Research on Immigrant Skills Development and Utilization in BC and Canada Occupations of Recent Immigrants to British Columbia, from BC Stats (2000 Release), pdf document http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/pubs/immig/imm002sf.pdf BC Stats Infoline, January 11, 2002 issue: Special Feature on Federal Immigration Plan for 2002 (pdf document, see pages 3-4) http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/releases/info2002/in0202.pdf British Columbia’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), an immigration program in BC that enables selection of a limited number of immigrants to meet provincial economic needs, sponsored by the BC Ministry of Community, Aboriginal, and Women’s Services (MCAW) http://www.pnp.mi.gov.bc.ca/ Facts and Figures 2000: Statistical Overview of the Temporary Resident and Refugee Claimant Population: Foreign Workers Statistics, from Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s report on Temporary Resident and Refugee Claimants (main source: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/facts2000-temp/index.html) http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/facts2000-temp/facts-temp-4.html Immigrant Skill Utilization in the Canadian Labour Market: Implications of Human Capital Research, (2001 paper) by Professor Jeffrey Reitz, University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations and Department of Sociology (pdf document), pending publication in the Journal of International Migration and Integration http://www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/skill_utilization.pdf Immigrant Success in the Knowledge Economy: Institutional Change and the Immigrant Experience in Canada: 1970-1995 (2000 paper) by Professor Jeffrey Reitz, University of Toronto (pdf document), pending publication in the Journal of Social Issues http://www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies/immigrant_success.PDF Helping Immigrants to Achieve their Full Potential, from Knowledge Matters, produced by Human Resources Development Canada http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/stratpol/sl-ca/doc/section5_e.shtml Immigrant Occupational Skill Outcomes and the Role of Region-of-Origin Specific Human Capital, by Eden Nicole Thompson, produced for the Applied Research Branch, Human Resources Development Canada, September 2000 http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/arb/publications/research/2000docs/abw-00-8e.shtml Book Review: Immigrants and the Labour Force: Policy, Regulation and Impact by Ravi Pendakur, by Ted Richmond of the University of Toronto Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS), published January 2001 in the Canadian Journal of Sociology http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/cjscopy/reviews/immigrants.html Solutions to Human Resources Issues Facing Wood Products Industries in Canada, an October 2001 news release from Human Resources Development Canada http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/common/news/hrib/011026b.shtml Match or Mismatch? The Employment of Immigrant Engineers in Canada’s Labor Force (2000 working paper presented at the Conference on Migration and Development, Princeton University, May 4-6, 2000), by Monica Boyd, Florida State University, and Derrick Thomas, Statistics Canada (pdf document) http://opr.princeton.edu/papers/cmd0002k.pdf Canadian International Labour Network (CILN) Third Major Conference (2000), conference papers available online directory http://labour.ciln.mcmaster.ca/papers/2000/papers2000.htm Immigration and Emigration of Physicians To/From Canada (December 1999 research report), by Morris Barer and William Webber, Health Human Resources Unit, University of British Columbia (pdf document) http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/hhru/pdf/hhru99-6.pdf Part 4: Resources, News, and Perspectives about Recruiting Foreign Skilled Workers to Canada Reprinted with Permission Online Resource Guide: Recognition, Recruitment & Development of Skilled Immigrant Workers in Canada by Scott Kerlin, Ph.D., Centre for Curriculum, Transfer & Technology March 2002