Three lauded for bridging foreign trained social workers."In a city such as Toronto Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing , where close to 50 percent of the population was born outside of Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of , it is important that internationally educated social workers have the opportunity to be working in the profession as quickly as possible," says Helen Wong, Director of the Internationally Educated Social Workers Bridging Program of Ryerson University History In 1852 at the core of the main campus, the historic St. James Square, Egerton Ryerson founded Ontario's first teacher training facility, the Toronto Normal School. . Wong and two of her colleagues, Patricia O'Connor and June Ying Yeem, have been recognized as "leaders in the social work community" by the Ontario Association of Social Workers for their work in the program. The three have developed the only bridging program in Canada that provides comprehensive training, mentorship, support, and work placements for qualified social work professionals who were educated outside of Canada. The program was developed with the OASW OASW Ontario Association of Social Workers (Canada) and community partners such as Access Alliance Multicultural mul·ti·cul·tur·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, or including several cultures. 2. Of or relating to a social or educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than in only a mainstream culture. Community Health Centre. Since the program began in 2006, 92 percent of graduates have found employment in the social service sector. Future plans call for the IESW Bridging Program to expand its courses and services to reach foreign trained social workers across Ontario, and to individuals prior to arrival in Canada. "The IESW program is helping to reduce the barriers that have in the past restricted access to the Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. job market," says Joan MacKenzie Davies, Executive Director of the OASW. www.ryerson.ca/ce |
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