Canada: Hard to see which programs help newcomers, study finds

[Francis Hult]

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Hard to see which programs help newcomers, study finds


Sep 08, 2008 04:30 AM

Nicholas Keung
Immigration/Diversity Reporter

Ottawa and Ontario have implemented myriad programs from language
training to mentoring to help newcomers integrate into the Canadian
labour market, but are they working? The answer, according to a new
study by Montreal-based Institute for Research on Public Policy, is:
We don't know because little program evaluation has been done to
decide how well those monies are spent."  What is not known about
current programs is what is working, exactly, and what is not, where
there are unnecessary overlaps and where resources are being used most
effectively," concluded the report to be released today. "But what we
do know, the report added, "is that they are typically used by about
40 per cent of recent immigrants who experience problems in getting
work."

The study came at a critical time with Canada pouring resources into
such initiatives in the last five years to improve newcomers'
employment results and with the $920 million, five-year funding that
came as a result of the 2006 Canada-Ontario immigration agreement.

Full story:
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/492474

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