Hiring Foreign Workers and Misc Links

From the Calgary Economic Development Site:

Temporary Foreign Workers

• Step 1 - Labour Market Opinion In most cases, employers will likely need to work with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) to get confirmation of the job offer
  http://www.sdc.gc.ca/asp/gateway.asp...
• Step 2 - After obtaining a labour market opinion, the employee needs to apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada for work permit.
  http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/index.html

Provincial Nominee Program

• An employer-driven immigration program operated by the Government of Alberta
  http://www.alberta-canada.com/pnp/index.cfm

NAFTA

• Temporary workers in Canada under NAFTA
  http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/you-asked/section19.html
• Cross-border movement of business persons within Mexico, USA and Canada
  http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/cross-en.asp

International Qualifications Assessment Service
IQAS provides an advisory educational assessment service which compares educational qualifications from other countries to provincial educational standards
http://www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/iqas/iqas.asp

English as a Second Language

• SAIT Polytechnic - English Language Foundations (ELF)
  http://www.sait.ab.ca/pages/cometosait/internationalstudents/
  englishlanguagefoundations/index.shtml
• University of Calgary - English Language Program
  http://www.cted.ucalgary.ca/esl/
• Mount Royal College - English in the workplace
  http://conted.mtroyal.ca/languages/lang_fteng.shtml
• Bow Valley College - ESL programs
  http://www.bowvalleycollege.ca/courses_programs/esl/