My name is Sibghat Usmani. I landed in Canada on 7th May 2019, with a PhD in social work and almost 7 years of experience in research and training. Just as most newcomers, I started navigating my career options with enthusiasm but within a couple of months, it was gone as I was unable to understand what exactly the employers were looking for and what was it that I was missing on. Nonetheless, as I was a social work graduate I decided to continue with the same career path and…
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youth or the old aged, at each and every stage of our wide life span, it is
our inbuilt desire to be successful and proceed forward consistently
towards more massive success.
I have landed in Toronto in September 2019 with a big dream for a
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Human Centred Design vs Design Thinking vs Service Design vs UX …. What do they all mean?
Not sure if this is appropriate to post here, so admins please feel free to delete this if not.As I explore and try to make sense of the terms, I came across this article on linkedin that attempts to explain them, and thought someone might find them useful. Anyone who works in or has knowledge of any of these, welcome to comment.https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-centred-design-vs-thinking-service-ux-what-do-all-simonds/
Read more…Migrant aspirations
A new artilce (systematic literature review), published recently, summarises drivers of migration-why migrants live thier countries of origin. What do you think?https://jorgencarling.medium.com/what-makes-people-want-to-migrate-b91ad7d9ddb0?fbclid=IwAR1BeAdfXy1AqvBzc2fEX9SVmg6t-KHI0BRTPC7C7JJks4djY8pqqerf79o
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Hello Everyone, We would like to know your opinion on our recent IRSN event held on January 15, 2020. Your perspectives and opinions will immensely help us to address your professional development requirements in our future IRSN events. We are very keen on fulfilling your expectations in our future events. Please share your thoughts
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Hi Everyone Is it always possible to measure the impact of certain development interventions particularly development research initiatives? Kindly share your perspectives and experiences Thank you
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Hi everyone! Can someone tell me what are evaluation skills and how do they differ from research abilities? Thank you!
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Hi everyone! Can you help me find some potential topics for professional development workshops that we are planning to organize for Internationally Educated Researchers (IERs)? Here are some examples: Research project management and research funding Research ethics in the Canadian context Accessing and utilizing open source data Introduction to Canadian labor market data Effective Knowledge Translation Strategies Evaluation Use of social media for professional networking Thank you!
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Hi Team,
Yesterday I had a team meeting with the MCC executives and today with the Fairness Commissioner of Ontario Mr. Irwin Glasberg and his team regarding the Practice Ready Assessment protocol in Ontario for IMGs to make the process streamlined and IMG-friendly.
We are trying to remove the roadblock for eligible IMG to return to profession; the recency issue was highlighted in the meeting; and the Quebec CEDIS model was also focused in the meeting.
The meeting outcomes are positive. As a next step we are going to meet the ministry and other stakeholders soon.
If you have any suggestion to support the process, please write to me.
Regards,
Akm
Hi Team,
Please participate actively in the Forum and Groups for purposeful networking and as a part of our commitment to feel you in.
Aby will communicate you from time to time, stay tunned!
Best,
Akm
Please check this web-address for some opportunity updates for IEHPs:
triec.ca/mobilizing-iehps-covid/
Thank you.
Akm
Hi All,
Unfortunately, there was a spam from someone in the system. That member has been removed from the portal. Aysha worked very hard to keep these stuff running. Right now, we don't have a dedicated coordinator for maintaining this site. We're planning to get someone after the COVID-19 crisis is over.
If you find any issue, please forward it to the email research@accessalliance.ca. My good colleague, Miranda Saroli, will try to support you as much as she can.
We've a more robust plan with this network, connecting it to a settlement agenda.
Your support is important for us.
Best regards,
Akm
Hi Christopher,
I am no longer the admin of this portal. However, I have notified the concerned authorities at Access Alliance.
Thanks
Aysha