{"id":5512,"date":"2018-04-26T07:21:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p2pcanada.truemarket.io\/toolkits-reports\/international-students-as-future-permanent-residents\/"},"modified":"2018-04-26T07:21:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:21:41","slug":"international-students-as-future-permanent-residents","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/p2pcanada.truemarket.io\/fr\/events\/international-students-as-future-permanent-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on International Students as Future Permanent Residents"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pathways to Prosperity and Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria Workshop on International Students as Future Permanent Residents April 20, 2018 | 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM Delta Hotel, Victoria, BC Location: Arbutus Ballroom &nbsp; Description of the Workshop: This full-day workshop will discuss the role of international students in Canada\u2019s immigration program. The sessions will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","event-category":[],"class_list":["post-5512","events","type-events","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"<h3><span><strong>Pathways to Prosperity and Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span><strong> Workshop on International Students as Future Permanent Residents<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3><span><strong>April 20, 2018 | 9:00 AM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3><span><strong>Delta Hotel, Victoria, BC<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<span><strong> Location: Arbutus Ballroom<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Description of the Workshop:<\/strong>\r\nThis full-day workshop will discuss the role of international students in Canada\u2019s immigration program. The sessions will include research on the characteristics of international students who come to Canada, where they are going, and why. They will also consider how well international students are doing in Canada and research on the factors that affect their attraction to, and their motivations for studying and remaining in, Canada. The workshop will provide opportunities to discuss innovative services and supports for international students, and employer and\u00a0municipal perspectives on hiring and retaining international students. We will also discuss barriers that international students face in seeking permanent residency in Canada and strategies for overcoming these barriers. The final session will involve an open discussion of strategies for sharing best practices in supporting international students, and future research needs in this area.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n9:00 AM \u2013 9:15 AM\r\n<h4>Welcome and Introduction<\/h4>\r\nJean McRae and Victoria Esses, Co-Chairs, Pathways to Prosperity Partnership\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n9:15 AM \u2013 10:40 AM\r\n<h4>Session 1: Who Comes to Canada, Who Stays, and Why<\/h4>\r\nChair: Daniela dos Santos Pinto, University of Victoria\r\n\r\nThis session focuses on the characteristics of international students who are coming to Canada, those who are choosing to stay in Canada and become permanent residents, motivations for transitioning to permanent residency, and where these potential permanent residents are choosing to live. The role of successful employment in this process will also be discussed.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Angie Larocque, Immigration\u00a0Branch, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship\u00a0Canada <\/li>\r\n \t<li>Michael Haan, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qel_iT_LiN0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Victoria Esses, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/B09SmOZ4BDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n11:00 AM \u2013 12:20 PM\r\n<h4>Session 2: Innovative Services and Supports for International Students<\/h4>\r\nChair: Winnie Lee, Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria\r\n\r\nThis session focuses on innovative services and supports for international students, including those designed to increase understanding of the Canadian cultural context and facilitate connections to the local community so that international students are retained as permanent residents in communities that need them most.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Anne Cirillo, International Student Services, University of Victoria\u00a0<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Valeri Pilgrim, Internationalization Office, Memorial University of Newfoundland\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lwY7LrBGth8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Wendy Roth and Youcheng Ding, Department of Sociology, University of British\u00a0Columbia\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/8FqKa3gerDY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n12:20 PM \u2013 1:30 PM\r\n<h4>Student Performance: The Lived Experiences of International Students Navigating the Canadian System<\/h4>\r\nProduced by: Anne Cirillo, International Student Services, University of Victoria\r\nPresentation Team: Ambar Abrar; Bushra AlQudayr; Yamila Franco; Nicolas Lopez Garcia; Priyanka Sharma; Varun Sharma; Tianyang Zhang\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n1:30 PM \u2013 2:50 PM\r\n<h4>Session 3: Employer and Municipal Perspectives on International Students<\/h4>\r\nChair: Herbert Schuetze, Department of Economics, University of Victoria\r\n\r\nThis session focuses on employers\u2019 perspectives on hiring international students, including challenges and perceived benefits, and the role that municipalities can play in the attraction and retention of international students.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Christine Covell, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/C30wteRtGxE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Karima Ramji, International Programs, University of Victoria\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WjxaKm9mPlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sarah Wayland, Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/IuOQwlfupZg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n3:10 PM \u2013 4:30 PM\r\n<h4>Session 4: Facilitating the Transition from International Student to Permanent Resident<\/h4>\r\nChair: Jean McRae, Co-Chair, Pathways to Prosperity Partnership\r\n\r\nThis session focuses on policies and programs designed to facilitate international students\u2019 transition to permanent residents, including how these policies and programs are being used to encourage international students to stay in Canada and seek permanent residency, and their effectiveness.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Alexandra Bozheva, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/o3W2ZhFW41A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Carling Helander, BC Ministry of Jobs, Trade, and Technology (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/eFYyMcsox7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enayat Aminzadah,\u00a0International Qualification Services Manager, The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/tHYIaWbyKSs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n4:30 PM \u2013 5:00 PM\r\n<h4>Session 5: Next Steps and Plans for Collaboration, Closing Remarks<\/h4>\r\nJean McRae and Victoria Esses, Co-Chairs, Pathways to Prosperity Partnership\r\n\r\nIn this session we will discuss strategies for continuing this conversation and for sharing promising practices, particularly with respect to supporting the retention of international students and their transition to permanent residents in Canada. 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