Immigrating to Canada

Consulting International Students

Current trends in immigration

The value of integration

Earning potential for future CCIIC

The Immigration Gates are Closing for

Federal Skilled Workers

20,000 year ….29 occupations...backlog…....no room

New Horizon

• Gain Perspective • Rescue your earning potential Working with international students

Becoming an integration consultant CCIIC

Concerned about making a living?

Yes

Does Canada need more immigrants?

• Aging population • Low birth rate • Economic Growth • Labour shortage• Keep Canada from aging

“.. increase the number of immigrants coming to Canada”

Future Immigration Plans

“.. increase the number of immigrants coming to Canada”

• Welcome more immigrants• 240,000 to 260,000• Skilled Workers have been the bulk• Limit 20,000

What type of immigrants?

“...over the past 20 years the data tells us that newcomers to Canada have not been doing as well economically. ….... are twice as likely to be unemployed as native born Canadians with university degrees. ... And we know that hundreds of thousands of new Canadians are stuck in survival jobs. Underemployed, highly trained professionals who find themselves locked out of their chosen profession in Canada and often struggling ...”

June 26, 2010The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P.Minister of

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

• Overqualified new immigrants

• Struggling

• International credentials not good enough

Do we need more?

Changes in Immigration good indicator

New Trend started in 2005 when a Pilot program was introduced, which allowed international students in Canada to start working

• 2007 CEC (Canadian Experience Class)• PNP programs started to grow• First set of Minister’s instructions (2008) • Second set of instructions (2010)

What's the key in all these new changes?

• Work Experience in specific occupations

• Job offers based on current and future demand

• Canadian Work Experience

Work or Employment related

What happens when new immigrants are working in their professions or

areas of training?

What happens when new immigrants are working in their professions or

areas of training?

Successfully INTEGRATED into the Canadian economy & culture?

Has this been happening?

• According to statistic NO• New Canadians trapped in …

Canadian experience paradoxNo Canadian experience you don’t get a job. If you can’t get a job, you can’t get Canadian work experience.

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What it takes to build a future in Canada?

Three Key components

• 1.Language skills

• 2.Canadian Education (credentials)

• 3.Gateway Work Experience

Successful Integration

How important?

“….newcomers with Canadian work and education experience generally perform better in the labour market than immigrants with only foreign credentials.”

The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P.Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

Language Skills

• Language tests (IELTS / TOEFL)

• Work level English (High level communication skills)

Communication skills, more than simply language skills, are critical specially for knowledge workers.

Research IRPP

(Immigration Research Public Policy)

"While the ability of immigrants to speak other languages can be a benefit for an employer, it cannot compensate for an inability to communicate verbally and in writing with colleagues within the workplace."

Research

Correlates English level of new immigrants with employment

“...the language skills of Canadian immigrants are associated with their economic well-being and integration and with the productivity of the Canadian economy.”

Monica Boyd Canada Research Chair in Immigration, Inequality & Public Policy University of Toronto

Research

Canadian Born - Immigrants University Degree or Higher

Research

Canadian Born - Immigrants Level of Employment

Canadian Education

Integration Channel

• Canadian Credentials

• Increase Language Skills

• Canadian culture exposure

Canadian Education

Not the only answer

University Graduates (First professional job)

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Canadian Education

Educational system under pressure

• WEF (World Economic Forum)

• Report - Calling for changes & the integration of entrepreneurial education

• Changes have been happening University Professors–academics not entrepreneurs

Good News – New Alternative

Gateway Work Experience (GWE)

“Gateway Work Experience” is the type of work experience that helps individuals get jobs related to their educational background.

Who needs

Gateway Work Experience

• Recent Graduates

• International Professionals

• New Immigrants

• International Students

Where can one obtain Gateway Work Experience

• Co-op programs

• New Venture & Technology Institute (GVTI)

G V T INew Non for Profit Education Institution

• To provide talented international students with limited means with the opportunity to gain Canadian education

• Make international education more affordable

• Education alternative new immigrants facing integration challenges

• To address two educational challenges1. Integration of entrepreneurial education2. Need for an alternative learning model

Immigration Options Open to International Students

CEC (default plan)

International Graduates (2 to 4 year program)(2 – 3 year open Work Permits)

BC PNP International Graduates

Job offer by qualified employer Job prospects (present & future)

Post Graduates (Pilot)Master & PHDsShort list

Federal Skilled Worker Point System Job Offer

Working with Canadian Educational Institutions

Increasing your revenue potential

Immigration qualifying institutions

Public (Universities / Colleges / Institutes)

Private (Only degree granting)

No, Private Colleges Qualify

Working with Canadian Educational Institutions

Increasing your revenue potentialObtain representative or agent contracts

PublicUniversities Costly (cost per year $14,000 to $25,000)Hard

Colleges & Institutes Costly (cost per year $13,000)Not too easy, but possible Commissions 15% first year

Private Universities & Degree GrantingCostly (cost per year $13,000 to $17,000)EasierCommissions 15 - 20% first year

Working with Canadian Educational Institutions

Increasing your revenue potential

GVTI

Post Graduate Venture Diploma ProgramsTuition Free / Work ScholarshipsRefundable Deposit ($6,000)Recruitment fee $250

Post Graduate Venture Degree Integrated Programs Reduced cost ( work scholarships) Cost 2 year MBA ($20,000)Commissions $2,000

Precautions to TakeStudent Families with Children

Qualifying programs

Consult School District

Some Diplomas offered by Public Colleges may not qualify

$13000 to $14000 year international tuition per child

Thank you

Contact Information

GVTI 1190 Melville Street

Fifth floor – office 506Vancouver, BC

Tel: 604- 221-4233

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