Turn on more accessible mode
Turn off more accessible mode
Sign In
Skip to Content
It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.
Français
English
About
Currently selected
About the Commissioner
Our Four Principles
Fair Access in the News
FAQ's
Mandate
History of the Office
Media Room
Agency Accountability
Accessibility
Open Data
Compliance
Risk-informed Compliance Framework and Policy
Legislated Obligations and Best Practices Guide - Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades
Legislated Obligations and Best Practices Guide - Health Regulatory Colleges
Frequently Asked Questions
Research
OFC Learning Day
Strategy for Continuous Improvement
Academic Requirements
Canadian Work Experience
Quick Facts
Assessment Report (2013 - 2014)
Professions and Trades
Resources
For Regulators
For Applicants
Publications
OFC Annual Reports
OFC Business Plans
OFC Newsletters
Infographics
OFC Glossary
Research Reports
Guidelines
English
OFC
>
English
>
Fair Access in the News
Fair Access in the News
Page Content
A digest of news, articles, research and reports about access to the regulated professions…
July 21, 2016
Article in Toronto Star
Jean Augustine, Ontario's fairness commissioner, retires at 77
September 10, 2014
Article on immigration.ca
Foreign medical grad finds Ontario system tough to crack...
September 01, 2014
Article in Toronto Star
Foreign medical grad finds Ontario system tough to crack...
August 27, 2014
Article in Toronto Star
Prospects not entirely rosy for foreign-trained MDs, says fairness commissioner...
July 27, 2014
Opinion article by Jean Augustine in Toronto Star
Re: Professions to get quicker foreign credentials approval...
January 17, 2013
Webinar offered by the Conference Board of Canada
"A Fair Way to Go" - a webinar discussing...
January 17, 2013
Blog of Canadian Lawyer and Law Times
Regulated professions still have a way to go...
November 2012
'International Credentials: Asset or Liability?'
(PDF
)
Hon. Jean Augustine gives a lecture at the University of Toronto on November 26, 2012
October 23, 2012
Article on Canadian Newcomer
From the back of the Grand York Ballroom at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel in the Town of Richmond Hill, the audience appeared significantly larger...
October, 2010
Interview on Professionally Speaking TV
Executive Director of the OFC, Nuzhat Jafri, joins...
July 16, 2012
Article in the newsletter of The American Immigrant Policy Portal
May 31, 2012
Briefing for members of the Ontario Legislature, Queen’s Park, Toronto.
Fall 2011
Article in Canadian Diversity magazine
(PDF
)
'Working Toward Fair Access in the Regulated Professions' In many regulated professions in Ontario, licensure is a precursor to employment...
June 2011
Profile in Canadian Immigrant magazine
Top 25 Canadian Immigrants: This year’s winners are inspiring a better Canada...
April 5, 2010
Lower hurdles for foreign professions (Toronto Star editorial)
June 1, 2009
LEAD magazine one-on-one with Hon. Jean Augustine
(PDF
)
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...
Additional Page Content
Top ›
