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The problem I have is these guys don't teach values.

Integrity is missing in some of their business models. I want to do business with people who will tell the truth.

I want to know if there are others in McGill here. What do I do to process my study visa?

If you really got admission to McGill, you shouldn't be asking this kind of question. You should have RESEARCHED this forum in and out and asked very specific questions.

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@ Mazuide this will be my last post on this, I understand you very well but I am posting this to help you understand the intricacies of my point.

Vacancies in Canada hardly request for qualifications more than a Bachelors Degree and when they do, they require some years of experience.

The Economy in Canada now is not at its very best so there are few opportunities for fresh Men.

They need people who can deliver straight away.

Engineer in Training Positions are very scarce now in Canada now, I personally know so many EITs finding it hard to launch their Careers. I am an Engineering Grad. student so I am using this as a case study.

An average Nigerian left Nigeria to come to a Country where they can work,(ALMOST IMMEDIATELY) as opportunities are tight back home.

Canada is not like Nigeria where you can keep chilling and staying motivated while waiting for your dreams to materialize. The cost of living here is very high and it will be best to know your next line of action even before you leave school.

You have a lot of bills to pay, you will most likely try to pick any job after school so that you can survive. The truth is when you start working in the anyhow job while hoping to break through in your career, someone who was able to break in immediately is already 100times more Marketable than you.


After studying the way this systems works, I discovered this:

You can have a great career here with even a high school certificate, you just need to be excellent in a defined career path to have a successful career. You also have to understand what each career path presents you with.

Graduate studies prepares you for a career path in Research, Academia and Management. There are lots of opportunities for this Career Path in Canada, but the opportunities want EXPERIENCED PEOPLE not FRESH PEOPLE.

You as a (FRESH GRADUATE) will not have the best experience after Graduate School if you never had any work experience or transferable skills other than that which the Graduate School Presented you with (QUOTE ME ON THIS)


The best transferable skill that graduate study will provide you with is critical thinking, at best, if you really worked hard, you will be a great critical thinker which is a good.


Industries on the other hand appreciates you for being a critical thinker, but needs those who were trained on getting the job done to match their needs. This job ready skills are not obtained in graduate study.


I will end with this: Mr. A went to pursue a Masters Degree in Oil Refining Technology, without ever working in a Refinery in his life.
He will understand the basis behind refinery operations and how to improve processes which is very good, but he has not idea on real operating conditions, at best, he has predicted this via simulations on steady state and dynamic scenarios.

On the other hand, Mr. B learnt hands-on applied Refinery Operations in College, and must complete required hands-on hours in a Refinery which is mostly a requirement for his graduation, and registration to his professional body.

Who will get job faster??

Mr. B will get the job faster, then go later and do a part-time Masters so that he can be Manager.

Mr. A after will be waiting solely for Engineering in Training Positions to Launch his career.

In Nigeria, those that will handle Dangote's Refinery are in India receiving Hands-On Training and the good news is they are graduates. Dangote knows that it will be a waste of resources if he waits for the Refinery to start operating, then bring in fresh graduates.

This is a Nigerian Entrepreneur that has modelled how the Developed Economy works.

It is all about SKILLS, SKILLS, SKILLS.



Trust me in Canada you need to plug into your career as fast as possible.

Canada's Industrial Labour Market is strictly focused on (Soft-Skills and Hands-On Skills).

If you want a real experience, and a quick way into the labour market in Canada, you most likely will need a focused discipline like a Post Graduate Diploma/Advanced Diploma. Doing a M.A.Sc., M.Eng or Ph.D. here will most likely be more favourable to already working professionals who want to head departments and/or those who want to go into academia. The only exception is if your graduate study is focused on an innovative field, (E.g Aerospace, IT, Nano technology, Material Science)

It will never give you the job ready skills you need. It is mostly research inclined, and in reality, with over the millions of published research journals in Elsevier etc, industries never really get to implement majority.

Canada needs professionals with skills not degrees, this is my observation staying here for close to a year. I know so many Masters and Ph.D. students on their Post-Graduation work permit working in stores, but I do no know anyone who went to obtain a diploma in an innovative career path like IT, Power Technology, Software Development working in a menial job and/or non career related.

I will like to let you know that now, most companies in Canada take Co-op students who already have have certain skills that they can transfer, and are not necessarily looking for Co-op students to train; this is the bitter truth. So many don't get Co-op because they have no transferable industrial skill. (This tells you that industries want what you can offer)

Please and please, if you don't have work experience, are not coming in for an innovative research, and don't want a career in academia, don't be caught up in the Graduate Study thingy.

Invest in your self, and the best way is through Skills.

I wish I knew this earlier, I want this to be an eye opener for everyone coming here.

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