Foreign credential recognition & bridging programs
Who came?
- Mikeal H, Stewart 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