Recent Developments in Immigration to Canada and Australia: A Comparative Analysis

Richmond, Anthony H.; Rao, Gautham

doi:10.1177/002071527601700303

“…The selection system of skilled migrants in Australia has been formalized since 1973 (Richmond & Rao, 1976;Walsh, 2008). The new admission requirements of potential immigrants did not contain any reference to any racial or ethnic criteria (McDonald, 2015;Ongley, 1995;Richmond & Rao, 1976;Walsh, 2008). It has been suggested that due to the development of political and economic ties between Australia and some Asian countries, a non-discriminatory immigration policy has been adopted (Cobb-Clark & Connolly, 1997).…”

Section: Selection Of Skilled Migrants In the 1970s And 1980smentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Australian selection policies of the 70s addressed the need for skilled migration associated with the national economic development. Economic migrants with educational credentials and professional qualifications related to the demand occupations in Australia were prioritized (Richmond & Rao, 1976;Walsh, 2008). In 1979, the Australian selection system of skilled migrants started to use numerical weightings for all the factors in the selection system (Ongley, 1995;Walsh, 2008).…”

Section: Selection Of Skilled Migrants In the 1970s And 1980smentioning

confidence: 99%

Licensing and Registration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Canada and Australia: an Explorative Study

Fiodorov¹

2024

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Canadian and Australian licensing and registration policies regarding International Medical Graduates (IMGs) display some noticeable similarities and differences. Both receiving countries verify IMGs educational credentials, medical training, and language proficiency, apply examinations assessing the skills of this group of foreign trained doctors and tend to place IMGs in underserviced areas responding to health care workforce shortages. However, the Australian nationally regulated, focused on specific labour market needs approach to registration allows IMGs to use various pathways to registration. IMGs who enter Australia utilizing different immigration options have to be registered by the designated registration bodies and, in most cases, to have a verified offer of employment before they are granted visas by the immigration authorities. Consequently, they can start practicing medicine right after their arrival. On the contrary, their Canadian counterparts begin their licensing process only after they enter Canada as permanent residents. The urgent need for nationally consistent, pragmatic and flexible approach to licensing of foreign trained doctors in this country is emphasized.

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“…The selection system of skilled migrants in Australia has been formalized since 1973 (Richmond & Rao, 1976;Walsh, 2008). The new admission requirements of potential immigrants did not contain any reference to any racial or ethnic criteria (McDonald, 2015;Ongley, 1995;Richmond & Rao, 1976;Walsh, 2008). It has been suggested that due to the development of political and economic ties between Australia and some Asian countries, a non-discriminatory immigration policy has been adopted (Cobb-Clark & Connolly, 1997).…”

Section: Selection Of Skilled Migrants In the 1970s And 1980smentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Australian selection policies of the 70s addressed the need for skilled migration associated with the national economic development. Economic migrants with educational credentials and professional qualifications related to the demand occupations in Australia were prioritized (Richmond & Rao, 1976;Walsh, 2008). In 1979, the Australian selection system of skilled migrants started to use numerical weightings for all the factors in the selection system (Ongley, 1995;Walsh, 2008).…”

Section: Selection Of Skilled Migrants In the 1970s And 1980smentioning

confidence: 99%

Licensing and Registration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Canada and Australia: an Explorative Study

Fiodorov¹

2024

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Canadian and Australian licensing and registration policies regarding International Medical Graduates (IMGs) display some noticeable similarities and differences. Both receiving countries verify IMGs educational credentials, medical training, and language proficiency, apply examinations assessing the skills of this group of foreign trained doctors and tend to place IMGs in underserviced areas responding to health care workforce shortages. However, the Australian nationally regulated, focused on specific labour market needs approach to registration allows IMGs to use various pathways to registration. IMGs who enter Australia utilizing different immigration options have to be registered by the designated registration bodies and, in most cases, to have a verified offer of employment before they are granted visas by the immigration authorities. Consequently, they can start practicing medicine right after their arrival. On the contrary, their Canadian counterparts begin their licensing process only after they enter Canada as permanent residents. The urgent need for nationally consistent, pragmatic and flexible approach to licensing of foreign trained doctors in this country is emphasized.

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Too Many Doctors? Foreign Medical Graduates and the Debate over Health Care Accessibility in Canada, c.1976–1991

Clarke

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Wright

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2013

Canadian Bulletin of Medical History

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Abstract. Although the last decade has been dominated by commentators lamenting the national shortage of medical practitioners, only a generation ago policy makers concluded that most Canadian provinces had too many doctors. As a consequence, provincial ministers of health placed new restrictions on the licensing of foreign-trained health professionals. Assisted by the 1976 Immigration Act, Canada suddenly witnessed a precipitous drop in the number of newly licensed, foreign-trained doctors, a dramatic reversal of the previous decade which had seen over 10,000 physicians immigrate and take up practice in this country. The 1980s was notable for a variety of health care initiatives aimed at relocating the diminishing number of foreign physicians to underserviced areas, some of which were struck down as contravening the new Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This paper will examine the period of 1976-91, when, after two decades of relatively liberal immigration and licencing policies, Canadian provinces introduced new measures to restrict the scope of practice of incoming foreign-trained doctors and to divert them to underserviced areas. The paper will explore these health policy debates in order to understand better the context of the landmark Barer-Stoddart Report (1991), which concluded that a new interprofessional mix of health care practitioners was needed to reform, and make more accessible, the Canadian health care system. Keywords. Medicare, foreign-trained doctors, Immigration Act 1976, BarerStoddart ReportRésumé. Alors qu'on ne parle plus que de pénurie en médecins à l'échelle nationale, il est bon de rappeler que les décideurs en santé canadiens faisaient

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Recent Developments in Immigration to Canada and Australia: A Comparative Analysis

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Licensing and Registration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Canada and Australia: an Explorative Study

Licensing and Registration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Canada and Australia: an Explorative Study

Licensing and Registration of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in Canada and Australia: an Explorative Study

Too Many Doctors? Foreign Medical Graduates and the Debate over Health Care Accessibility in Canada, c.1976–1991

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