The federal government is providing an additional $15 million over the next three years to expand foreign credential recognition services for immigrants.
Funds will be distributed to the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). The association runs the Canadian Immigration Integration Project, which will expand services in India, China and the Philippines. A new office is also scheduled to open in London, U.K., in the fall of 2011 to serve various Nordic and Arab states.
The funding expands the ACCC pilot project to offer orientation services in India, China and the Philippines. The government expects the expanded offices to offer access to more than 70% of the selected federal skilled workers and 44% of selected provincial nominees around the world.
To date, close to 7,000 people have graduated from the integration project, which helps them to integrate and contribute to Canada's economy.