Manitoba Immigration and Integration Initiatives

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Manitoba Immigration and Integration
Initiatives

• Margot Morrish
• PCERII Annual Planning Meeting
• February 11, 2006

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Canada Manitoba Immigration Agreement

• Constitution and IRPA allow shared
  responsibilities in immigration
• Framework Signed October 22, 1996
• Provincial Nominee and Agreement to Realign
  Responsibilities for Immigrant Settlement
  Services Addendum June 29, 1998
• CMIA Renewed 2003

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Action Strategy for Economic Growth

• Training and workforce development, rural
  development and education
• Target 10,000 annual arrivals
• Strengthen settlement and language training
• Improve Qualifications Recognition
• Greater consultations and promotion

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Immigration by Province/Territory Preliminary 2005
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Manitoba Immigration 1998 to Preliminary 2005
Source Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Manitoba Immigration Distribution by Top Rural
Destinations
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Manitoba Immigration by Top Source Countries 1999
to 2004
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Manitoba Immigration by Top Occupations 1999 to
2004
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Manitoba Immigration by Post Secondary
Qualifications 1998 to 2004
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2004 - 2005
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Continuum of Services
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Manitoba Provincial Nominees

• The Provincial Nominee Program continues to
  develop innovative approaches to meet immigration
  objectives
• Greater partnership involvement is encouraged
  through five priority assessment streams and one
  general stream including
• Employers,
• Communities,
• Family Support,
• International Students and
• Strategic initiatives

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Provincial Nominee Program

• In 2005, over 4,600 Skilled Worker and Business
  Provincial Nominees landed in Manitoba
• In total, Manitoba Provincial Nominees account
  for over 56. of provincial immigration
• Approximately 30 chose to live in communities
  outside of Winnipeg
• Manitoba approved over 3,000 Provincial Nominee
  principal applicants

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• Provincial Nominee Program

Source Manitoba Provincial Nominee Data
Base LIDS, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
preliminary 2005 data
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Settlement and Labour Market Services

• Manitoba Immigrant Integration Program
• Funds Initial General Settlement (62 ) Labour
  market preparation and placement (19) Wellness
  and community support (14) QR (3.5) Special
  Projects (1).
• Information for newcomers
• Qualifications Recognition Initiative
• Credentials Recognition Program
• Academic Credentials Assessment service
• Federal/Provincial/Territorial working groups

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Qualifications Recognition

• Government leadership to improve QR and job entry
  for skilled workers
• A Framework of Principles and Action Plans
• Pilots, demonstration projects and information
• Partnerships

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Adult English as a Additional Language

• Manitoba Immigrant Integration Program funds
• School and College Based Programs (75)
• Community Based Language Training (13)
• Workplace Language Training (3)
• English for Specific Purposes (3)
• Regional initiatives (6)
• Enhanced Language Training Initiative
• Canadian Language Benchmarks assessments
• Professional development for Adult EAL teachers
• Curriculum development

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Multiculturalism Secretariat

• Promote and support legislative frameworks (MEACC
  and Multiculturalism Act)
• Support and assist ethnocultural organizations
  (Ethnocultural Community Support Program)
• Promote understanding and appreciation of
  multiculturalism cross-government and in general
  public
• Coordinate provincial participation in
  citizenship promotion and anti-racism activities
  

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Research Interests

• Provincial Nominees Settlement and labour market
  outcomes related to broader socio-economic trends
• Qualifications Recognition Models of best
  practice to support transferability effective
  labour market information strategies
• Employer Engagement strategies and overcoming
  barriers
• Settlement newcomer input into new approaches
  for program development and delivery overall
  outcomes
• Adult EAL new models for delivery expanding
  language assessment capacities
• Multiculturalism approaches for community
  economic development and sustainability
• Regional Development literature review of
  immigration to rural Prairies

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