Participate in a focus group: Research on the foreign credential recognition process in Canada

The Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) will be conducting online focus groups to gather insights from newcomers on Canada’s process for recognizing foreign credentials. Newcomers’ experiences and views are crucial to help us identify and understand the supports and gaps in the current recognition process and, where possible, develop effective strategies to bridge them. 

Foreign credential recognition in Canada is the process of officially validating the education or professional qualifications that someone has obtained in another country to check their equivalency with Canadian credentials and establish whether they can use them to work or study here. 

If you arrived in Canada within the last five years, we invite you to participate in a research project regarding this process whether your credentials have been recognized or not. The project aims to understand the supports and challenges that newcomers encounter during the process. 

Your participation will involve attending a virtual focus group session where you will have the opportunity to share your story, discuss the supports and information available, explore the issues you faced (or are facing), and suggest improvements.  

Interested in participating? Fill out the form below to declare your interest. Please note that a declaration of interest does not secure participation. A selection and follow-up process will be carried out for all interested participants. Selected participants will receive a $50 Amazon gift card! 

By participating, you will be contributing to a meaningful project that could benefit current and future newcomers.