"That will remain. That never ends," said Thirukkumaran.
Thirukkumaran, who came to Canada in 2012 and is now a permanent resident, says both were accepted by Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, east of Toronto — where he graduated with a bachelor of education in 2020— and by York University, where he is working toward a master of science degree.
"Every educator … who wants to help children and students deserves a place in the system," said Ferenczy, who wrote a letter to the OCT in support of Thirukkumaran's certification.Thirukkumaran works at West Hill Collegiate Institute in Scarborough. While he started teaching last spring, he says he only started getting paid in September after he got his certificate.
"They face adverse-effect discrimination in the way that the college requests information, upholds a credential, interprets academic experience. And so those are areas that need to continue to be worked on," she said.West Hill Collegiate Institute principal Trevor Bullen, the principal at West Hill Collegiate Institute, says the board brought Thirukkumaran on as a long-time occasional math teacher as soon as he was certified.
My cousin has masters degree in child psych and edu, her husband is mech. engineer. Came to Canada, treated like crap, working sh** jobs no one else wanted. Left, living in luxury now, where education and good character are highly valued and respected.
There is both an inferiority + superiority complex, here. De-skilling & bullying an individual with qualif. = way of pushing out anyone who manages to make it into their territory. Lived it and met a Dr. driving truck after bullied out of hosp system. 😢
So the cost was just as much as a teaching degree...
One wonders why he was rejected in the first place.
My son had a teacher assistant from India in kindergarten he picked up her accent it took him years to get out of that it’s a terrible idea the same thing happened with my daughter in high school she didn’t understand her math teacher I complained to the school they removed him
Does he speak clear understandable English, that can be a big problem.
Can the students understand a word he's saying?
How is his English and/or French? I always struggled having teachers I couldn't understand.
The Ontario College of Teachers pulled the same shit with my wife (an American). Multiple employees even said, “Call back tomorrow and see if someone else will accept these documents”. She had two state certifications, two specialists, and 10 years of experience at top schools.
Welcome home 🇨🇦👍🧢
They’re OK with certain qualified immigrants coming here to drive taxis or work in warehouses.
Sounds like we should reduce the size of bureaucracy and government.
Oh I am sure he will get that 10K back and then some.
Should Canadians born here not need to pay tens of thousands of dollars for education and sit in substitute teacher purgatory for years?
Canada needs to grow up. Incredible attitude bureaucracy
Thanks Doug Ford and Ford Nation!