Montreal, QCDownload The Board of Directors of the Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) is offering its help to federal, provincial and territorial partners committed to unencumbered movement of workers across the country. Cutting inter-provincial trade barriers means more than lifting tariffs on products between provinces such as alcohol. Canada’s 2017 Free Trade Agreement […]
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ONCAT
This project received support from ONCAT (Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer) for a multi-sectoral Environmental Scan of PLAR/RPL Training in CanadaDownload The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) is excited to announce funding from the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) to investigate training associated with prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR), […]
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CAPLA releases new manual to help address Canada’s skills recognition problem
OTTAWA, Dec. 9, 2015 — The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) is working to help solve the problem that millions of Canadians and newcomers face daily—not having all their skills and competencies recognized by employers, certifying bodies and educational institutions. CAPLA’s new publication Quality Assurance for the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in […]
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Media ReleaseDownload The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) has received funding from the Government of Canada for a project that will explore good practices and develop guidelines for assessors who evaluate the informal learning of internationally trained workers. “Our government is making significant progress to help skilled newcomers find jobs in their fields […]
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