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TORONTO -- Economic Integration & Immigrant Women in Toronto: A Bilateral Perspective is a collaborative research effort involving the Canadian Centre for Women's Education and Development, the Centre of Entrepreneurship, Centennial College Canadian Business Canadian Business is the longest-publishing business magazine in Canada. It was founded in 1928 as The Commerce of the Nation, the organ of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The magazine was renamed Canadian Business in 1933.  Resource Centre, and the Children's Aid Society
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The 3-year, Toronto-wide research project is examining the interdependent relationship between employers and the labour market and immigrant women. Research efforts will deal with the changing workplace, recruitment trends and preferences, and employer needs and skill-requirements, as well as skills and employability issues among immigrant women, ranging from recent to long-term arrivals and the unemployed and underemployed un·der·em·ployed  
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2. Inadequately employed, especially employed at a low-paying job that requires less skill or training than one possesses.
 to managers and senior executives.

Annual reports of the projects will be published. Research will be available on government and CCWED websites, with links from other partner sites. It is anticipated that local government, private and public organizations, and community groups will participate, according to the women who arrived in Canada at 18 years of age or older, regardless of the year of arrival are of special interest.

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Title Annotation:Economic Integration and Immigrant Women in Toronto: A Bilateral Perspective
Publication:Community Action
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Date:Jul 15, 2002
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