Foreign credential recognition & bridging programs

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Who came?

• Mikeal H, Steart Hillhouse, kelsey Macdonald, Clare Tahershawns, Kinh Huynh, Francis McGuire

Questions?

• Can we build more practical skills testing?

• Can we build political pressure for change?

• What will be the incentive to make the regulatory asus move?

• Can we bring bridging down to 6 months?

Notes & ideas

• Problem: immigrants have skills. Need recognition

• Governing bodies make money credentialing have 0 interest in change

• How to build pressure, one profession at a time

Actions

• Find key professions

• Build pressure from base

• Employers should lobby certifying bodies

• Be specific about the kind of changes needed

Take away

• One brick at a time