Resources - immigrant workers

Publications

• Alberta Immigration Progress Report 2011
  A progress report that highlights the achievements and ongoing initiatives taken on by the Government of Alberta that support immigration in Alberta.
• Alberta Settlement Outcomes Survey
  The results of a telephone survey conducted in 2012 of 1,000 recent immigrants to Alberta, with respect to their experiences with settlement services, their information needs, and their economic and social integration outcomes.
• Attracting and Retaining Immigrants: A toolbox of ideas for smaller centres (PDF, 3 MB)
  A tool box for communities wishing to attract and retain newcomers with ideas, resources and best practices from across the country to stimulate discussion, inspiration and insight.
• Government of Alberta Adult EAL/ESL Continuum
  The Continuum is a chart that shows English language learning levels for living and working in Alberta, and shows the language programming in Alberta that deals with those levels.
• Supporting Immigrants and Immigration to Alberta
  The purpose of this document is to outline a strategic framework that will lead to a more coordinated Alberta government policy and program approach to immigrants and immigration.
• Supporting Immigrants and Immigration to Alberta – An Overview
  An overview of the Government of Alberta strategy to increase the number of immigrants to Alberta.

Links

• Be Safe at Work Information for English as a Second Language (ESL) and Low Literacy Audiences
  A four-page newspaper tabloid about how to stay healthy and safe on the job developed for the ESL publication English Express.
• Human Rights in Alberta
  This newspaper-style publication provides easy-to-understand information about Alberta’s human rights law and the services offered by Alberta’s human rights commission.
• Working in Alberta
  A guide for internationally trained and educated immigrants.

Canada-Alberta Agreement

• Canada-Alberta Immigration Agreement
  • Annex A: Provincial Nominees
  • Annex B: Temporary Foreign Workers
  • Annex B: Fact Sheet on Alberta Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot – 18-22 Year Old Dependents of TFWs Working in NOC Level O, A, or B
  • Annex B: Alberta Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot – Open Work Permits for Spouses/Common Law Partners of Long Haul Truck Drivers
  • Annex B: Fact Sheet on Alberta Temporary Foreign Worker Pilot – Extension of Occupation-Specific Pilot
• Hiring and Retaining Foreign Workers in Alberta

Statistics

• Alberta Labour Force Profiles, Immigrants
• Facts and Figures: Immigration Overview 
  Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s annual statistical publication