Work in Canada – Do You Need a Work Permit? (Audio)

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) define work in a broad sense.  Foreigners may be found to be working without authorisation when they least expect it, such as when volunteering or during a student internship. The Canadian government requires that there be “reasonable grounds to believe” that a foreigner
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Energy Sector Boosting Salary Increases

It pays to work in the oil patch. A recent study by Mercer said the energy sector will continue to boost salary increases in Alberta and across the country in 2015. It said new survey results show the average raise in base pay in Canada is expected to be 3.0 per cent in 2015 –
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Rise of Part-time Work No Reason to Worry

According to one of Canada’s largest banks, the rise in part-time employment is nothing more than a pullback after companies hired more full-time workers than needed coming out of the recession. Economists Randall Bartlett and Derek Burleton wrote in a research note that there’s no reason to be concerned about the recent trend. According to the
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Health, Engineering Degrees Have Best Return

If you want to improve your odds of getting a high-paying job after finishing your education, forget that English degree. A new report by Workopolis suggests that nursing and pharmacy students are most likely to land employment in their field after graduation.  The study, which analyzed more than seven million resumes on the job search
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Temporary Foreign Workers Perform Critical Jobs

Complaints that three McDonald’s franchises in Victoria were favouring foreign workers over domestic aired by the CBC in early April and quickly led to sweeping changes to the work in Canada program, affecting every sector in the country. Rapid response to problems by government is usually worthy of applause, but for a complex program that’s
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Uncovering the Mystery of Statistics Canada’s Disappearing Jobs

Most Canadians by now are aware of the ‘erroneous’ report released by Statistics Canada according to which the economy had created only 200 jobs in the month of July. This week they have come out and acknowledged that it was a big mistake.  Foreigners and international workers who are intending to work in Canada under
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Study in Canada: Work After Graduation

There are many options available to you after you have completed your study in Canada program. Continue your study in Canada experience and pursue advanced degrees Return home with a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate and work experience which is highly respected around the world Get more work experience in Canada Work in Canada after
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Pressured Employers Continue International Recruitment Efforts

Employers in the booming Western provinces are still doing what they can to overcome labour pressures, including looking abroad to find the skilled workers they need to keep pace with the demand. That is the case for Jim Nowakowski, owner of Saskatchewan-based welding company JNE Welding. Though there are skilled welders in Canada, Nowakowski says
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Ottawa IT Sector Promises New Jobs and Continued Growth

Ottawa-based high-technology corporation Cisco has announced a new deal with the provincial government that will produce about 1,700 new jobs in six years. The deal, announced last month, is just one more promising news item for Ottawa’s burgeoning technology industry, which also includes the rapidly growing Shopify Inc. and Solantro Semiconductor Corp. Approximately 90 percent
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Experts Predict Continued Growth for Nova Scotia in 2014

Economic experts are predicting good things for the Nova Scotia economy in 2014. Major offshore projects are just some of the driving economic forces predicted to spur a 13 percent increase in spending within the province. Construction in Halifax will be particularly strong, with $500 million alone being invested in the city’s new convention center.
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