Organizations Offering Mentorship Programs in Canada
If you’re looking to reap the many benefits of mentorship, whether as a mentor or mentee, one of the easiest way is to join a mentorship program that has been structured by an organization rather than to personally seek out a mentor for yourself. Here’s a curated list of organizations offering mentorship programs across Canada…
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Limited Resources Available to International Students Despite Funding Education in Canada
According to Statistics Canada, international undergraduate students will pay 429 per cent more in tuition than domestic students in 2023. Postgraduate international students will also pay 184 per cent more for their studies than their domestic peers. The Canadian Federation of Students’ factsheet on international student tuition fees notes the increases are differential fees that post-secondary institutions use to…
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Balancing School and Work Life as a Full-Time Student
How important is finding a balance between work and school? And how many students silently struggle with too many obligations? While some young people can focus solely on their studies without worrying about finances, not all have that option. Moreover, international students need help with distinctive obstacles that domestic students do not experience.
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Seeking Clarity, Support and Justice After a Winnipeg Police Dog Attacks a School Boy
On December 14, 2022, David Aloba, a five-year-old student of Samuel Burland School in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was bitten by a police dog when the Canine Division of the Winnipeg Police Department Visited his school. The boy was taken to the hospital, where he received multiple stitches to his lower lips from a plastic surgeon. Winnipeg…
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Living to Your Full Potential Through Goal Setting
While the future may be full of possibilities, knowing where to start on the path from your current life to the one you envision for yourself can be challenging; this is where goal setting is the most useful. Setting a goal gives you something specific to work towards, which can also help you stay motivated…
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Canada Modernizes Immigration with Digitized Application Process
Between September and October 2022, Canada began to fully digitalize applications for most permanent immigration programs. For programs with a digitized application process, IRCC will only accept online applications.
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Education Programs by CBE to Integrate Newcomers, Students and Families in Calgary
Migrating to a new country is a stressful and anxiety-ridden process, but grown-ups are expected to be able to deal with the stress. What about young immigrants, though? How do we prepare a child, already in a very vulnerable position, for life in a country where the language and culture may be quite different and…
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The End of the Rainbow Foundation Welcomes LGBTQ+ Newcomers to Calgary
Among the over one million refugees in Canada are individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+), often fleeing an unwelcoming or dangerous country. The last person criminally charged for homosexual practices in Canada was Everett Klippert in 1967. Since 2005, all sexual and gender identifications and same-sex marriages have been recognized…
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Canada Increases Candidate Pool for International Experience Program
In yet another bid to manage the current labour shortage, Canada has increased the applicant pool of its International Experience Canada (IEC) program by 20 per cent. When the program reopens on January 9, 2023, 15,000 more candidates can add their profiles to the applicant pool.
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Invisible Immigrants
I moved to Canada in 1980, at six years old, to Richmond, BC, 7294 kilometres away from my birthplace of Ormskirk, England, just outside of the port city of Liverpool. My family only had a few work friends for support. Little Tom, sounding like an English version of Mickey Mouse, began navigating a new country…
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Canada Safeguards Temporary Foreign Workers with New Amendments
Although temporary foreign workers have the same rights and protections as workers who are Canadian citizens and permanent residents, there have been allegations of forced labour, unsafe working conditions, and lesser wages experienced by TFWs. In September this year, the Canadian government made a series of amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Temporary…
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Should You Contact Recruiters on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn has become a favourite job board for many recruiters, who favour LinkedIn because of the opportunity to view the profiles of job applicants. When it is enabled, job applicants also have the chance to see the recruiter behind a vacancy and potentially send them a message on LinkedIn to pitch themselves for vacant roles.…
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Renting a Home as a Newcomer
Before worrying about finding a job in Canada, it is important to have a roof over your head once you land. While you may be able to switch jobs, that’s not the case with a house. Here are tips to help you find the right home before landing or post-landing.
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Eight Things Immigrants Dislike About Canada
There are many things immigrants love in and about Canada. After all, they chose Canada as their new home despite many contending options. However, a few things are on the list of reasons why immigrants sometimes wonder what they are doing in Canada. Immigrant Muse asked immigrants what they do not like about Canada and…
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The Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association – Serving Newcomer Women in Calgary
Founded in 1982, CIWA offers various services to newcomer women and girls in Canada, especially helping them understand Canadian culture’s subtleties, whether social, business, or economic. CIWA’s services range from language and literacy programs to entrepreneurship training.
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What Mentorship Really Teaches You
“I was 100 per cent against mentoring before. I didn’t believe in it at all,” admits Jean Agenor, founder and CEO of Waxdale Ecosystem. The reason was simple: he was uncertain whether people’s experiences were relatable. What does Jean think about mentorship now?
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