₦airaland Forum

ednut1:
the owner in the kitchen is likely Nigerian. Went to a Nigerian restaurant in Mississauga and the attendants were Indians. I assumed they must have lived in Nigeria at some point. Only for the owner to come pick something outside.

Even if, Indians are selling oyinbo and Mexican food and we dey chop am.

Nigerian restaurants many times are hit and miss. He fit sweet today, tomorrow trash 😂.

ednut1:
the owner in the kitchen is likely Nigerian. Went to a Nigerian restaurant in Mississauga and the attendants were Indians. I assumed they must have lived in Nigeria at some point. Only for the owner to come pick something outside.

Even if, Indians are selling oyinbo and Mexican food and we dey chop am.

Nigerian restaurants many times are hit and miss. He fit sweet today, tomorrow trash 😂.

dipset01:
I recently relocated to Calgary and am searching for a good school for my children. Based on feedback, I’ve heard that public schools may not be the best fit for my family, so I decided to explore Catholic schools instead.

I applied through the Calgary Catholic School Board and selected a school within my district. However, I received a call from the principal informing me that my son would not be accepted because we are not Catholic. This was quite disappointing, especially since private school tuition is quite expensive.

It seems that Catholic schools require a baptism certificate for either my children or myself. Has anyone navigated a similar situation? What options are available for non-Catholic families seeking admission?

I currently attend a Pentecostal church but am considering joining the Catholic Church, though I understand the process takes time. I also learned that for a child’s baptism, the parents must have godparents and be baptized in the Catholic faith.

I’d appreciate any advice from those familiar with the system. Thank you!

CsRockefeller:
Do you want to join the catholic church out of your sincere conviction or because of your kids education?

dipset01:
I recently relocated to Calgary and am searching for a good school for my children. Based on feedback, I’ve heard that public schools may not be the best fit for my family, so I decided to explore Catholic schools instead.

I’d appreciate any advice from those familiar with the system. Thank you!

GraciousWords:
If you're worried only about quality of education and not so much the religious...maybe re-consider the CBE schools (Calgary Board or Education) i.e. public schools.

The Fraser Institute does a ranking every year. See if you live near any of the top rated ones or are willing to change community to be within the school zone of one of the top 20 for example.

Another option is not to worry so much about elematary and focus on getting into a neighborhood with an excellent mid and high school.

The CBE find a school site allows you to see the zone for each school and also works only on PCs not phone. CBE also have TLC traditional learning centres where they wear uniform and give home work but these are usually oversubscribed. Look through the CBE page for more details.

There are also charter schools which have a designated focus e.g. gifted, science, art, classics etc.

CBE also has French Immersion Schools ...early immersion for kids from kindergarten and grade 1 with zero French or late immersion for grade 7 entry.

Just Google all the options above and talk to people in each to get their feedback.

My kids go to CBE and I've been fine with the quality......as the efiko wey I be ....we still supplement at home with extra work and add our own personal world views too.

https://www.compareschoolrankings.org/

https://cbe.ab.ca/schools/find-a-school/Pages/default.aspx#

The non-Catholic Christian schools e.g Bearspaw Christian, Calgary Christian, Glenmore Christian are good but as you already know...pricey.

CsRockefeller:
Stumbled on this recently.

vhickky:
please do you have a free copy of this book?

MysTeerioz:
Hi. Yes I do.
Is there a mail I can send it to?

ferfer:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/a-trillion-dollar-tsunami-canadians-grapple-with-unprecedented-wealth-transfer/ar-AA1znZnq?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=705ecb66a31940c9b687aea49c8573cb&ei=11

Hmmm

jedisco:
Interesting... lots of money would be passed down - most tied up in property. Call it first mover advantage but I don't see recipients complaining about high property prices when they have a large house bequeathed to them.

[b]This almost locks out current migrants and means they have to work doubly hard to attain same standing. [/b]Also, if adequate taxation isnt in place, it can entrench inequality.

ednut1:
some immigrants are looking for other countries to go. Some have accepted their fate to go back home and retire. We can now see that the whole immigration drive wasn’t solely done to solve labour shortages. It was to drive up demand/prices of real estate, services, education tuition and other consumption

GraciousWords:
Fraser Institute school rankings for Elementary & High schools in Alberta, Quebec, BC and Ontario......for interested parents.

https://www.compareschoolrankings.org/pdfs

jedisco:
Interesting... lots of money would be passed down - most tied up in property. Call it first mover advantage but I don't see recipients complaining about high property prices when they have a large house bequeathed to them.

This almost locks out current migrants and means they have to work doubly hard to attain same standing. Also, if adequate taxation isnt in place, it can entrench inequality.

orjohn24:
The labor shortage slogan in Canada is a hoax

ednut1:
some immigrants are looking for other countries to go. Some have accepted their fate to go back home and retire. We can now see that the whole immigration drive wasn’t solely done to solve labour shortages. It was to drive up demand/prices of real estate, services, education tuition and other consumption

ferfer:
A 'ridonkulous' amount of money.

Interesting that this is not the only thing being bequeathed to the next generation and the least concerning - personally I think there is something else.

For sure, these type of people will not complain about high property prices, after all the Bank of Mummy and Daddy is the home gift that keeps on giving.

Anyway you look at this, African immigrants need to band together and form strong communities that help each other whilst eschewing immediate gratification. The panacea for levelling this field and having an advantage is working smart and doubly hard.

UnconventionalT:
Anyone who is familiar with Nigerian immigration should kindly help.
My baby used a visa on arrival to enter Nigeria around a year ago and he was given 30days on the visa to stay in Nigeria, or I could apply for his Nigerian passport on time whilst still around.
The issue is that, I haven't applied. This is due to name changes I still want to do once I return back to Canada. I don't want his Nigerian passport to carry the current name he has on his Canadian passport and I don't want to go through the stress of changing his name on NIN, Nigerian passport etc in Ottawa when we finally go back.

Will I have issues traveling back with him to Canada, considering he has overstayed his visa?

Taal17:
Probably better you do his passport and NIN in Nigeria

ednut1:
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ednut1:
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Gerrard59:
I can imagine Ayomide's mentions. Make I go read the replies sef.

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Well, such is life - women being hypergamous as they've always been. Young men should just focus on their craft and health. Nothing else. As I told Tensazangetsu20, a significant proportion of Nigerians who japa'd in recent years will be single for eternity aka no husbands or wives.

ednut1:
😆

orjohn24:
Her statement of PR coming with sweat,blood and money.
I guess this canada PR don turn money ritual and sure pathway to become a millionaire and this mentality that keep many of our ladies single in canada nd end up going to marry a stranger at old age from nigeria only to come back canada nd turn nuisance

clayfounder:
I don’t understand why Zelensky is wasting his time with Trump in usa when he can easily get millions of dollars from Canada. The Canadian government is generous with foreign aid. I read that they even funded a billboard in Ghana to warn people not to poop on the beach

ednut1:
i know three ladies that got married while on study/ post graduate to 9ja men who are PR or Citizens. Was it for love abi for security or na collabo. I cannot ask them sha 😂.
I don’t blame some ladies with PR for being too careful its hard to recover from being used .