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Appendix A: Alphabetical list of all resources
National resources
- Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada
- Alliance of Sector Councils
- Application for Permanent Residence: Guide for Provincial Nominees – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Assisting Local Leaders with Immigrant Employment Strategies (ALLIES)
- Canadian Association of Prior Learning Assessment
- Canadian Experience Class – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC)
- Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC)
- Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
- Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
- Cultural Profiles Project – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Educational Testing Service Canada, Inc.
- Employment Access Strategy for Immigrants – Looking Ahead Initiative
- Enhanced Language Training – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Essential Skills – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- Federal Skilled Worker Program – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Foreign Workers – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- Going to Canada Portal – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Hire Immigrants
- Human Resources Management Canada
- Immigration Programs – Foreign Credentials Referral Office – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Immigrant-Serving Organizations – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Intercultural Insights
- Integration-Net – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Integration Resources Canada
- Job Bank – Service Canada
- Labour Market Opinion Basics – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- National Occupational Classification – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- Off-Campus Work Permit Program – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Post-Graduation Work Permit Program – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Provincial Nominee Program – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Test de connaissance du français
- Test de français international
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
- Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)
- Test of Workplace Essential Skills – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- University of Toronto – Comparative Education Service
- Visa Offices – Citizenship and Immigration Canada (Pan‑Canadian)
- Workers Rights and Minimum Wage Rates – Going to Canada – Citizenship and Immigration
- Working in Canada Tool – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- Working Temporarily in Canada – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- Work Permit Exemptions – Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- World Education Services
Regional resources
Alberta
- Immigration and Industry – Alberta Ministry of Employment
- Central Alberta – Welcoming Communities Employer Guide
- International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)
(Alberta, Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories) - Jobs in Alberta – Government of Alberta
British Columbia
- British Columbia Internationally Trained Professionals Network
- Employment Access Strategy for Immigrants – Looking Ahead Initiative
- Government of British Columbia
- International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES)
(British Columbia Institute of Technology) - Multicultural Helping House Society – Bamboo Network (Construction) (British Columbia)
- Society of Internationally Trained Engineers of British Columbia
- Society of Punjabi Engineers and Technologists of British Columbia
Manitoba
- Academic Credentials Assessment Service (ACAS)
- Competitiveness, Training and Trade – Government of Manitoba
- Manitoba Labour and Immigration/Immigration and Multiculturalism
- Manitoba WorkinfoNet
Newfoundland and Labrador
New Brunswick
Northwest Territories
- Education, Culture, and Employment – Government of the Northwest Territories
- International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories)
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
- Internationally Trained Workers Partnership (Ottawa)
- LASI World Skills (Ottawa)
- Mentoring Partnership (Toronto)
- Global Experience at Work Initiative – Ontario Chamber of Commerce
- Bridge to work – Ontario Immigration
- Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
- Skills for Change (Engineers, Engineering Technicians, Technologists and Information Technology Professionals) (Greater Toronto Area)
- Skills Without Borders (Brampton Board of Trade)
- Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)
- Waterloo Region Immigrant Employment Network (WRIEN)
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
- Assistance for Immigrants and Visible Minorities – Government of Quebec
- Centre d’expertise sur les formations acquises hors du Québec (CEFAHQ)
- Certificat de sélection du Québec – Immigration et Communautés culturelles Québec
- Immigration et Communautés culturelles Québec
Saskatchewan
- JobStart and Future Skills – Government of Saskatchewan
- International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories)
Yukon
Sectoral resources
- Canadian Apprenticeship Forum’s Accessibility and Removal of Barriers Project
- Canadian Automotive Repair Service Council
- Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council
- Canadian English Language Benchmark Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN)
- Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council
- Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council
- Construction Sector Council Strategy Paper
- Electricity Sector Council’s Foreign Credential Recognition Research Project
- Engineers Canada
- Information and Communications Technology Council
- International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES) (British Columbia Institute of Technology)
- Multicultural Helping House Society – Bamboo Network (Construction) (British Columbia)
- Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada
- Skills for Change (Engineers, Engineering Technicians, Technologists and Information Technology Professionals)
- Society of Internationally Trained Engineers of British Columbia
- Society of Punjabi Engineers and Technologists of British Columbia
- Textiles Human Resources Council’s Global Skills Connection