Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 14, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A14 Winnipeg free january a great waste of potential Man y immigrant professionals forced to subsist on welfare by Bill Redekop staff reporter when immigrated from Burma four years his first Job in Winnipeg was packing i was in says a medical his next Job As a homemaker making Beds and cooking didst do much for his ego you feel you Are you feel you Are says there Are immigrants in every profession in circumstances similar to there Are thousands of these says Rob International Centre employment we have extremely qualified people flipping burgers and sweeping there Are 76 foreign trained doctors in Winnipeg not according to a Survey last of 39 Are in minimum wage from Security guards to convenience store 20 Are supported by family and 13 Are on and four Are on unemployment the situation is devastating to their i in the wrong jobs a1 says Darcy manager of a Federal program preparing foreign doctors for doctors Are the elite in no matter what country you talk everyone has told them so to come Here and not be Able to its extraordinarily difficult for its says but Only one immigrant doctor and one refugee doctor Are allowed each year into the postgraduate two year residency program required to obtain a doctors licence in changes Are the province is expected to announce soon that As Many As eight or nine of the doctors will be allowed to practise in Rural and Northern they will first have to undergo a yearlong training program in Canadian As nine of the doctors began studying nursing last including two of the doctors who were on the program at red River Community College runs 18 Chan channelled his frustration into forming the association of foreign medical part lobby part Phil free press out of his eng soon Chan has formed an association for out work foreign support for out work foreign he currently works at a transition House for refugees and immigrants on William and is still hoping for a he would move up North in an instant if a Job became he in some professional associations Are very protectionist and erect barriers to for to become accredited As a the Manitoba dental association charges immigrants just to take an says Bray of the International they give you no they wont even allow immigrants to become dental says there Are a variety of resources available to help most new immigrants and refugees first go through the Federal International which provides Job counselling and coaches them about obtaining the immigrant women employment counselling service performs similar Halina a teacher who immigrated from Ukraine and now works at minimum wage says her Church and the ukrainian Community have Given her immeasurable everything Ive done is for my in the i afford to Send them to daughter Oksana is currently studying computer science at the University of the provincial government offers classes All Over it also has an immigrant credentials where an officer assists newcomers in 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