February 2005
Dear Colleagues,
Our February 3rd 2005 newsletter
****New employment services for
internationally trained***
TORONTO, Jan. 25
/CNW/ - Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and
Universities, will announce new employment services to help newcomers build
successful careers in Ontario.
DATE:
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
TIME: 10 a.m.
LOCATION: Community
MicroSkills Development Centre
7
Vulcan Street, Toronto
Minister
will be joined by MPP Shafiq Qaadri (Etobicoke-North)
TIME: 11:15
a.m.
LOCATION: Catholic
Cross Cultural Services of Peel Region
90
Dundas Street West, Suite 206, Mississauga
Accessible Community Counselling and Employment Services
office
Minister
will be joined by MPP Harinder Takhar
(Mississauga-Centre)
For further information: Rob Thompson, Minister's Office, (416) 326-1609; Wilma Davis, Communications Branch, (416) 325-6730; Public Inquiries: (416) 325-2929 or 1-800-387-5514, TTY: 1-800-263-2892
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From:
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Hi Everyone!
Please find attached a copy
of the February workshop schedule for COSTI
- Vaughan
Employment Services. Employment Resource Centre
7800 Jane St, Unit #1, Concord
VaughanFebruary2005.doc
Have a wonderful day!
Julie Sheehey
Employment Facilitator
From:
jacquie <quinnell@costi.org>
Hello everyone,
Please see attachments
regarding the COSTI Markham Employment Resource Centre Employment Resource Centre
4961 Highway 7 East, Markham
Schedule for February.
MarkhamFebruary2005.doc
Jacquie Quinnell
Assistant Manager
COSTI York Region
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News
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Ministry
of Training, Colleges and Universities
Provincial government
support for internationally trained individuals achieving results
Report shows
progress increasing access for foreign-trained
TORONTO, Jan.
31 /CNW/ - More internationally trained individuals are accessing job support
programs and are entering the workforce as the Ontario government,
professional regulatory bodies and employers work to improve access and remove the
barriers faced by foreign-trained professionals, Mary Anne Chambers,
Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, said today.
"Since
coming to office, the Ontario government has made it a priority to improve access to
employment opportunities for internationally trained individuals,"
Chambers said. "We have made significant progress in this addressing the
barriers faced by the internationally trained and we will continue to work with
professional regulatory groups and employers to ensure we take full
advantage of the skills and talents of newcomers to Ontario."
The government
today released a progress report, An Investment in Prosperity: Welcoming
Internationally-trained Individuals into Ontario's Workforce, that
gathers for the first time comprehensive information on supports for the
internationally trained.
The update shows
progress in increasing access to the labour market for foreign-trained
individuals spearheaded by commitments of more than $26 million over three years by the Ontario
government since January 2004, to:
- Provide information
to prospective immigrants on Ontario's labour force needs
and criteria for certification before they arrive
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Expand access to higher-level job-specific language training
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Provide assessment services that evaluates the credentials and
compares them to those earned in Ontario
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Increase opportunities for more than 3,000 internationally trained
individuals to participate in bridge training this year
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Fund the Career Bridge program through which more than 40 employers
are currently providing internship opportunities to over 450 qualified
internationally trained individuals
The report
highlights new bridge-training projects introduced by the government, including
projects for engineers, teachers, medical professionals, nurses, and skilled
workers. It will also help both the government and professional
regulatory bodies measure ongoing progress in removing barriers for internationally
trained individuals.
"In my
sixteen years in Canada, never have I seen so many steps taken or so much attention
paid to the issue of access to professions and trades and so many initiatives
undertaken to address the issue of equitable and timely integration of
internationally trained individuals into their chosen careers," said Uzma Shakir,
Executive Director of the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians.
"We are
hopeful that steady progress will continue and that government, employers and other
partners will build on this momentum to ensure that we can make a difference in
the lives of immigrants," Shakir added.
"Our goal is
to ensure that access for internationally trained individuals to
regulated professions and skilled trades is open, fair and transparent,"
Chambers said. "We owe it to the internationally trained and we owe it to all
Ontarians to ensure there are more opportunities for internationally
trained individuals to achieve their potential - for themselves and their
families - and to contribute to the economic growth of the province."
