverty to Prosperity: Literacy’s Impact on Canada’s Economic Success
The report provides a succinct summary of how literacy skill and low income are related and what these relationships imply for public policy. Click on the Resource Link Here.
Read More...Immigrant Language Proficiency, Earnings, and Language Policies
This paper addresses two questions: 1) what are the impacts of language proficiency on the earnings of Canadian adult immigrants; 2) what are the current policy responses. Click on the Resource Link Here.
Read More...Language Skills and the Social Integration of Canada’s Adult Immigrants
Skills in an official language (English or French) significantly affect the economic integration of Canada’s immigrants, including their employment levels and incomes. Official-language skills also have an impact on how well immigrants integrate socially in their workplaces and communities. In this study, Tracey Derwing and Erin Waugh examine the relationship between official language knowledge and…
Read More...Manitoba Labour Market Occupational Forecasts 2016-2022 – Summary Findings
The findings in this report are based on labour market supply and demand projections for Manitoba occupations at the one-digit 2011 National Occupational Classification (NOC) level. Click on the Resource Link Here.
Read More...The Incident: Workplace Safety and Health for Newcomers
This resource DVD resource was produced by Manitoba Immigration and Multiculturalism, to create awareness of workplace safety rights and responsibilities among Manitoba newcomers. The video tells the story of a newcomer who agrees to do a job without receiving proper training. Through one dangerous incident, she learns many important lessons: There are roles and responsibilities…
Read More...Resource Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiSNcQgHbKo
