CESBA REGIONAL MEETING West Region London March 4th, 2016 1
The MCIIT Updates…. 1. Ongoing work related to Ontario’s Immigration Strategy – Program Evaluation – Final Report almost ready – Recommendations will inform program direction and development of next chapter of Ontario’s Language Strategy – Some components already underway…. – Introduction of new SLT Stream and approach in 2015/16 – Immigration Programs 2015 CFP results 2. Addressing ESL/FSL waitlists – Good news / Thank You for the work done – Looking at developing waitlist guidelines, working closely with IRCC – Making room for incoming Syrian refugees 2
The MCIIT Updates…. 3. PBLA Implementation – Last cohort training complete, now implementing in their classrooms – Funding to support PBLA – Leads and Classroom Instructors – Additional tools being developed in HARTs – Sustainable solution moving forward 4. Ontario Curriculum Guidelines and Quartz Implementation – Developing launch plans for Spring 2016 5. Instructor Standards – Streamlined MCIIT PLAR – Grand-parented instructors / exception clause 6. Course descriptions 3
The MCIIT Updates…. 7. Preparing for the Syrian Refugee cohort – Need for Literacy Level, CLB1, CLB 2 courses – Impact on other courses / enrolment – Gaps and what we can do 8. Data from Incoming Syrian Refugees Over 10,000 arrived in Ontario by last weekend – 48.23% are adults over 18 – Different profile between GARs and PSRs – Over 1,200 assessed as of end of January, representing 43% of – incoming adults (breakdown of languages, education level in following slides) Will be tracking very closely access to programs and services – including language training 4
The MCIIT Updates…. Refugee Destination by Province 13% AB 9% BC 43% 3% MB 5% NB NL 1% NS 3% PEI 18% 4% QC 1% SK YT 0% ONTARIO The above chart represents the total number of Syrian refugees arrived in Canada from government-flights between December 10 th and February 29 th , 2016; additional Syrian refugees from commercial flights since November 2015 bring the total over 25,000 in Canada as of the end of February 2016. 5
The MCIIT Updates…. Refugee Destinations in Ontario 5% 5% 6% GTA (outside of Toronto) 11% Toronto 40% Hamilton 14% London Ottawa Waterloo Region 10% Windsor 9% Other The above chart represents the total number (over 10,000) of Syrian refugees arrived in Ontario from government-flights between December 10 th and February 29 th , 2016. The Other category includes all of the communities across Ontario with less than 2% of the total number of refugees arrived. 6
Table 3 – Adults/Children by Refugee Status - Ontario The MCIIT Updates…. Syrian Refugee Breakdown by Status - Ontario 4% 5% 25% 9% GAR Adults GAR Children 20% PSR Adults PSR Children 37% BVOR Adults BVOR Children Category Total Total % GAR Adults 2,500 24.56% GAR Children 3,767 37.01% GAR Total 6,267 61.57% PSR Adults 2,011 19.76% PSR Children 971 9.54% PSR Total 2,982 29.30% BVOR Adults 398 3.91% BVOR Children 532 5.23% BVOR Total 930 9.14% Overall Total 10,179 100% 7
The MCIIT Updates…. Syrian Refugee Breakdown by Age - Ontario 0 to 4 2500 5 to 9 2000 10 to 14 1500 1000 15 to 17 500 18 to 24 0 GAR PSR BVOR 25 to 59 60+ Category Syrian Refugee Breakdown by Family Size - Ontario 1 700 2 600 3 500 400 4 300 5 200 6 100 7 0 8 GAR PSR BVOR 9+ Category 8
The MCIIT Updates…. Education Level - GAR 4% 17% None 43% Elementary (1-8) 36% Secondary (9-12) Additional Education (13+) Education Level - PSR 16% 45% None Elementary (1-8) 39% Secondary (9-12) Additional Education (13+) The above two charts and following charts in the subsequent slides represents over 1,200 Syrian refugees assessed for their English or French language skills between November 2015 and January 2016 at CLARS Centres across in Ontario 9
The MCIIT Updates…. First Language - GAR 0.21%- Armenian 0.21% - Anuak ACHOLI ANUAK (ANAYWA) ARABIC ARMENIAN ASSYRIAN 99.58% KURDISH PERSIAN/FARSI TURKISH First Language - PSR 0.13% 0.13% Turkish Kurdish 0.13% Acholi 2.79% 0.13% Persian Assyrian 0.00% ACHOLI ANUAK (ANAYWA) ARABIC ARMENIAN 43.50% 53.18% ASSYRIAN KURDISH PERSIAN/FARSI TURKISH 10
The MCIIT Updates…. CLB Levels at Assessment 300 250 0 200 1 2 3 150 4 5 100 6 7 8 50 0 Listening Speaking Reading Writing Listening Speaking Reading Writing GAR PSR 11
Ontario’s Provincial Program Eligibility To be eligible for ESL or FSL training, a learner must be an adult immigrant currently residing in Ontario: 1. Whose first language is not English; 2. Who is eighteen years old or has completed his/her high school diploma and is not a day school pupil enrolled in any publicly supported day school in Ontario; and 3. (a) Who is a naturalized Canadian citizen, permanent resident, Convention refugee or a refugee claimant; or (b) Who is a provincial nominee, or their dependant, who has been approved through the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program but has not yet been processed to receive permanent resident status; or (c) Who is a temporary foreign worker, or their dependant, who has been approved through the Canadian Experience Class but has not yet been processed to receive permanent resident status; or (d) Who is approved as a foreign domestic worker admitted under the Live-In Caregiver program. 12
THANK YOU! For additional comments / questions, please contact Mourad Mardikian at: LTU@Ontario.ca 416.327.4331 13
Recommend
More recommend
