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The employment centre in Saskatoon focuses on people who have some challenges with English, helping them find a job. yxe

I was working for another organization as an employment coordinator and I noticed the pattern where all the newcomers that had a language barrier would be turned away. They would say “we can’t assist you because of your language level. We only assist people that are level 5 and above for language.” So I always used to speak with my supervisor to say, hey, we are turning away so many people here, we can help them with whatever experience they have from their home country.

approach interviews in a sensitive manner and make it work for participants. Without these open-minded employers, it would be tough to place anyone with a language barrier in employment.Article contentI was operating from home. This was just a side thing that I was doing while I had another job. When my grant was approved, I had to have space because the grant was also for capacity-building. So I was able to purchase the equipment that’s needed for us to do this type of work.

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