ACLAS: Is this even legal?

[Jonathan Whatley]

I've never heard of a Canadian university asking for a foreign credential evaluation for a US degree and the idea seems outlandish. Canadians are used to recognizing American equivalencies pretty directly, in education and in general. A Canadian university will accept US RA and some Canadian universities would consider US NA.

For example, my mother sent her transcript from the US RA university she started at to a Canadian university. The Canadian university granted transfer credit and she completed her degree in Canada. There was no foreign credential evaluation.

The idea of a Canadian employer using a foreign credential evaluation to assess a US degree is even more outlandish.

Although there's a large market for foreign credential evaluations recognized in Canada, they're all or materially all for credentials from third countries like India.

Very occasionally a Canadian government agency might use an FCE of an American school for something like an occupational license e.g., for teaching or an allied health profession. Do not expect this school to be accepted in those contexts.