multiculturalism

I guess it happened to you many times: Urgent stuff displace the important things. And most of the times, we hardly realize that.

In the migration process this fact  is also true:  every day life, our anxiety to reach dozens of goals in a short time or our concern not only for us but for those who accompany us on this trip, make us  slowly lose sight of some aspects that could help us have a much better integration.

In our today’s post I want to teach you about Albert Ellis and how you can apply some of his concepts for a successful integration in Canada.

[click to continue…]

{ 0 comments }

I am close to my 7th year in Canada. During all these years I was able to witness, read and hear about many different situations related to political correctness and immigrants that I can no longer be surprised but sad about what is going on in this country.

It seems that the past twenty years of heavy immigration have taken the Canadians by surprise. It looks like one day they woke up and found their house full of people, more than they’ve ever realized. As they could not kick them out, they chose “Political Correctness”. Canada preferred to develop a friendly co-habitation: being kind, supportive and inclusive. Now they are finding out that the kind, inclusive and supportive co-habitation strategy of “Political Correctness” ended up in a melting pot where Canadians have lost more than anyone else.

[click to continue…]

{ 5 comments }

Quebec is a special place in the world. They know it here in Canada, is not a secret. Everyone that had the chance once in a lifetime to deal with Quebec and its people will know it.

In a new demonstration of their special abilities in Public Relations, the City of Gatineau published a very controverted guide for newcomers aiming to tell everyone how little respect they have for the immigrants they say to need that much. As I said once in the past, when it comes to immigration there’s a very big difference between what the Province needs and what the people really want.

[click to continue…]

{ 6 comments }

Shubh Diwali!

Since I started this blog last year, the fastest growing community of readers came from India.

Every day, around 20+ readers comes from there (and counting). After Canada and the US is the country providing the most readers every month.

I started to know more about the Indian community not long ago. First steps were the usual: knowing Indian immigrants and eating Indian buffet. Not much more than that, but a lot more of what i sued to know before. After that, you start listening about the Bollywood festival in Toronto and, why not, watching a bit of a Bollywood movie at Omni.

In Argentina, Indian food and culture is a very exotic thing. almost unheard. The popular culture only relates “Indian” to Buda, spicy food and Kama Sutra.

In Canada, I learned more than that. I learned about good food, very hardworking  people and, most of all, really beautiful persons. There are beautiful women as well. Of course.

I am lucky enough to share my workplace with some Indian fellows. “Anub” and Nimisha are two awesome coworkers and I am very proud to know them. They taught me a lot about their culture and are always open to answer to my questions (although I do not feel confident enough to ask questions about Kama Sutra and reincarnation yet)

Today is the celebration of Diwali, a very important day for my Indian readers and good friends. It’s celebrated all over Canada by the large Indian community in the country.

I want to take this opportunity to thank them for their friendship and for following this blog.

Shubh Diwali!

{ 0 comments }

This is the second part of the guest post written by Anubhav about one of the most important decisions of his life: choosing where to live in the world.

[click to continue…]

{ 3 comments }

Since I started this blog around a year ago, the readership that has grown the most over the others is the Indian one. They are in the Top 3 countries that visit The Zieglers Blog every day.

I know the Indian community in Canada is very big and I had the chance to work with many of them since I came to Canada in 2005. Given all this, asked my good work buddy Anubhav to write a post for us telling the readers why, after living in so many different countries in the world, he chose Canada as his final destination.

He wrote a very interesting post that I will share in two posts. Today the first part, after the jump

[click to continue…]

{ 0 comments }

40 Best Employers for New Canadians

Last March, the Canada’s Top 100 Employers website published a list of 40 companies nationwide that won the title of “Best Employers for New Canadians”. According to the informatiojn in the website, some of the characteristics these companies should have to earn such an honour are:

  1. They offer programs specifically designed to assist employees who are recent immigrants to Canada;
  2. they have taken steps to reduce employment barriers for recent immigrants, such as by recognizing foreign educational credentials and experience;
  3. they assist new employees who have foreign professional or educational credentials in getting these qualifications formally recognized in Canada;
  4. they offer “onboarding” programs, such as internal coaching or mentoring, to help new employees who are recent immigrants understand the Canadian workplace; and
  5. their managers and employees receive training in cross-cultural issues or inclusiveness to help create a welcoming and productive environment for employees who are recent immigrants

I admit I did not know about this special designation. It’s encouraging to find that there are companies that really want to take real advantage of all we can offer and show real interest on making our lives easier. Please let me share with you this list of 40 employers as it was featured in this website…

BC Hydro
Bell Aliant Regional Communications, LP
BMO Financial Group
Bombardier Aerospace
Business Development Bank of Canada
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce / CIBC
CH2M HILL Canada Limited
Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc.
Davis + Henderson, Limited Partnership
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Ernst & Young LLP
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Halton, Regional Municipality of
Human Resources & Skills Development Canada
KPMG LLP
Loblaw Companies Limited
Manitoba Lotteries Corporation
McGill University Health Centre, The
Mississauga, Corporation of the City of
Mount Sinai Hospital
Nexen Inc.
Nordion Inc.
Ontario Public Service
Pitney Bowes Canada Inc.
Providence Health Care
Provincial Health Services Authority
Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.
Royal Bank of Canada
Saskatoon Health Region
SaskEnergy Incorporated
St. Michael’s Hospital
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
TD Bank Financial Group
Telus Corporation
TransCanada Corporation
University of Ottawa
Wardrop Engineering Inc.
Xerox Canada Ltd.
York, Regional Municipality of

If I were you, I may be start looking at the careers section of these websites…

Do you work for any of these companies? How is it?

Source

{ 0 comments }