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If you recently moved to Canada and are wondering what the process is for acquiring a boat license, we have provided this quick guide to give you the most important details. The first thing to know is that all Canadian provinces require a boat licence in order to operate a motorized boat. The good news [...]

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Post image for What are the best places to live in Canada? [MoneySense 2012]

Last week MoneySense published a new version of their list of the best places to live in Canada. They took 190 cities, selected some criteria, qualified the cities base in that criteria and then produced a database. As easy as that. Is it a good list? It’s just a list. Criteria can be discussed, the [...]

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Post image for Our conversation with Daisy Wright on Canadian Experience and Job Search

A couple of weeks ago I posted a conversation with Daisy Wright, Award Winning Career Coach and author of the Best Seller “No Canadian Experience, eh?”. The audio was not good at all and I think that spoiled the intentions of many you to learn something from it. I re-recorded the podcast with Daisy last week [...]

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Post image for How to get a good job soon after landing in Canada

When  I arrived to Canada back in 2005 my first job was in a Call Center. And also was the second one. Not what I’d call good jobs, but they were the first to arrive and I took them. I did not care much at the time. I just wanted to stop the leaking from [...]

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Post image for 10 abilities you must develop to be a successful immigrant

As every year, companies ask you to write your performance review. At the same time. you were supposed to focus your efforts following some corporate guidelines. While I was reading a document to prepare my self evaluation document, I realized that there were many things that, as an immigrant, I also needed in my life [...]

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Post image for Because I’ve been in your shoes: Free Webinar “Immigration to Canada”

You may have heard or read about this: by the end of 2001 there was a terrible economic burn out in Argentina. Pretty similar (if not the same) to what is going on now in Greece and Spain. Things were really bad in many senses: political unrest, financial uncertainty, companies closing the doors and leaving [...]

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Published at the Martineau&Mindicanu blog: This morning the Quebec Government announced new procedures to facilitate the recognition of foreign-trained engineers. A new tool will be implemented online so that the engineers selected by Quebec could find out what they need in order to practise their profession in the province, the requirements, the processing times and [...]

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