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I have no idea.

tommy589:
Thanks. I meant post RN diploma admission in Canada

I don't know. You should find the schools that offer the program and check for the admission requirements. I would expect a degree to be completed before being admitted for PGD.

tommy589:
Hello,i want to ask for someone.Is PGD in mental health possible in Canada for someone who recently completed 3 years diploma in a Nigerian Nursing school certified as an RN. What is the career opportunity like in Canada after completing her course

The only Nigerian welder I know went through the process after becoming a PR. I've never met an international student who lived the experience.

Johnbosco1:
I appreciate your response and I can say you are mostly correct based on my research. However, I'm not worried about getting him into a Welding program in AB. I just want to understand what the challenges are in the eyes of a Naija international student who's lived that experience.

Based on the info I have gathered:
==> Study welding at SAIT
==> Graduate and apply for a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP)
==> Use your SAIT training to:
====>Get hired faster
====>Convince an employer to sponsor you
==>Register apprenticeship => complete hours => write exams => become certified

Who's studying in SAIT/NAIT, please shout it out? Thanks

PP should have quit politics when he lost, but it appears the members of the party still want him as a leader. As I said, he should continue to make noise and do his job as an opposition very well. If only the main media will take the government to account as well.

ednut1:
lol this is funny. They dont have power to make positive impact but the other party is implementing their ideas and suggestions. Unfortunately PP refused to do the honourable thing when he lost. Should have stepped down as conservative leader 😆

For an international student to get into welding in Alberta is very difficult if not impossible. AI summarizes the process below:

To become a welder in Alberta, you must complete a three-year apprenticeship program combining 1,560 hours of on-the-job training and 8 weeks of technical classroom instruction annually. You need a high school diploma (or to pass entrance exams), a sponsor/employer, and registration through Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training to earn your Journeyperson Certificate and optional Red Seal.

Steps to Become a Welder in Alberta
Meet Prerequisites: High school graduation (diploma, with courses like Math 20-3, English 20-2, and Science 10) is typically required. If you lack these, you can take the AIT Trade Entrance Exam.

Find a Sponsor (Apprenticeship): You must be employed by a company willing to sponsor you, which involves registering your training agreement with Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT).

Complete Technical Training: Over three years, you will complete 8 weeks of schooling per year at institutions such as SAIT, Red Deer Polytechnic, or Olds College.

On-the-Job Experience: You must complete 1,560 hours of paid, supervised on-the-job training each year.

Certification: After completing all three periods, you will receive an Alberta Journeyperson Certificate.

Red Seal Exam: To gain the interprovincial Red Seal endorsement, which allows you to work anywhere in Canada, you can write the exam in your final period.

Alternative Pathways
Pre-Employment Programs: If you cannot find a sponsor immediately, you can enroll in a pre-employment welding program at a college to gain foundational skills and potentially get credit for the first period of apprenticeship.

Trade Qualifier (Experienced Welders): If you have over 3 years (4,950+ hours) of experience but no certification, you may apply to challenge the certification exam through the Trade secrets Trade Qualifier program.

Johnbosco1:
Hey guys, How are y'all doing? Well I'm back again to solicit y'all experience.

I have been researching on colleges in Alberta that offer skill trade programs particularly Welding so my cousin can start sending out applications.

I have a few buddies living in Alberta but they don't know Jackshit about skill trades.

My questions:
-- Is Welding a good choice to study in Alberta as an international student?
-- What's the PR pathway like, and how easy can one score a job while and after studying?
-- Which colleges/cities are best for international students?

So, everyone giving good advice is a scammer. I don't understand. I'm not holding any brief for him but your logic is very interesting. Provide evidence that the guy is a scammer and the admin of the group can ban him.

AbelAbdul:
This is how scammers do na. All na format

I'm sure everyone wants to know. The guy gives good advice most time either through AI or whatever. He keeps asking for evidence to show that he is a scammer.

justwise:
Do you have evidence of anyone he scammed? I have been reading this here for sometime now and i seriously want to know where this is coming from.

It is not funny at all. The opposition is just doing its job. It shows they don't have to be in power to make positive impacts. I want them to keep making noise. Their noise led to the end of consumer carbon tax, led to the suspension of excise tax on fuel. I'm enjoying the benefits of their noise.

ednut1:
is it not funny that most of the initiatives passed by the Carney government have been conservative ideas or complaints by Canadians on social media. 😆

I should say it depends on the part of the city that you visit. There are ugly places in Montreal, Halifax and Calgary. Not sure of Toronto and Ottawa. I have only been to the attractive part of those 2 cities.

fastcars0000:
Well, I visited Montreal, Toronto, Halifax, Calgary and Ottawa .. Ha ha ha ha, I wish I know the somany ugly places, would have loved to see them.

