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Convention Refugees and Protected Persons: Access to LARC Services
October 26, 2018
Joint Media Release by CLASSIC and International Women of Saskatoon (IWS)
International Women of Saskatoon (IWS), the organization that manages and operates the Language Assessment and Referral Centre (LARC) Saskatchewan Program, would like to announce that the Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLB-PT) and Canadian Language Benchmarks Literacy Placement Test (CLB-LPT) are now available to Convention Refugees and Protected Persons residing within the province.
IWS has clarified its mandate in an example of collaboration with CLASSIC Inc. (Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc.) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). IWS, through the LARC-Sask. Program, now offers placement testing to Convention Refugees and Protected Persons. This is particularly exciting given the vulnerability of Convention Refugees and Protected Persons who are not yet Permanent Residents. This opportunity to access placement testing means that Protected Persons and Convention Refugees now, after completing the testing, will be able to access free language courses paid for by the Government of Canada thereby making it easier to enter the workforce and more fully participate in life in Canada.
Any Convention Refugees and Protected Persons residing in Saskatoon, Regina or elsewhere in the province, who wish to improve their English-language skills should contact IWS to register for the LARC Program.