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Four National Women's Groups: CCLOW
· CFWEC · CRIAW · NOIVMWC
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Recommendations
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Make language training available to everyone who
immigrates to Canada.
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Address specific language training support measures
to the most vulnerable women: refugees, rural and remote women, and those with
disabilities.
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Ensure accessibility of language training courses
through provision of childcare, counselling and support services, training
allowances, transportation allowances, and other supports.
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Expand access to the credential assessment process,
so it is more accessible across the country, and takes less time.
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Provide more bridging programs, so that women with
foreign credentials can learn about working in Canadian context (e.g. technical
language, work processes, professional jurisdiction, etc.), get a refresher
course, and have access to practicums in industry .
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Use prior learning assessments.
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Resolve provincial jurisdiction issues around
accreditation.
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5. Poverty
The Green Paper speaks of the need to address child poverty, yet
overlooks the reality that, essentially, children are poor because their
mothers are poor. Statistics on poverty among children, and among women, are
deeply distressing, yet the situation is even more disturbing when certain
groups of women and children are considered. For some women, the deprivations
of poverty are exacerbated by racism, rural isolation, or
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