It is very good that you did not abuse the condition of your visa. If everyone is doing this, getting a visa won't be a problem for most people. Please, where did you visit in Canada? Canada is very big and there are so many ugly places. Your experience is based on the part of the country that you visit.

fastcars0000:
I remember some time ago I was at this forum venting when I got refused multiple times even when my child is a Canadian citizen and wife too. I got to realize that Canada now is different. You have to actually show you are genuinely established, possibly show years of work documents and ten times more of documents of things that will make you return.
They told me they don't believe I will return back . But today I have been going to Canada and returning ...
Canada is actually a great country to experience.
Just try and provide as much document as possible.
Even at the point of departure they will still keep you aside and call whoever that invited you to confirm.
That country is tough !
I hope they loosen up.
Canada is truly beautiful !!!
Good Luck everyone..

If this is true, it is a good development. It will reduce the travelling time a whole lot.

oyeb15:
One can go to Lagos now without having to enter Ibadan again. You just navigate these express road round Ibadan.

Based on what I have learnt, having a masters degree in Engineering does not increase the chance of getting an Engineering job. Going the skilled trade work experience route may be better. Again network with people in your field that will help you a whole lot.

chimzyblack:
The Professional Engineer License is the end goal of all of this effort, One of the requirements is a 48 Months work Experience as an Engineer, which I do not have, as I only have 24Months and also, a Master degree in a related Engineering program accounts for additional 12Months of work experience leaving me needing 12 more months of work experience before I can qualify to apply for the certification. And I believe that after attaining a master degree in Canada i could easily get the extra needed 12Months of experience.

But i read somewhere that the skilled trade work experience could also count towards the 48Months experience if I performed "Engineering Intern" level duties under the supervision of a licensed P.Eng who can vouch for my technical competency. This is one of the reasons why I am considering the red seal exam; as it offers me the ability to earn while still gaining experience for the P.Eng license.

You can fly directly to Halifax. You don't need to go to Toronto or Montreal first. Flying directly to Halifax will reduce your flying time a lot.

DeevaB:
Good morning… I will be starting college in Halifax this March and I am currently booking my flight. I found a route from Lagos to London,UK and then directly to Halifax.

Can I book this flight and receive my study permit at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, or do I need to arrive first in Toronto or Montreal to get my study permit?

Thank you.

Welcome to Canada! I hope the land is good to you.

I’m not an expert in engineering careers, but here’s two kobo. When you arrive, try not to rush things. With your PR, you’re free to live and work in any province.

From what I last learned while helping someone in Alberta, you would still need an employer to sponsor your apprenticeship and provide the required on‑the‑job training. Because you already have a degree, you might be able to skip some of the in‑class training, but I don’t believe you can challenge the Red Seal exam until your apprenticeship is completed. Again, this is based on my limited understanding.

I’m curious—why are you considering a master’s program? Is it mainly to gain more knowledge, or to boost your chances of getting a job? If the goal is employment, I’m not sure a master’s degree would significantly improve your prospects in engineering. The ultimate goal as an Engineer would be to obtain you P.Eng. designation, which should open doors of opportunities for you.

My advise to people when they arrive in Canada is to start applying for all any job you believe you are qualified for. Network with people in your field. They will guide you on the steps to take. Do not give up. If you have to do a low skilled job, please don't give up on your dream.

chimzyblack:
I need Ideas, I got PR and would be landing in Ontario in June, I am an Electrical Electronic Engineer by profession (2years experience in field work), I also have Certification in Information Technology. Even though the last 3 years, I have been working as an Investigation officer with a Federal government agency. My initial plan was to go back to school once I land to earn a masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. But that plan has been placed on hold due to low finance.
I am thinking of what to do to be able to get a job as soon as possible when I land, I am thinking of challenging the RedSeal certificate Exam which will enable me practice as a tradesman in Construction Electrician. Then go back to school for my masters within 1 year.
I really need ideas on how to navigate this as a new immigrant.

