Media Room

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Media contact:
Beatrice Schriever
Communications Officer
416 325-9511
beatrice.schriever@ontario.ca

The Office in the News

April 12, 2010
FMC program inspires others to take action (Law Times Article)
Giving foreign-trained lawyers a helping hand...
April 5, 2010
Lower hurdles for foreign professions (Toronto Star Editorial)
It makes no sense that an engineer with bachelor and master degrees has to locate a transcript from a high school in Africa before he can be licensed to work in Ontario. Anecdotal cases such as this have long served to illustrate the lengthy, costly and unnecessary difficulties foreign-trained professionals...
February 2, 2010
The Canadian Race Relations Foundation publishes interviews with Manitoba and Ontario fairness commissioners. ( PDF 164 KB)
June 1, 2009
LEAD magazine one-on-one with Hon. Jean Augustine ( PDF 5.35 MB)

March 30, 2010
Fairness Commissioner Releases Recommendations to Improve Professional Licensing
- View: News Release
- Download: Video News Release (including testimonials from applicants)
  (Quicktime H.264, 1280x720, 159MB)
- Commissioner video
August 25, 2009
Ontario's Regulated Professions Improving Their Registration Procedures: Fairness Commissioner issues second annual report.
July 21, 2009
Deadline Extended for Survey about Professional Licences – Ontario's Fairness Commissioner seeks more applicants' experiences.
May 7, 2009
First-Ever Survey About Getting a Professional Licence
July 3, 2008
Access to the Professions Is Improving: Fairness Commissioner Issues First Annual Report
June 28, 2008
Fairness Commissioner Releases First Study on Ontario's Regulated Professions

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