Immigrants are expected to contribute 100%
of the new net growth in the Ottawa labour
market by 2011. Yet internationally trained
workers new to Ottawa are often underutilized,
underemployed or unemployed.
The Internationally Trained Workers Partnership
(ITWP) was formed in 2002 to develop a locally
coordinated approach to integrate immigrants
more effectively into Ottawa's labour market.
The partnership brings together employers,
business associations, labour, governments,
educational institutions and immigrant serving
organizations from across Ottawa who work collaboratively
to:
Foster solutions to barriers to hiring
immigrants;
Increase the number of employers who hire
and recruit immigrants in Ottawa; and
Increase the number of immigrants hired
into skills appropriate professions.