Please, do not mistake the smiling. A lot of them are on depression medications. Something we don't have to deal with in Nigeria despite all of our issues. My point is that them smiling does not mean they are happy.

fastcars0000:
Yes the rejection has been high, I was among those who were rejected 3 times..
How time flies, I remember coming to this forum to vent my anger despite submitting a lot of documents.
How ever I never gave up..
I got the visa in my 4th attempt and now I'm in Canada with my family.
So don't give up, just make sure you submit overwhelming credible documents showing reason to make you return back.
I have couple of weeks more and I will return back ..
Again Canada is really a beautiful and amazing country.. People are happy here and always smiling..

How many Canadians have such an amount in savings? How many Nigerians make such in a year to accumulate such savings.

amnotapervert:
Sad I know with 75% rejection rate for Nigerians IRCC does not want the average Nigerian

U.S. all the way. More opportunities that Canada can only dream off. The only case I would consider Canada is for the public health care.

BunmiBie:
If you have the opportunity to relocate to US and Canada, which one would you choose and why?

The issue is that even before terrorist herders started occupying those fields, we were not serious about agriculture. We could barely feed ourselves. A country that is so blessed to be global leader in food production. Oil discovery that should have been a blessing has led to neglect of other sectors.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Potentials in agriculture with terrorist herders substantially occupying the Greenfields and brownfields

I'm not living in Ontario. I live in Atlantic Canada with higher taxes than Ontario. The calculation is based on the current tax rates for both Federal and Ontario Government. The only way the person will not go home with more than $1000 biweekly is if the employer offers some benefits that the employee is contributing to. Such as RRSP, health and dental benefits. Or taxable benefit like life insurance. If not and the person is not taking more than $1000 home, the employer must be doing some mago mago or the employee is not working up to 37.5 hours a week. The calculation from CRA is below.

LegacyB:
Ok I give up. Good luck..:. If you’re in Ontario and typing this…… then hmmmmmm. Am almost tempted to send you a pay slip so u understand better but nah…..

For someone working in Ontario, the person will still go home with more than $1,000. I am in Canada typing it. That's why I specify Ontario. Actually, the only province where they may not take up to $1,000 home biweekly is Quebec. That's after accounting for 30 mins break, both federal and provincial taxes, EI and CPP. CRA has a website where you can calculate this.

LegacyB:
I hope you’re here in Canada typing this? 16.99CAD won’t fetch you that. Do you calculations again first remove 30mins for break, then Tax, EI and CPP.

A person making that hourly pay in Ontario for 40 hours a week will take home more than $1,000 in 2 weeks.

LegacyB:
Just wanted to say your maths is wrong,you will hardly get $2000 on this hourly income after deductions. And you don’t want to know what that means……

Is that a typo? 22,000 monthly salary on a full time job? That's exploitation in my view.

WhiteIverson:
I totally agree which is why I made that post
Personally I earn 22,000 as my monthly salary and posts like this really trigger me
Let's say I try to survive on 1k daily which is impossible, my salary can last only 22 days out of 30.
Heck! I'm a university graduate and I can't raise 50,000 to go do my clearance.

Where in Canada is minimum wage above $5,000 per month? $60,000 a year? If you are open minded, you can earn more than that amount but not on minimum wage.

I won't call the person that start the topic an emergency lover of Nigeria. I'm a lover of Nigeria but I won't compare the price of goods in Nigeria with looking at affordability.

The challenge, in my view, is that despite all the natural advantages we have in Nigeria—no harsh winters, no hurricanes, and only short periods of extreme heat—we still haven’t fully utilized them. Nigeria should be a major global producer of food.

Sometimes I walk into stores here and see oranges imported from South Africa, Morocco, and other countries. Yet when I was growing up in Nigeria, my grandfather had about six orange trees on his farm. Orange season ran from October to December, and he didn’t even treat them as commercial crops. Most of the oranges went to waste.

If we were truly serious about agriculture, we could generate significant foreign exchange from farm products—far more than we’re doing today.

tarboshi:
Minimum wage in Canada is above $5000 per month. that'll above 6.5 million Naira per month.

if I earn 5000 dollar per month, what is a $4 dollar banana compared to my wage?

All these emergency lovers of Nigeria sef!

You are comparing affordability to price of goods. The fact that things are cheaper in Nigeria compared to Canada does not mean that an average person can afford those things in Nigeria.

WhiteIverson:
You say it's cheap but what is the purchasing power of majority of the citizens?

