Employment Discrimination Among Immigrant Skilled Workers In Canada

This paper explores how employment discrimination happens among Immigrant Skilled Workers in Canada, their integration into the Canadian system and culture, and the Point Based Assessment (PBA) system that determines their eligibility to immigrate to Canada, as a Permanent Resident. It also examines the issues and challenges this population experience from Canadian employers after their arrival, which includes employers questioning their credentials achieved in foreign countries different from Canada, language barriers, lack of Canadian job experience and not enough education/training. It further illustrates the populations and ethnicity that the issues and challenges mostly affects, such as the lone-parent families or two parent families with