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Ensuring Fair Registration Practices: A Unique Approach Part 2

Ensuring Fair Registration Practices: A Unique Approach Part 2. Linda Gough Ontario Regulators for Access Consortium. Today’s Presentation: Part 2. Ontario Regulators for Access Consortium Successes Challenges Managing Cultural Differences Project.

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Ensuring Fair Registration Practices: A Unique Approach Part 2

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  1. Ensuring Fair Registration Practices: A Unique Approach Part 2 Linda Gough Ontario Regulators for Access Consortium

  2. Today’s Presentation: Part 2 • Ontario Regulators for Access Consortium • Successes • Challenges • Managing Cultural Differences Project CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  3. Ontario Regulators for Access Consortium Vision: “….a group of Ontario Regulators who recognize the skills of immigrants and the continued enhancement and preservation of standards to ensure public safety for the benefit of all Ontarians” CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  4. Ontario Regulators for Access Consortium (ORAC) Goal: “To engage deliberately and strategically in developing and designing proactive approaches to internationally trained professionals seeking access to self regulated professions in Ontario” CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  5. Early Successes:Access for Solutions Project • Research • Compendium of Promising Practices • Regulators for Access Website • Regulators’ Forums • Guiding Principles for Regulators • Regulators’ Guide for Promoting Access • Business Case for Access CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  6. Ongoing Successes Shared solutions for access based on guiding principles of: • Fairness • Objectivity • Transparency • Accountability • Collaboration CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  7. Ongoing Successes cont…. • Best practices sharing • Partnered projects • Cultural differences project • Reputation and representation • Legislative messaging • Relationship with Ontario government and Office of the Fairness Commissioner CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  8. Challenges • Infrastructure • Website • Interprofessional solutions CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  9. Managing Cultural Differences Project : Identified need • Regulatory bodies fulfilling responsibilities to public, members, applicants for registration, and government in increasingly diverse society • Need for organizations to have a “cultural competence” to meet responsibilities in an transparent, objective, impartial and fair manner CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  10. Managing Cultural Differences Project • Initiated by ORAC as a tool to support individual regulatory bodies in meeting their responsibilities • New legislated requirement under FARPA to train staff and committee members, and report on such training to the Office of the Fairness Commissioner • Funding provided by government of Ontario, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  11. Managing Cultural Differences: Workshop Objectives Participants in the workshop will learn: • How people from other countries/cultures interact with regulatory bodies • Why cultural differences may matter, and may result in miscommunication and misunderstanding • What specific actions staff and committee members can take to work effectively within a culturally diverse environment CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  12. Target Audiences • Staff working with internationally educated individuals (IEIs) seeking licensure or registration in Ontario • Appointed or elected professional members of governing boards or committees, who may deal with issues related to IEIs • Appointed public members of governing boards or committees, who may deal with issues related to IEIs CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  13. Workshop Design • Audience consisted of individuals with different roles within regulatory bodies, to emphasize concept of joint accountability • Interprofessional in design, to allow for sharing of experiences from different professions and to support collaboration • Interactive to facilitate learner engagement CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  14. Results of Workshop • To date, >200 individuals from 27 regulatory bodies have attended • Uptake has been greatest amongst staff, followed by public members • Response has been positive and supportive • Qualitative feedback: more, more, more! CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  15. Outcomes and Next Steps Outcomes: • Follow-up needs identified • Value of the workshop in changing practices within regulatory bodies Next steps: • Sustainability of the project following completion of funding in December 2008 CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  16. Thanks! ORAC Working Group: • Josée Bouchard, Law Society of Upper Canada • Christyna Schillemore, Ontario College of Pharmacists • Jan Robinson, College of Physiotherapists of Ontario • Michael Salvatori, College of Teachers of Ontario Project manager for workshop: • Dr. Zubin Austin, University of Toronto CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

  17. Contact Linda Gough, Registrar College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario lgough@cmrto.org 416-975-4353 CLEAR 2008 Annual Conference Anchorage, Alaska

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