Business Meetings in Canada Do’s and Don’ts So, you got the job Congratulations, it took a lot, but you earned it! You are now settling into your new role within the first couple of weeks, learning your co-workers’ names and …
Don’t miss out on training and job opportunities! Get your credentials assessed. Imagine you’ve researched and practiced all week for an interview for a job in your field and you felt your interview went very well! However, you discover that …
When I first came to Canada, everyone was talking about volunteering. Mostly all my friends recommended me to volunteer. But why? I didn’t understand what was so important about it. I used to do a lot of volunteering back home …
As a newcomer, you chose Canada for a fresh start for your family, but that fresh start comes with challenges. You may be feeling isolated, disconnected from your new community, bored and perhaps even stuck with no computer literacy or …
As a new immigrant to Canada around 10 years ago, I still remember my family’s very first winter. A lot of newcomers have this memory! For those of us who arrived in Canada in the winter, our first memory was …
A typical day in Canada, you might have already noticed, requires you to know many , many idioms! Idioms are expressions that are often not necessarily logical or even connected to the words that make them. They have to be …
Katarzyna moved to Canada from Poland with her husband and their children. Her husband works for a well-known international company that offered him a career opportunity in Canada. They considered the move to Canada as a good time for their …