Top Tech Talent Choosing to Live and Work in Canada
BecomeACanadian Staff September 16, 2020 0 COMMENTSVeteran entrepreneur Yung Wu confidently defies outsiders’ attempts to call Canada the new Silicon Valley. The rapid growth in Toronto’s technology community has helped the city surpass San Francisco, or any other US metro area, in creating more tech jobs in the past five years. CBRE, a commercial real estate company, reported the population of […]
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Canada Attracts Global Companies and Top Tech Talent
BecomeACanadian Staff September 8, 2020 0 COMMENTSThe population of programmers, engineers, and software developers grew by over 50 percent between 2012 and 2017 in Canada, according to the commercial real estate firm, CBRE. Over 82,000 tech positions were added over that time frame making it North America’s fastest- growing tech region, surprising many in the United States. US President Donald Trump […]
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Businessman Sponsors 300 Refugees for Relocation to Canada
BecomeACanadian Staff November 23, 2019 0 COMMENTSIn 2015, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist, Jim Estill, watched the terrible horror of the Syrian civil war on the news and wanted to do something to help. As a successful businessman, he promised to help Syrian refugees settle in Canada, being it was the right thing to do. When first seeing this tragedy, the Canadian […]
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Canada is experiencing a major shortage of truck drivers and freight and logistics companies say they aren’t able to fill positions as fast as baby boomers are retiring from the industry. Lexon Transport currently has more trucks than drivers. Marc Decarie, the Ottawa-based transport company director, said, “We’ve got six trucks right now without drivers […]
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Funding Increased to Help Immigrants Find Jobs in Canada
BecomeACanadian Staff January 23, 2019 0 COMMENTSFunding is being increased by the Canadian government for immigrants preparing to relocate to Canada. They are aiming to boost the newcomers’ ability to locate Canadian jobs in their field of expertise and adjust to life with the new pre-arrival settlement services. The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship department is funding 16 organizations with a combined […]
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P.E.I. to Sponsor More Workers for Canadian Permanent Residency
BecomeACanadian Staff January 16, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) government is planning to raise the number of foreign workers allowed in the province for permanent Canadian residency as part of a plan to keep immigration at the highest levels seen in over ten years. A review of the PNP (Provincial Nominee Program) recommends the province look at additional avenues […]
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two months ago, Cyndi Whaley packed her family up and left Toronto and relocated to Victoria. Although Toronto had more job opportunities in the field of environmental science, which she is involved in, the red-hot housing market made it almost impossible for housing to be affordable. Whaley and her husband, Vince Piette, tried two times […]
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Immigrant Living in Canada Gives Back to Home Country
BecomeACanadian Staff August 16, 2018 0 COMMENTSImmigrant quit his job as a scientist to teach full-time at two tutoring schools and also to build a school in Bosaaso, Somalia.
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Students, Scientists, and Startups Are Moving to Canada
BecomeACanadian Staff August 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSStudents, scientists, and startups are relocating to Canada in record numbers. Number of skilled foreign workers applying for employment skyrockets.
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For several years, Quebec was known for the highest unemployment rates in Canada, but the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.
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