Contacts:
Wilma Davis
Rob
Thompson Communications Branch
Minister's
Office (416) 325-6730
(416)
326-1609 Public Inquiries: (416) 325-2929
or 1-800-387-5514
TTY: 1-800-263-2892
Disponible en
français
www.edu.gov.on.ca
www.resultsontario.gov.on.ca
Fact Sheet
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Ministry of Citizenship
ONTARIO IMMIGRATION FACTS
- Immigrants
contribute to Ontario's social and economic growth. It is crucial to
harness the skills and expertise of newcomers to ensure they can
contribute at their full potential.
- Ontario is
Canada's largest immigrant-receiving province, receiving over 57 per
cent of all immigrants to Canada in the three-year period 2001-2003,
followed by Quebec (16 per cent), B.C. (15 per cent), Alberta (seven
per cent) and Manitoba (two per cent). The remaining provinces and
territories together received 2 per cent of Canada's immigrants.
- In 2003,
Ontario welcomed 119,887 immigrants. Of these, an estimated 70 per cent of
adult immigrants aged 18 and over, who arrived in 2003, were skilled
in a broad range of professions and trades and had at least some
post-secondary education or training.
- Immigrants
account for 50 per cent of Canada's population growth, and are a large
and growing share of Ontario's labour force.
- From 2001 to
2003, over 48 per cent of Canada's immigrants, and almost 84 per cent of
Ontario's immigrants, settled in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
The GTA is the "economic engine" of Canada.
- From 2001 to
2003, about 22,000 immigrants to Ontario settled annually in non-GTA
communities such as Hamilton, Ottawa, Windsor, London and the Greater
Niagara Region. This is almost the same number of immigrants as
all the other provinces and territories combined except for B.C. and
Quebec.
- Ontario has
the most diverse population in Canada: 27 per cent of Ontario
residents are foreign-born; in the Toronto CMA (census metropolitan
area) 44 per cent are foreign-born.
- The Ontario
government is in negotiations with the federal government to develop a
Canada-Ontario immigration agreement that will improve outcomes for
immigrants to Ontario and reflects the magnitude and importance of
immigration in the province.
Contact:
Stephen Johnson
Ontario Ministry
of Citizenship and Immigration
(416) 314-7389
Disponible en
français
www.resultsontario.gov.on.ca
For further
information: Rob Thompson, Minister's Office, (416) 326-1609; Wilma
Davis, Communications Branch, (416) 325-6730; PublicInquiries: (416)
325-2929 or 1-800-387-5514, TTY: 1-800-263-2892
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Submission period: December 2004 to February 2005
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Monday, January 31,
2005
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Provincial
government support for internationally trained individuals achieving
results
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Report shows progress increasing access for foreign-trained TORONTO, Jan. 31 - More internationally
trained individuals are accessing job support programs and are entering the
workforce as the Ontario government, professional regulatory
bodies and employers work to improve access and remove the barriers faced
by foreign-trained pro.....
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Friday, January 28,
2005
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Media
Advisory - McGuinty government to release update report on improving access
for internationally trained
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TORONTO, Jan. 28 - Minister of Training, Colleges and
Universities Mary Anne Chambers, will make an important announcement
regarding the government's progress on improving access and removing
barriers to employment faced by internationally trained individuals. DATE: Monday, January 31, 2005 TIME: 9:00 a.m......
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Wednesday, January
26, 2005
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McGuinty
government helps secure future career success for newcomers
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Three Agencies Receive Funding To Help Prepare The
Internationally Trained For The Workforce TORONTO, Jan. 26 - The McGuinty
government is helping prepare the internationally trained for workforce
success by investing in programs that provide skills training, Mary Anne
Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities,.....
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Tuesday, January 25,
2005
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Media
Advisory - Chambers announces new employment services for internationally
trained
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TORONTO, Jan. 25 - Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training,
Colleges and Universities, will announce new employment services to help
newcomers build successful careers in Ontario. DATE: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 TIME: 10 a.m.
LOCATION: Community MicroSkills Development Centre 7 Vulcan Street, To.....
