By 2005, 19.2% of the Canadian population was foreign-born, the world's highest proportion following Australia (24.6%). As early as the 2001 Census, the nation included 3,374,057 degree-qualified2 immigrants and 3,801,118 with post-secondary diplomas or certificates. Between 1996 and 2001, newly...

On September 22-23 2008, UNESCO convened an Expert Group Meeting in Paris on Migration and Education – Quality Assurance and Mutual Recognition of Qualifications. The aim of this meeting was to bring together senior representatives from UNESCO, WHO, IOM, UNCTAD, the Commonwealth Secretariat,...

Circular and return migration are the globally endorsed preferred models for health workforce mobility. Australia is the sole country to date to record emigration as well as immigration flows, including data permitting analysis of migration dynamics and scale in specific vocational fields....

Striking demographic shifts are underway in developed nations, where fertility decline is fuelling competition for high-skilled migrants. According to the Chief Economist of the OECD, ‘Over the next couple of decades nothing will impact on (member) economies more profoundly than demographic...

Australia, Canada and New Zealand are global competitors and collaborators in relation to skilled migration. In the recent decade they have operated large permanent migration programs, sharing two priority goals: nation-building and economic growth. In terms of policy, their primary focus is on...

Canada and Australia are global exemplars of nation-building through government planned and administered economic, family and humanitarian migration programs. By 2005 Australia included the world’s highest percentage of foreign-born (24.6% of the population, with over 240 nationalities)...