Director of Strategy, Policy and Research
World Education Services (WES), Toronto, ON
Expertise: IEHPs (nursing, foreign credential recognition, physicians, general)
Joan Atlin is Director of Strategy, Policy and Research at World Education Services (WES). In both staff and consulting roles, she has led and executed policy and program initiatives focused on professional licensure and workplace inclusion of internationally educated professionals.
She served for five years as Director of Programs at the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council. Her experience includes developing profession-specific solutions in health and engineering. She has participated in national and provincial level task groups including the National Task Force on IMG Licensure and, recently, on the Bridging and Laddering Task Group of Ontario’s Staffing Supply Accelerator Group for Long Term Care.