Resources on the Experiences of Immigrant Workers and Individuals in Canada Walk a Mile: The Immigrant Experience in Canada, a website co-sponsored by the BC Ministry of Multiculturalism and Immigration and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, updated in 2001 http://www.walkamilecanada.com/english/index.htm Realities of Laid Off Workers, from the KW Multicultural Centre’s Employment, Retraining, and Labour Adjustment Information Guide for Canadian Immigrant Workers http://www.kwmc.on.ca/services/adjustment/realities.html Intersecting Inequalities: Immigrant Women of Colour, Violence, & Health Care, by Yasmin Jiwani, Ph.D., 2001 report sponsored by Status of Women, Canada; BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health; and the Vancouver Foundation http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/freda/articles/hlth.htm Factors Affecting the Economic Status of Older Women in Canada: Implications for Mandatory Retirement, a report by Arlene Tigar McLaren and Margaret Menton Manery, 2000, for the BC Human Rights Commission http://www.bchrc.gov.bc.ca/text_only/MandatoryRetirement.asp Labour Market Outcomes and the Recruitment Information Needs of Immigrant and Other Job Seekers, by Alice Nakamura, Masao Nakamura, Christopher Nicol, and W. Erwin Diewert, a paper presented at the 1999 conference on “Shaping the Future: Qualifications Recognition in the 21st Century”, Toronto, Ontario (pdf document) http://www.careerowl.ca/papers/ImmigrationServicesPaper,Oct.12,1999.pdf The National Reference Group on Visible Minorities in Canada: Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI), final report (November 2001) by Chandra Budhu http://www.vsi-isbc.ca/eng/reference_groups/visible_minorities/index.cfm Examining Immigrant Women’s Access to Employment: Canadian and American Experiences, a paper by Valerie Preston, Department of Geography, York University (Canada) presented in 2000 at the Applied Uses of Census Place of Work Data Conference, Mississauga, ON (pdf document) http://www.region.peel.on.ca/planning/pow/V_Preston.pdf 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 Part 7: Roundtable on Prior Learning Assessment and Qualifications Recognition for Immigrants in BC presented by The Looking Ahead Initiative in conjunction with The Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology March 6, 2002 Highlighted Contributions