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U.S.-based Malwarebytes, a maker of anti-virus software, is warning of online attacks targeting immigrants. In its February Threat Intelligence Report, the American company reveals its analysts have uncovered a group, which is typically a nation-state or state-sponsored group, that has been stealthily gaining unauthorized access to computer networks. In the world of cybersecurity, a group
The International Experience Canada program has opened its application process for the 2021 season. Candidates aged 18 to 35 from one of 34 participating countries can apply in one of three categories: Working Holiday International Co-Op (Internship) Young Professionals The IEC program is arranged using pools, with each participating country having an allocation of places
Immigration to Ontario dropped last year to barely over half of what it had been the previous year as COVID-19 closed the Canadian border to non-essential travel and crippled many of the province’s businesses. Economic activity in Canada’s most populous province tanked during the first and second waves of the global pandemic, pushing its GDP
Ottawa is eyeing artificial intelligence developed by researchers at Stanford and Zurich Universities to help immigrants to Canada settle in the places where they are most likely to prosper. “Canada has been working with the Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) to explore the possibility of using … (an) … algorithm to help individual economic immigrants determine
Manitoba immigration has issued 207 Letters of Advice to Apply to skilled workers and international graduates in the latest draw through the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. The February 26 draw saw LAAs issued through three MPNP streams. Skilled Workers in Manitoba received 158 LAAs, with the lowest ranked candidates scoring 457 points. International Education Stream
Canada welcomed 26,600 new permanent residents in January, the most since before the coronavirus crisis began, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said in an interview with Bloomberg. Mendicino added that the number of newcomers admitted up to the middle of February is 40 percent ahead of where Canada needs to be to hit its 2021 target
Saskatchewan immigration has conducted a new Expression of Interest draw, issuing 299 invitations to apply to Express Entry candidates. The February 25 Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program draw targeted candidates with skills and experience in one of 70 National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes, with a minimum score of 70 points. Detailed requirements for the Express Entry
Canada’s francophone province of Quebec has updated – and pared down – its list of jobs in high demand for which employers do not need to demonstrate they have tried to hire and failed to find suitably-qualified Canadians. The Ministry of Immigration, Francisation and Integration (MIFI) updates its list of occupations that qualify for Quebec’s
Tech start-ups in the United Arab Emirates are among the darlings of global investors and that means many of them could expand and gain even greater access to Canadian markets through the Canada’s Start-Up Visa program. “Funding that went into United Arab Emirates (UAE) tech companies grew 10 times in just two years, to US-$1
Canada immigration authorities are moving to abolish the special Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) processing reserved for candidates in the owner/operator category. As of April 1, 2021, owner/operator candidates will be assessment on the same basis as other TFWP applicants. Currently, candidates in the category are exempt from the advertising and recruitment requirements for obtaining
