Adult Immigrants: Foreign Credentials

Vancouver Sun Dept: Now a new study out of Montreal has more discouraging news for adult immigrants hoping to cash in on the promise of a new land, according to Vancouver Sun. "The earlier in life immigrants arrive, the more their academic paths will resemble those of their Canadian-born counterparts, and the easier it will be for them to master one of the official languages in Canada," said Maude Boulet, one of the study's authors and an expert in industrial relations at the Universite de Montreal and for years it's been a common complaint among newcomers to Canada that the lack of recognition of foreign credentials, including schooling and job experience, has held them back in the labour market. The Institute for Research on Public Policy has found that, even with postsecondary education from a Canadian institution, newcomers who arrive in Canada over the age of 18 are more likely to be underemployed, or even unemployed, than both their Canadian-born peers and those who come to the country at an earlier age. As reported in the news.
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