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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I am curious how many of them worked with APEGGA to have their accreditation approved. It is an onerous process but APEGGA has exams you can write to validate your knowledge if you can't prove the validity of your education.
I am not sure what everyone else thinks should happen but I don't think we should hand out a permit to practice based on the anecdotal evidence of I used to be an engineer/doctor in my home country. In Canada the term Engineer implies a certain level of education, training and responsibility and I think it is important to maintain that. The same goes with doctors, lawyers, land surveyors and other professions.
Heck, if someone came over who used to be a police officer in their home country does anyone think we should give them a gun and a badge without any testing or training to make sure they know the Canadian laws and procedures.
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Exactly. I understand why it happens, but the reality is that it is very hard for these immigrants to do this.
Imagine you had to go work for the equivalent of unskilled labour wages in Russia, support your family and find time to jump through all the hoops required to validate your credentials there. All this while learning Russian and trying to become used to a totally different way of doing things.
The only real solution is to establish international guidelines so that if you have this degree/certificate/etc from this institution then it is equivalent to this degree/etc in Canada/US/etc. Then when a professional applies to come into the country and would like to have their credentials transfer, they are given the opportunity to do the work required in advance so when they get here they are either ready to go right away or close to it.
One particular guy I was friends with applied to come to Canada 3-4 years before he was allowed to. That time could have been easily spent doing things like this, with him earning his salary and supporting his family in the Philippines instead of here for a pittance.