Let's compare

In Nigeria, the minimum wage is 70,000. If you were to spend your minimum wage only on 500 naira bananas, you would only be able to buy 140 pieces.

In Canada the minimum wage is $16.95. Multiply that by 40 hours weekly and also multiply by 4 weeks. You earn $2,712 dollars monthly. If you were to spend your monthly salary only on bananas at $4 dollars each, you'd be able to purchase 678 pieces.

When you want to compare prices of different countries, there are a lot of factors to consider. How do you expect the prices of bananas to be in cheaper in Canada than Nigeria?

With this your analysis, I doubt you've ever stepped foot out of Nigeria.

Seriously, were you expecting foods to be cheaper in Canada than Nigeria? You are comparing a country that should have a global presence in food exportation to one that depends mainly on imports. There are some fruits that you can't produce in Canada no matter what you do. What people talk about more is affordability of those cheap food. A family of four will need close to CAD500 a monthly to eat a balanced diet in Canada. For a two income family earning minimum wage, that's less than 10% of their monthly gross income. On average, how much is a two income family earning in a month in Nigeria? What proportion of that is spent on food?

Nnamdipapa:
Here is a bunch of banana I bought for N500, this would go for nothing less than $4 in Canada, please note these are organic bananas we are talking about not the extra-sweet, GMO tampered bananas in the west and I got this in Lagos meaning folks living in the suburbs might even be buying cheaper.

I also buy I big avocado for N400, do the maths and convert to $. When next you complain about Nigeria, remember we have cheap and easily accessible fruits and vegetables.

Same here.

Nnamdipapa:
The ones in Nigeria you get directly from farmers, the ones in canada are being sold by corporations who pay CEO's billions of dollars. The Walmarts, Real Canadian Superstores, the Sobeys of these world.
I trust the farmers than greedy corporations. I took a long time for me to begin to appreciate what we have here in Nigeria. We are privileged without even knowing what we got.

You are describing affordability. The fact that foods are cheaper in Nigeria doesn't mean that it's affordable to an average Nigerian.

internationalman:
It's easy for you to say it's cheaper in Nigeria because you are spending your Canadian dollars in Nigeria. You would understand better how expensive basic things are in Nigeria if you live and make a net income of #100k which is by default higher than what average Nigerian household makes.

You speak like this because you are one of the privileged Nigerians who normally use their own circumstances and situations as the bedrock of all Nigerians. The majority of Nigerians are those you see on the streets which is over 70% and not people like you who can afford everything because you are doing well for yourself or you live/used to live abroad.

How dare you say a country where some people's monthly salary can't fully fuel a vehicle is cheap. A country where a 100k salary can't feed a family for a month if they truly want to eat a balanced diet. Do you know how difficult it is for some people to feed in Nigeria.

You don't know poor people Abroad by lack of good food or balance diet. Both poor people and wealthy people eat the same. Hell, even homeless people in western countries eat better than most Nigerians.

Bro you have lived abroad and I expect you to know these things and say it the way it is. Food should be the cheapest thing in a country because that's the most important thing in this life. Every other thing in life is secondarily far behind food.

The thing tire me. Comparing quality of food in Nigeria to the one in Canada. Unfortunately, we don't know how blessed we are in Nigeria. There are some fruits you can never get fresh in Canada.

Nnamdipapa:
You get it, I eat bananas every single day in Nigeria. So fresh compared to the very sugary bananas in Canada. Even Canadian watermelon will spike your blood glucose so bad. Whites cook their soup with sugar and want to taste sugar in every food hence their fruits have been engineered to taste very sweet.
The coconuts are imported from Mexico and very useless, only water in them. I buy four small avocadoes for about $5Cad, with 2000 Naira, I can buy six big ones here in Lagos and fresh.

I'm not even sure if it is the lifestyle. An average Canadian drinks more alcohol than a Nigerian. Both males and females. Marijuana has been legal in Canada since October 2018.

May be access to health care is one of the reasons. It's common for an average Canadian to see a doctor at least once in a year. They will do comprehensive blood work to see if anything is wrong even when the person has no symptoms.

donmik:
You have said it all, bro

Also, lifestyle of alcohol and drugs are easy way to death

Having the right people around you goes a long way helpful for the state of the mind

Actually the regular bananas in Canada are so big and tasteless. It's just like eating water. The quality of the Nigerian one is not comparable to the Canada one. Nigeria may have lower life expectancy than Canada, it has nothing to do with food quality. My view is based on being in Canada for over 20 years and living in both Western and Atlantic Canada.

