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Wednesday, April 07, 2004

Is Canada becoming a land of wasted intellect?

By: Peter de Jager
(02 Apr 2004)

Step into a taxi in a major Canadian city, and there’s a good chance the person behind the wheel has a higher level of education than you do. I’ve been driven around by doctors, engineers, lawyers and programmers. Even though they come from diverse backgrounds, I’ve noticed two common threads in their tragic stories.

The first, and the most difficult to overcome from a co-ordination perspective, is that their degrees and certificates of learning aren’t recognized by Canadian institutions. That makes some sense ... but surely there’s a way to fast track an established, credentialed practitioner of any profession into the Canadian mainstream, even if at a less than ideal position? Or do we really believe our interests, especially our nationwide skills shortage, are best served by having doctors and engineers driving taxis? 

*ComputerWorld Canada

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