Barriers and Facilitators to Professional Licensure and Certification Testing in Canada: Perspectives of Internationally Educated Professionals

Journal of International Migration and Integration

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 733-750

  Cheng, Liying ^a   Spaling, Melisa ^b   Song, Xiaomei ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Certification; Internationally educated professionals (IEPs); Licensure; Newcomers; Ontario; Testing

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR;

CANADA; KINGSTON [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WINDSOR;

EID: 84884819967     PISSN: 14883473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12134-012-0263-3     Document Type: Article

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