Recent content by lieudefroid

Yes, Canadian laws do not allow abuse of children or family members and strongly support women who want to be independent from "loveless" and/or abusive marriages. It can be difficult for young people (both men and women) from other societies to cope with a sudden exposure to a more equal and...

Hi all, We landed in July in Toronto and settled in North Scarborough, specifically at the Finch Ave and Birchmount intersection. If there is anyone close by, I would like to meet and greet. I am also willing to form a group of like-minded people who can socialise. You can get in touch with...

After some years of living in Canada, I can say that culture and language are the biggest barriers to integrate across "ethnic" communities. Especially for first generation families to get together, overcoming these barriers, is nearly impossible because first generation immigrants still...

I wanted to know if anyone here will be interested in knowing about the history and geography of Canada. Well, since we as immigrants did our schooling elsewhere, we may not have learnt that much of Canadian history/geography and I'm now kinda self-schooling myself on these topics. Of course...

Oh, so is the deadline of 28th Feb 2017 the RRSP contribution deadline for 2016?

I immigrated to Canada in July 2016. I was told by my tax consultant that I am not eligible to invest in RRSP in 2017 (although I had about 50K of earnings in 2016) and there is no need to submit T - 1135 for 2016 tax returns (although I have 100K worth of homeland assets). I believe my tax...

I want to continue posting my experiences on this topic. Social attitudes to a newcomers I'm forced to engage mostly with non-immigrant Canadians in the workplace and made good friends with some. The below are my observations. 1. I have not seen any racism what-so-ever amongst the upper...

Which city are you in, and what are your skills? Please list the technology skills you have and we can connect you to IT contract firms who can deploy you on projects.

In the last 8 months that I'm here, I've observed quite a bit of Canadian social customs and language use, and wanted to share for the benefit of newcomers. Social Customs: Always let ladies to get out/go-in first when getting into elevators, lifts, bus/trains. Ladies first really happens...

Are you part of the Saskatechewan Newcomers whatsapp group? If not, join it and talk to others who landed in 2015 and 16. They've got jobs in Regina and Saskatoon. It is hard but possible.

sorry, not divulging personal info in the forum and I also can't understand how this piece of individual information will be useful to you/anyone since many industries operate in downtown Calgary, mainly Banks, Insurance, Oil firms, Retail and Hotels.. alongwith Public Sector.

I'm not the right person for these questions. Since I don't have experience in recruiting and working with HR here, so I don't know the reputation of UoA. Haskayne is quite well known in Calgary but as I said getting jobs are not easy and 2016 MBAs are still in the market looking for jobs and...

Local knowledge, qualifications, connections and experience are important. Job market is a bit tough now and you might have to compete with locals who have graduated from UoCalgary, Mount Royal etc and might have MBA, CPA, CSC and CFA qualifications. If you can get such qualifications fast, it...

You need a credit card along with India DL. They will swipe the card and it has to work. You can get any VISA or Mastercard issued from India as well, just check with your bank if it can be used abroad and test in any other store outside India to ensure it works.

Airbnb is mostly legit, no problems with it. You can also use calgary specific rentfaster.ca site and search for "short term rentals". Mayfair, Checker are the popular cabs here. Call their numbers and enquire if they give child seats or if you need to book in advance. The downtown areas are...