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                     December 06, 2006
                       SOS NEWSLETTER

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EDUCATION NEWS
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CareerBuilder.ca and Lycos Canada Enter Strategic
Partnership
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CareerBuilder.ca, a leading online job site in Canada, has
entered a strategic partnership with Lycos Canada to power
its new online job search center. Under the two-year
agreement, CareerBuilder.ca will provide Lycos Canada users
instant access to job postings in virtually every industry,
field and job type as well as provide articles that will
explore the topics of job search strategy, career
management, hiring trends and workplace issues.

Small program has big impact
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The program is one of several offered in the province and
funded by the Ontario Women's Directorate to improve skills
and employment opportunities for low-income women. It is
also offered through MicroSkills Development Centre, a non-
profit multicultural community organization that has sites
in Scarborough and Etobicoke (microskills.ca).

McGuinty Government Improving Employment Options For
Ontarians On Disability Support
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The McGuinty government is helping people on disability
support pursue job opportunities and keep more of what they
earn by improving the Ontario Disability Support Program
(ODSP), Minister of Community and Social Services Madeleine
Meilleur announced today.

Job plan bypasses Ontario
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A plan Ottawa launched yesterday to fast-track the entry of
temporary foreign workers - but only to booming Alberta and
British Columbia - has left critics wondering why Ontario's
own labour crunch is being ignored.

Part-time positions fuel jobs growth
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Part-time jobs, which tend to be lower paying and more
temporary, accounted for all of last month's gains.
Employers added 40,500 part-time jobs last month while
full-time jobs fell by 18,100, reversing a month-earlier
gain.

Ottawa to ease restrictions on hiring foreign workers
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The changes include setting up regional lists of
occupations where jobs are going unfilled because of a
shortage of qualified workers. The recruitment wait time
for employers would be cut for all "occupations under
pressure."

Ontario Government Expands Programs for Newcomers in York
Region, GTA
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The McGuinty government is investing $1.75 million to
expand programming to help employers tap into the wealth of
talent and skills of newcomers, Ontario Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration Mike Colle announced today.

McGuinty Government Helps Abused And At-Risk Women Get Jobs
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Minister Responsible for Women's Issues Sandra Pupatello
today announced a new $4 million training program that will
help vulnerable women develop new skills, find employment,
and achieve economic independence.

For details and more news, please see page:
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EMPLOYMENT NEWS
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Libya tries to thwart licences for doctors who train in
Canada
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An international tiff may be brewing as Ottawa's Libyan
embassy asks Canada's colleges of physicians and surgeons
not to license Libyan doctors whose training in Canada has
been sponsored by their government.

Do your homework and make the College Fair work for you
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More than 50 college representatives including the Bermuda
College, US colleges, UK colleges, Canadian colleges and
even one from Morocco will be attending this years'
International College Fair.

Schools help foreign trained professionals
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For those trained in health care the best place for them to
start is a professional college. The Ontario College of
Pharmacists, for example, is one of the leaders in helping
pharmacists trained abroad qualify to practice here.
Another leader is the Ontario College of Nurses.

Federal government highlights role of universities
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"Universities and colleges are the place where our talented
young people are educated to become tomorrow's leaders,"
Ms. Morris said. "We are ready to do our part in creating a
skilled and flexible workforce for Canada, and in turn,
helping to build a strong economy and opportunities for
all."

A school or a scam?
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After paying $14,000 tuition to study in Canada, these
foreign students believe they were duped

Education 'scammers'
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"We have come light years in the province in private career
college legislation," he said, stressing that problems are
caused by only a few schools and that the "overwhelming
majority" do excellent work.

Part-time Ontario college staff forms provincial
association
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"Like these workers, the 16,000 part-time college workers
in Ontario's community colleges are also a source of cheap
labour. We have no job security. Our working conditions are
abysmal. We have no benefits," he added.

India calling
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Proposals from as many as 40 international universities
have been submitted to the government of Maharashtra with
most of these universities seeking land in the Mumbai-Pune-
Nashik belt to establish a campus. The names include
Stanford University, Georgia Tech University, British
Columbia University, McGill University, Simon Fraser
University, Cubec University and Montreal University.

Ontario tops university boom
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Statistics Canada says there were 1.01 million university
registrations, the seventh straight year in which enrolment
hit a record high, though the 2.1 per cent growth from the
previous academic year was the lowest margin this decade.

McGill ranked at the top of the class by Maclean's
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McGill University is Canada's top-ranked medical-doctoral
university, scoring the highest marks in the country for a
second consecutive year in the Maclean's magazine 16th
annual University Rankings issue. Last year, McGill tied
for the No.1 spot with the University of Toronto, but
occupies the top position alone this year ahead of Queen's
University in second and U of T in third.

For details and more news, please see page:
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IMMIGRATION TODAY
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Former Terrorist Denied Entry Into Canada
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Former terrorist Walid Shoebat has been refused entry into
Canada by Immigration authorities, today. Shoebat is
scheduled to speak at the Simon Weisenthal Center at 7:30
p.m. in Ottawa tonight and in Montreal tomorrow. He is
often invited to speak about his life as a terrorist and
about his transformation from extremist to peacemaker and
activist against terrorism.

Asian Organized Crime Thriving in Canada
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When organized crime is mentioned, what comes to mind for
most people is the Italian Mafia. But one of the most
powerful and dangerous criminal groups is the Triads, a
centuries-old Chinese crime gang that has a strong and
ubiquitous presence throughout the world, including Canada.

Calgary residential construction zooms through the roof
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"The strength of the economy in Western Canada, the
vitality of full-time employment, mortgage rates that
remain relatively advantageous, and high international
immigration are among the factors driving the demand for
housing,'' said Statistics Canada in a recent report.

In Canada: Filipino Professionals End Up in Low-Paying Jobs
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"Philippine-trained professionals criticized Canada's
immigration policy and practice of bringing the best and
brightest immigrants from the Philippines and other
countries through the strict point system. Majority of
these immigrants," he pointed out, "are not absorbed in
jobs commensurate to their education and training. These
immigrants, he said, end up as a source of high quality
cheap labour in Canada."

A passage to Canada: Indians outnumber the Chinese
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The Indian diaspora could outpace the Chinese immigration
into Canada soon. Figures available with the embassies show
till recently, the maximum migration to the North American
country was from China.

Ottawa eases red tape for foreign workers
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"There are going to be certain occupations under tremendous
pressure where employers are having trouble finding
workers," Solberg told reporters after his announcement.
"We will reduce the requirements that they have to go
through to bring in those categories into the country. It
will save them several weeks."

Time to speed up immigration changes

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Around the world, some 800,000 people are waiting to hear
that they are welcome in Canada. But last week, in his
department's annual report, Immigration Minister Monte
Solberg had nothing to say to them. Governments come and go
in this country, but immigration problems - in both theory
and practice - endure.

More action needed to integrate migrant workers: OECD
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Well-managed immigration flows offer benefits both for host
countries and for migrants and their families. But the
effective integration of immigrants into the societies of
the countries where they settle is crucial, and this
requires commitment and action at national and local level.

A school or a scam?
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After paying $14,000 tuition to study in Canada, these
foreign students believe they were duped.

Appointments to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
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The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration, today announced two full-time appointments to
the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) of Canada. Ivan
Lerner was appointed to a three-year term in Montreal, and
Kenneth Duncan MacLean was appointed to a three-year term
in Toronto. These appointments were made in accordance with
the IRB merit-based appointment process.

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