Nnamdipapa:
You don't know what you are talking about and I can educate you freely as someone who lived more than 14 years in Canada. Food and vegetables are cheaper, fresher here in Nigeria compared to Canada. I didn't eat lots of bananas in Canada as It’s basically GMO modified and unnecessarily sweet, I buy a bunch of bananas in Lagos every single day for five hundred Naira.

I buy one big avocado for 500 Naira as well, I don’t freeze half of the year and I have access to a wider range of fruites and vegetables here in Lagos. As a Canadian Citizen, you can never pay me to live in Canada ever again.
The only aspect Canada is better is the Healthcare and as an healthy person, I usually never had the need to visit an hospital in Canada so, same for me in Nigeria.

I am a Nigerian living in Canada as well. I agree that Canada does not grow so many things but you always find them in the stores every time from oranges to mangoes. They are all imported, which make them expensive. Prices of lots of those items have gone up in the past 5 years caused my Canadian dollar depreciation and supply chain issues with COVID.

Back to fruits, I grew up in Nigeria eating lots of fruits. From bananas to oranges to pine apples to paw paw fresh from the farms. Not preserved with any chemicals and better qualities than I can only dream of in Canada. The issue with a lot of people in Nigeria is that we don't care much about them. We treat them mainly as snacks and not part of our main diets.

On the issue of protein, animal proteins are very expensive no matter where we live. One thing has noticed since moving to Canada compared to Nigeria is that we lay more emphasis on carbohydrates than protein. I don't know the cause of that. In Nigeria you go to a regular restaurant, you choose your carbohydrates and then proteins are the side. Over here proteins are the main items and carbohydrates are side. I'm not sure if it is our culture, we just prioritize eating carbohydrates more. On the protein aspect, I will go back to quality, the quality of animal protein in Nigeria is not comparable to Canada. The quality is better in Nigeria. You can be certain of eating 100% organic animal protein in Nigeria unlike here that you have to check the label very well.

My point is that while there might be abundant food in Canada, I am not sure of the quality of the food. Food availability may have contributed to high life expectancy in Canada compared to Nigeria but I don't think that's the main driver. There are many other factors responsible I think.

My 2 cents contribution to the conversation.

MockingBird:
I'm a Nigerian and I currently live in one of the coldest provinces in Canada with no plans to return back to Nigeria any time soon as it is clear that Nigeria has become over 10 times worse since I left Nigeria about 4 years ago.

The current average life expectancy of Canadians is 83 years versus 55 years for Nigerians. The question that begs for answer therefore is that what are the factors that are responsible for this great difference in average life expectancy.

I may not be able to point to all, but from my close observation having lived in both countries, I have noticed that one major reason for this is DIET.

First thing I noticed is that Canadians have access to lots of fruits and vegetables and these are not just for a select few but they are available and affordable to everybody in the society. It might shock us as Nigerians to know that even though banana doesn't grow in Canada, Canadians eat way more Banana that Nigerians do. Banana (whether organic or GMO) is available to Canadians every single day of the year. Same with Plantains.

As a matter of fact, I learnt how to bake Banana bread because often times, you may have over ripe bananas at home which may not be edible but could be only be used for one thing - Banana bread. So without learning how to bake banana bread, you will have lots of banana getting rotten and thrown away at home.

On the flip side, as one who stayed in Abuja, Nigeria and driving through Berger I remember buying Banana from women and girls hulking banana around the Utako market. Back then it was usually for around N1,000 to N1,500 for a decent bunch. I don't know how much they may be now with the worsened state of the economy. In Canada, you can buy one or two fingers of banana if that is your wish. In Nigeria, you dare not as you will immediately be cursed by the sellers. There are far far more fruits and vegetables that Canadians eat that Nigerians would have no access to.

The second reason I think Canadians have better health compared to Nigerians is because of their access to proteins compared to Nigerians. By proteins, I mean eggs, milks, chicken, meat and fish. Their milk here is majorly a sugarless liquid in 1 to 4 liters compared to the sweetened powdered and tin milk we have in Nigeria. The average Canadian drinks milk like water compared to a Nigerian and you can be sure of the nutrients in the milk as their dairy industry is heavily protected and regulated with price ceilings specified by the government.

My summary therefore is that nutritious food availability is one of the major reasons why a resident of one country may live longer compared to a resident of another country. What do you think. Let me hear your thoughts.