1. Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) at the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) UK NARIC Annual Conference - London, UK 2009.11.02

2. Recognition of Qualifications Developments in the Provinces and Territories of Canada

4. Education in Canada Canadian Constitution Art. 93 - In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education… Federal Contribution

5. Provinces and Territories (Credential Evaluations) Universities and Colleges Admissions Bologna Process Regulated professions Licensure/certification Employers

6. Provinces and Territories (Credential Evaluations) International Mobility Lisbon Recognition Convention Recommendation on Criteria and Procedures for the Assessment of Foreign Qualifications

7. Provinces and Territories (Credential Evaluations) Pan Canadian Quality Standards in International Credential Evaluation General Guiding Principles for Good Practice in the Assessment of Foreign Credentials Quality Assurance Framework of the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada

8. Provinces/Territories and the Federal Government National Labour Mobility Agreement on Internal Trade (Chapter 7) – Mobility of professionals and certified trades people

9. Provinces/Territories and the Federal Government Pan-Canadian Framework for Foreign Qualification Assessment and Recognition (an initiative of the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premiers of all provinces and territories)

10. Federal Government Immigration Foreign Credentials Referral Office Helping the foreign-trained workers Foreign Credential Recognition Program Objectives of the program – fair, accessible, coherent, transparent, rigorous Sector Councils

11. Links 1 1) Canadian Information Centre for International credentials http://www.cicic.ca/ http://www.cicic.ca/ 2) Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) http://www.cmec.ca/ 3) The Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada (ACESCD) http://www.canalliance.org/assurance.en.stm 4) Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO) http://www.credentials.gc.ca/ http://www.cmec.ca/ http://www.canalliance.org/assurance.en.stm http://www.credentials.gc.ca/

12. Links 2 5) Foreign Credential Recognition Program http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/cs/comm/hrsd/ne ws/2005/050425bb.shtml http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/cs/comm/hrsd/ne ws/2005/050425bb.shtml 6) Agreement on Internal Trade - Premiers http://www.councilofthefederation.ca/pdfs/EN_I nternal%20Trade%20Agreement.pdf 7) The Alliance of Sector Councils http://www.councils.org/our- priorities/internationally-trained-workers/ http://www.councilofthefederation.ca/pdfs/EN_I nternal%20Trade%20Agreement.pdf http://www.councils.org/our- priorities/internationally-trained-workers/ 8) Sector Council - ICTC http://www.ictc- ctic.ca/en/content.aspx?id=1880 http://www.ictc- ctic.ca/en/content.aspx?id=1880

13. Links 3 9) Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council http://cthrc.ca/en/programs_services/credential _recognition.aspx http://cthrc.ca/en/programs_services/credential _recognition.aspx 10) Canadian Network of National Associations of Regulators http://www.cnnar.ca/ 11) Pan Canadian Quality Standards in International Credential Evaluation http://www.cicic.ca/docs/2009-report-standards- evaluations.en.pdf http://www.cnnar.ca/ http://www.cicic.ca/docs/2009-report-standards- evaluations.en.pdf 12) General Guiding Principles for Good Practice in the Assessment of Foreign Credentials http://www.cicic.ca/502/good-practice.canada http://www.cicic.ca/502/good-practice.canada

14. Questions Discussion