Welcoming new engineers to Canada

by mbuckstein | March 6, 2013 9:06 am

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International engineering graduates coming to Canada can now access a one-stop resource for information on becoming licensed in the country.

Engineers Canada, an organization of 12 nationwide associations regulating practice and licensing in the country, has launched Roadmap to Engineering in Canada to assist immigrants seeking engineering licensing and industry information.

“Many international engineering graduates may be unfamiliar with the Canadian regulatory environment and may not understand that engineering is a provincially or territorially regulated profession in Canada,” Kim Allen, FEC, P.Eng., the group’s CEO, told Construction Canada Online.

The resource was funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and provides information on industry issues including:

• different provincial licensure processes;
• finding employment and integrating into the industry;
• Academic Information Tool allowing users to compare their international education to Canadian engineering programs; and
• recommendations for the immigration process.

“The website will provide engineering graduates with what they need to know about the profession in Canada in order for them to integrate smoothly into the engineering community and utilize their skills to the fullest,” Allen explained.

Source URL: https://www.constructioncanada.net/welcoming-new-engineers-to-canada/

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