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Provincial
government expands training opportunities for the internationally trained
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New bridging projects help people in more professions,
communities TORONTO, Jan. 25 - The McGuinty government is funding 15 new
bridge training programs to help more than 1,400 internationally trained
individuals gain licensure, certification and employment in a wide range of
professions and skilled trades, Mary Anne Chambers, Mini.....
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Monday, January 24,
2005
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Media
Advisory - Minister Chambers to make important announcement
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TORONTO,
Jan. 24 - Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and
Universities, will make an important announcement about new programs for
internationally trained individuals. DATE: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 TIME: 10:30
a.m. LOCATION: Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health
Centre.....
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Thursday, January 20,
2005
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Enhanced
language training agreement helps internationally trained newcomers in
Ontario
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New Training Projects Help Newcomers Continue Their Careers
QUEEN'S PARK, ON, Jan. 20 - The Honourable Joe Volpe, Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and the Honourable Mary Anne
Chambers, Ontario's Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, today
announced a joint initiative to strengthen higher lev.....
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Wednesday, January
19, 2005
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Media
Advisory - Provincial and federal governments to announce more support for
the internationally trained
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TORONTO, Jan. 19 - The Honourable Joe Volpe, Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Mary Anne Chambers, Ontario's
Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, will make an important
announcement about strengthening language training for the internationally
trained. DATE: Thursday
January 20, 2005 .....
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Thursday, January 6,
2005
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Ontario
celebrates leadership, excellence with new college award
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Two Leaders To Be Recognized With Minister's Lifetime
Achievement Awards TORONTO, Jan. 6 - Richard Johnston and Dr. Richard Hook
will receive the inaugural Minister's Lifetime Achievement Awards for their
contributions to Ontario's college system, Training, Colleges
and Universities Minister Mary Anne Chambers announced.....
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Wednesday, December
15, 2004
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McGuinty
Government Delivers More Respect For Teachers
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Legislation To End "Teacher Testing" Passes TORONTO,
Dec. 15 - The divisive and ineffective "teacher testing" program
imposed by the previous government has come to an end, Education Minister
Gerard Kennedy announced today. "Ontario's
193,000 teachers are professionals and we're treating them with the
professional respe.....
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Total: 10 news releases disseminated in this period.
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News from the press
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Jan. 31, 2005. 01:00 AM
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`TPMs': A
perfect storm for consumers
MICHAEL
GEIST
During last fall's U.S. presidential
election, CBS News featured a controversial report on President George W.
Bush's military service. The report, which relied on unverified documents,
generated enormous media coverage, eventually leading to a public apology and
the upcoming retirement of veteran news anchor Dan Rather.
Several weeks ago, an
independent panel released a 234-page report on the incident as CBS News
continued its efforts to abate the scandal. Two days after the freely
available report was released, Internet users noticed that attempts to
electronically copy and paste sentences from the lengthy report were rendered
impossible as CBS's lawyers had inserted a technological feature into the
document that prevented any form of electronic copying.
Although the use of the technological
restriction was relatively unimportant — a speed bump rather than a full
blocking mechanism — its use highlights the increasing reliance on
technological protection measures (TPMs) to control access to, and use of,
digital content. The proliferation of technological protection measures,
alongside new legislative proposals designed to protect these digital locks,
represent a perfect storm of danger to consumers, who may find themselves
locked out of content they have already purchased, while sacrificing their
privacy and free speech rights in the process.
Owners of online databases
and other digital content deploy technological protection measures (sometimes
referred to as Digital Rights Management or DRM) to establish a layer of
technical protection that is designed to provide greater control over their
content. The content industry has touted technological protection measures'
promise for more than decade, maintaining that technological locks could
prove far more effective in curtailing unauthorized copying than traditional
laws.
While technological
protection measures do not provide absolute protection — research suggests
all technological protection measures can eventually be broken — companies
continue to actively search for inventive new uses for these technological
locks.
In certain instances their
use is obvious to consumers. For example, DVDs contain a content scrambling
system that limits the ability to copy even a small portion of a lawfully
purchased DVD.
