CESBA REGIONAL MEETING Northern Region Sudbury May 10, 2016 1
Setting the Context - MCIIT Language Training Program. 2014/15 School Year 1% Permanent Residents By Board By multiple streams (FSL/ESL/CL) 66,450 65,704 10% 27% 2% 60% Convention Refugees Refugee Claimants Naturalized Canadian Citizens Others Total unique learners by School Board, and Stream Taking ESL/FSL courses Provincial Overview Unique Learners by Immigrant Status Type 2
Opportunities to Expand Less than 2% of immigrants are being served by the provincial Ontario Adult Non-Credit Language Training Program Location # of Immigrants % of eligible immigrants currently served Central 2,678,163 1.8% East 246,095 3.1% North 30,905 0.3% West 537,385 1.9% Toronto 1,252,215 2.1% TOTAL: 3,492,548 2% Source: Available CMA profiles (2006 Census, 2011 National Household Survey) 3 3
Coverage Across Ontario Areas in white represent regions where ESL/FSL programs are no longer offered by any school boards. They include: Thunder Bay Timmins Sudbury Owen Sound Peterborough What should we do to ensure MCIIT eligible learners have access? 4
ESL/FSL Programming Northern Ontario CLARS assessment & referral services: Thunder Bay Multicultural Association providing both in person and remote assessments to access language training School Board (2015/16 SY) Program Region Algoma DSB ESL Sault Ste. Marie Near North DSB ESL North Bay Conseil Publique du Nord Est FSL Timmins Had as many as 7 school boards delivering ESL or FSL in the Northern region over last 10 years Provided over $2M in grant funding for ESL / FSL in the Northern region over the past 10 years Total ADE level was 65.74 in 2006/07 Current ADE level (estimates) is 45.77 in 2015/16 What can we do to ensure that the Northern region immigrant needs for Language Training are being met? 5
The MCIIT Updates. 1. Ongoing work related to Ontario s Immigration Strategy Program Evaluation Final Report almost ready Recommendations will inform program direction and development of next chapter of Ontario s Language Strategy Some components already underway. Introduction of new SLT Stream and approach in 2015/16 Program priority area in developing online (e-learning) resources Immigration Programs 2015 CFP results 2. Addressing ESL/FSL waitlists Good news / Thank You for the work done Looking at developing waitlist guidelines, working closely with IRCC Making room for incoming Syrian refugees 6
3. PBLA Implementation The MCIIT Updates. Last cohort training complete, now implementing in their classrooms Funding to support PBLA Leads and Classroom Instructors Additional tools being developed in HARTs Sustainable solution moving forward Recent meeting with unions and program administrators 4. Ontario Curriculum Guidelines and Quartz Implementation Developing launch plans for Spring 2016 5. MCIIT Instructor Standards Streamlined MCIIT PLAR through TESL Ontario Grand-parented instructors / exception clause 6. Course descriptions / improvements 7
The MCIIT Updates. 7. Preparing for the Syrian Refugee cohort Need for Literacy Level, CLB1, CLB 2 courses Impact on other courses / enrolment Gaps and what we can do 8. Data from Incoming Syrian Refugees Over 10,500 arrived in Ontario by end of February 2016 (more have been arriving on commercial flights since March 2016) 48.23% of the 10,500 are adults over 18 Significant difference in profile between GARs and PSRs Nearly 3,700 assessed as of end of March, representing between 60 to 70% of incoming adults (see breakdown in following slides) Will be tracking very closely access to programs and services including language training 8
The MCIIT Updates. Refugee Destination by Province 13% AB 43% 9% 3% BC MB 5% NB 1% 3% NL NS PEI 4% 18% 1% QC SK 0% YT ONTARIO The above chart represents the total number of Syrian refugees arrived in Canada from government-flights between December 10 th and February 29 th, 2016; additional Syrian refugees from commercial flights since November 2015 bring the total over 25,000 in Canada as of the end of February 2016. 9
The MCIIT Updates. Refugee Destinations in Ontario 11% 6% 5% 5% GTA (outside of Toronto) Toronto 40% Hamilton 14% London 10% 9% Ottawa Waterloo Region Windsor Other The above chart represents the total number (over 10,000) of Syrian refugees arrived in Ontario from government-flights between December 10 th and February 29 th, 2016. The Other category includes all of the communities across Ontario with less than 2% of the total number of refugees arrived. 10
The MCIIT Updates. Syrian Refugee Breakdown by Status - Ontario 4% 9% 5% 25% GAR Adults 20% GAR Children PSR Adults PSR Children 37% BVOR Adults BVOR Children Category Total Total % GAR Adults 2,500 24.56% GAR Children 3,767 37.01% GAR Total 6,267 61.57% PSR Adults 2,011 19.76% PSR Children 971 9.54% PSR Total 2,982 29.30% BVOR Adults 398 3.91% BVOR Children 532 5.23% BVOR Total 930 9.14% Overall Total 10,179 100% 11
2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 The MCIIT Updates. Syrian Refugee Breakdown by Age - Ontario GAR PSR BVOR Category Syrian Refugee Breakdown by Family Size - Ontario 0 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 17 18 to 24 25 to 59 60+ 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 GAR PSR BVOR Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9+ 12
The MCIIT Updates. Education Level - GAR 2% 15% None 46% 37% Elementary (1-8) Secondary (9-12) Education Level - PSR 0.8% 16% None 49% Elementary (1-8) 35% Secondary (9-12) Education Level - BVOR 20% 7% None 27% 46% Elementary (1-8) Secondary (9-12) The above two charts and following charts in the subsequent slides represents over 2,300 Syrian refugees assessed for their English or French language skills between November 2015 and February 2016 at CLARS Centres across in Ontario 13
The MCIIT Updates. 1000 Top 3 Languages Spoken by Assessed Refugees 800 600 400 200 0 GAR PSR BVOR Arabic Armenian Assyrian Language GAR PSR BVOR ACHOLI 0.08% ARABIC 99.75% 56.19% 98.33% ARMENIAN 0.12% 39.71% 1.00% ASSYRIAN 0.12% 3.62% KURDISH 0.08% 0.67% PERSIAN/FARSI 0.24% TURKISH 0.08% 14
The MCIIT Updates. CLB Level at Assessment 600 500 400 0 1 300 2 3 200 4 5 100 0 6 7 8 Listening Speaking Reading Writing Listening Speaking Reading Writing Listening Speaking Reading Writing GAR PSR BVOR Category 15
Ontario s Provincial Program Eligibility To be eligible for ESL or FSL training, a learner must be an adult immigrant currently residing in Ontario: 1. Whose first language is not English; 2. Who is eighteen years old or has completed his/her high school diploma and is not a day school pupil enrolled in any publicly supported day school in Ontario; and 3. (a) Who is a naturalized Canadian citizen, permanent resident, Convention refugee or a refugee claimant; or (b) Who is a provincial nominee, or their dependant, who has been approved through the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program but has not yet been processed to receive permanent resident status; or (c) Who is a temporary foreign worker, or their dependant, who has been approved through the Canadian Experience Class but has not yet been processed to receive permanent resident status; or (d) Who is approved as a foreign domestic worker admitted under the Live-In Caregiver program. 16
THANK YOU! For additional comments / questions, please contact Mourad Mardikian at: LTU@Ontario.ca 416.327.4331 17