Developed in partnership with World Education Services
• Describe the systemic obstacles experienced by immigrant youth throughout their times in Canada’s education system and how these challenges lay the groundwork for future difficulties accessing the Canadian labour market; • Explain why immigrant and refugee youth’s high rates of academic success is not translating opportunities in the Canadian workforce; • Recall potential solutions to the cumulative disadvantages experienced by immigrant and refugee youth.
• Module 1: Introduction and context • Module 2: Initial settlement and educational challenges • Module 3: Challenges of translating academic success into successful employment • Module 4: Conclusions and recommendations
• Dr. Susan M. Brigham, Professor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University; • Monamee Ishika, Manager, WES Gateway Program; • Dr. John Shields, Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University; • Javad Soltan, Program Manager of the Chance to Choose Project, S.U.C.C.E.S.S; • Hannah Walsh, Facilitator, Immigrant Youth Employability Project, ISANS; • Kelly Frame, Coordinator of the Immigrant Youth Career Exploration Project, ISANS; • Mark Patterson, Executive Director, Magnet; • Immigrant youth participants: Anukriti Randev, Mehrnaz Haghverdi, Prabhpreet Singh Bassi, Volodymyr Burlachenko, Praise Mugisho, Farheen Meraj, Karl Nazaire.
This on-demand course allows you to learn at your own pace, taking approximately 9 hours to complete. You have one year from the purchase date to start the course, after which it will expire. Once you begin, you have unlimited access for 3 months. You can complete it in one sitting or in smaller sessions, offering complete flexibility within the 3-month period.
There are no prerequisites for this course. Complete the final assignment at the end of the course. If you pass, please contact info@umetropolis.ca to receive your course certificate