Similarly, purchasers of electronic
books often find that their e-books contain limitations restricting copying,
playback, or use of the e-book on multiple platforms. In fact, e-books are
frequently saddled with far more restrictions than are found in the
paper-based equivalent. Sometimes the use of a technological protection
measure is far less obvious, manipulating markets to the detriment of
consumers, rather than protecting content. DVDs also typically contain
regional codes that limit the ability to play a DVD to a specific region. The
consumer is often unaware of the regional code until they purchase a DVD
while on vacation in one region only to find that they cannot play the disc
on their DVD player when they return home.
Of even greater concern is
the increasing use of technological protection measures in completely
unexpected environments. For example, Hewlett-Packard has begun to install
technological protection measures into their printer cartridges. The
technology is used to block consumers from purchasing cartridges in one
region and using them in another, thereby enabling the company to maintain
different pricing structures for the same product in different global
markets.
Despite the proliferation of technological protection
measures, few consumers are aware of their existence and many manufacturers
are loath to disclose their use. In fact, consumers may soon find that these
technological limitations force them to incur significant new costs as they
face little alternative but to re-purchase content so that it functions on
their personal computer or other favourite device. The industry acknowledges
as much, as according to Kevin Gage, a vice-president with the Warner Music
Group, this year we will begin to see people with "large libraries of
content that won't play with their devices."
The impact of technological
protection measures also extends far beyond consumer fairness. The same
technologies can function much like spyware by invading the personal privacy
of users. For example, technological protection measures can be used to track
consumer activity and report the personal information back to the parent
company.
There is also concern that
technological protection measures can be used to induce security breaches.
Recent reports indicate that hackers are using these technologies in the
Microsoft Windows Media Player to trick users into downloading massive
amounts of spyware, adware, and viruses.
While the potential for
technological protection measure abuse may appear obvious, Canadian policy
makers have actually been racing toward increasing the use and legal
protections afforded to technological protection measures. Canadian Heritage
has provided funding to technological protection measure initiatives to help
facilitate their development, while parliamentarians, led by Canadian
Heritage Minister Liza Frulla and Industry Minister David Emerson, have been
jointly working on a copyright reform package that would reportedly grant
technological protection measures additional legal protections.
The experience with
technological protection measure legal protection in the United States, which
enacted anti-circumvention legislation as part of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) in 1998, demonstrates the detrimental impact of this
policy approach — Americans have experienced numerous instances of abuse that
implicate free speech, security, user rights under copyright, and fair
competition.
From a free speech
perspective, the CBS News case represents only the latest in a series of
incidents where speech was chilled under the threat of legal action due to
technological protection measure and anti-circumvention legislation. For
example, several years ago Edward Felten, a Princeton researcher, sought
to release an important study on encryption that included circumvention information.
When he publicly disclosed his plans, he was served with a warning that he
faced potential legal liability if he publicly disclosed his findings. The
impact on security, particularly in the wake of 9/11, has been similarly
disconcerting. Many computer science researchers have foregone working on
sensitive security and encryption matters due to legal fears, pointing to the
arrest and imprisonment of Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian software programmer who
spent several months in a California jail in 2001 after he traveled to the U.S. to
discuss a circumvention software program at a conference. That incident led
leading former Cyber-security Czar Richard Clarke to acknowledge that "a
lot of people didn't realize that [the DMCA] would have this potential chilling
effect on vulnerability research."
Companies have not shied
away from using prohibitions on circumventing technological protection
measures to limit competition. Lexmark, another leading printer company, sued
a rival printer cartridge company for copyright infringement for
circumventing technological protection measures designed to prevent consumers
from using the rival company's printer cartridges in Lexmark printers.
Similarly, Chamberlain, a garage door opener company, sued Skylink for
creating a universal remote control that interoperated with its garage door
opener by circumventing a technological protection measure. In both
instances, appellate courts recently denied the suits, but fear of a
potential lawsuit may be sufficient to stop competitive activity in its
tracks.
