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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Chers collègues/Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="jlqj4b"><span lang="FR">La prochaine présentation de la série en ligne ACÉL qui aura lieu vendredi, 6 mai, comme prévu.</span></span><span lang="FR">
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<p class="MsoNormal">The next presentation in CALA online series will take place this Friday, May 6<sup>th</sup>. Please find below the title and a short abstract of the presentation.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:black">Au nom du conseil d'administration de l’ACÉL,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:black">Shahrzad Saif</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Friday, May 6/Vendredi 6 mai 2022 (13h00-14h00)</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Meeting ID: 671 1950 1688</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Exploring Social Consequences of Test Results Expiry Dates in the Context of a Language Assessment for Internationally Educated Nurses<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Andrea Strachan & Luxshi Amirthalingam,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) are critical in addressing Health Human Resources in Canada and other English language countries. A key requirement for licensure is evidence of English language proficiency. Barriers to IEN registration
are under scrutiny given the nursing shortages exacerbated by the pandemic. One such barrier is the language test expiry date policy which has been highlighted by the Ontario Fairness Commissioner, among other stakeholders. IENs complete language proficiency
testing at multiple points along their registration because the process often spans more than the two years commonly set as the validity period for language test results. The Canadian English Language Benchmarks Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN) is one of the
exams accepted by nursing regulators in Canada. Recognizing the significant negative social consequences of the test expiry policy, the CELBAN publishers explore the defensibility of changing the CELBAN the policy in the context of IEN registration in Canada.
Anchored in a unified perspective of validity (Messick, 1989; Bachman and Palmer, 1996; Kane, 2010), and informed by language attrition research (Bardovi-Harlig & Stringer, 2010; Ross et. al, 2011) as well as reality data (Powers & Lall, 2012; ILTA Discussion
Board, 2019), the CELBAN team explores extending test validity period to three years.<span style="font-family:"IBM Plex Sans",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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