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September 3, 2020 – 7:51 am | Comments Off on From Informing to Empowering: Digital Public Participation – P2 – Tools | 2,135 views

The shift to digital engagement is not new. Online public engagement platforms have been utilized for decades to keep stakeholders informed and engage and empower citizens. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of digital tools …

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Our Research

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This section covers our projects, which should give you an idea of how we use different communications tools, solutions, and the results that they bring.

BCITP Net session at the 2nd BC’s Immigrant Professionals Conference

April 10, 2010 – 9:52 am | 2,130 views

As a Chair of BCITP Net, Olga Scherbina facilitated the session about BCITP Net future during the 2nd BC’s Immigrant Professionals Conference in Burnaby. Over 30 people attended the session and provided their inputs and …

Hiring & Retaining Skilled Immigrants A Cultural Competence Toolkit

April 29, 2009 – 10:14 pm | 8,176 views

Olga Shcherbyna as a Research Assistant and Project Manager
The guide is a compendium of resources about culturally competent sourcing, hiring & professional development practices. It is a map for how to recruit and integrate …

Immigrant Talent Integration Project: BC HRMA Member Survey 2007

February 20, 2008 – 10:19 pm | 2,863 views

Conducted by Olga Scherbyna and Patrick Coady, this report represents the results from an online survey of 3,800 BC HRMA members that was conducted between December 04, 2007, and January 02, 2008. The questionnaire, posted …

BC SAP Training Framework

February 23, 2007 – 10:21 pm | 2,038 views

by CBMercer & Associates, Olga Shcherbyna as a Research Assistant
This report explores different approaches to settlement sector training in other jurisdictions and presents the opinions of key informants with expertise in the field. It …

Immigrant Skills Transferability: Culture in Human Capital, 2006

December 20, 2006 – 7:29 pm | 2,235 views

This is one of the first studies Olga Shcherbyna conducted while being a student at UBC. In this essay, she challenges the notion of  ‘must happen’ complete human capital transferability from one country to another. She …