From a traditional
copyright perspective, anti-circumvention legislation, acting in concert with
technological protection measures, has steadily eviscerated fair use rights
such as the right to copy portions of work for research or study purposes,
since the blunt instrument of technology can be used to prevent all copying,
even that which copyright law currently permits. They also have the potential
to limit the size of the public domain, since in the future work may enter
public domain as its copyright expires, yet that content may be practically
inaccessible as it sits locked behind a technological protection measure.
Notwithstanding the U.S.
experience, there is every indication that adoption of these legal provisions
is marching forward in Canada leading to a potential DMCCA — the Digital
Millennium Copyright Canada Act. This despite the fact that the U.S. model
need not be imitated in order to meet Canada's international obligations and
the fact that important advocates, such as the Privacy Commissioner of
Canada, who recently wrote to Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage to
request future consultation on the privacy impact of copyright reform, have
yet to be heard.
In fact, the time has come
for all Canadians to speak out and to tell the responsible ministers along
with their local MPs what is increasingly self-evident. Canada does
not need protection for technological protection measures. In order to
maintain our personal privacy, a vibrant security research community, a competitive
marketplace, and a fair copyright balance, we need protection from
them.
Michael Geist is the Canada
Research Chair in
Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He is on-line at http://www.michaelgeist.ca.
The opinions expressed
herein are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Ottawa.
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ABEC’s Council Meeting
At the ABEC’s Council Meeting
it was decided that:
- The General meeting was to
be postponed and rescheduled for the month of March.
- All receipts for Membership
dues and donations to be in the mail before March 1st 2005 so
everybody can use them for the income tax deductions.
- Special Thanks to Mr. Ivan
Pomakov P.Eng, for the free printing of our Membership dues receipts done
in his business. “Minuteman Press”- 157
Bentworth Avenue Toronto.
- Members from Vancouver
B.C. will pay their membership dues to the central branch in Toronto
until they organize their own operation.
- Members list in our abec.ca
web site will include one more column with information for “profession”- engineering
field or business.
- We encourage every member
to create his own web page for fast and accurate communication. Having
your own web page puts you on another level of presentation or negotiation
with potential employer or contractor. The potentials of abec.ca
are on cutting edge in the field and we should use them. I do negotiate by
asking on the telephone that another end open our website and go to the
Members and see with who they are talking. Listing your own web page into
your e-resume is only an advantage and is fast as 1,2,3. Your web page can
be a professional format or extended with your portfolio. The important
part is the picture; it completes your presentation. The picture replaces
many words. For more information on setting your web page, please contact
Maxim Stefanov.
- Creating link for
advertising and contacting our Bulgarian Colleagues from the Province
of Quebec - city of Montreal and Quebec.
- Creating link for
advertising and contacting our Bulgarian Colleagues from Ottawa
and Hall Regions.
- Contacting Insurance
Companies.
The Council of ABEC reminds
all its Members, that the Membership due for 2005 year is $50 per year.
Please send your cheque to our Treasurer at the address:
Mrs. Tonya Bojkova
902 – 91 Cosburn Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, M4K 2G2
The Council of ABEC is
expressing a gratitude towards all our Colleagues Members who supported us in
2004 with their Membership fees and moral encouragement to work for establishing
a professional Bulgarian Association and info website. But there is a lot more
to be done; we have the ideas, we have the experience, we have the energy. We
know that for many Colleagues we made already the difference. And as we asked
you in the beginning of 2004 year “if you know
Engineers of Bulgarian origin Please, spread the word, let them know about us,
let them join us. We will listen to you, we will listen about your professional
dreams, and we will listen about your experiences. And that will shape our own
Association, our own way - Bulgarian way, of helping each other, united,
showing to the world who we are and what some of us have accomplished. I am
using this occasion to reassure you, that there are Colleagues that are doing
already that, for example signing and authorizing diploma translations, helping
with jobs in theirs own businesses. I know that we will discover real pure
diamonds between us; it is only matter of time. Come and give us your story,
this is our history and that shouldn’t be lost. Our Association will promote
professional and social activities between the Members for fast technical
information and better life in Canada.”
Best Regards,
Pauline
Pauline Loultcheva Lawrence
(905) 832-4451
p_lawrence@abec.ca
pauline_m_lawrence@hotmail.com
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