agates:
Brief Landing gist:

Arrived in Calgary yesterday.
Obviously I had missed my connecting flight but got booked on the next available one. Arrived in Calgary 6pm. I had gotten a furnished accommodation earlier in the month so just went home.

Welcome to your new home and thanks for updating. I hope to land in Calgary too. Lets see how it goes...

agates:
Brief Landing gist:

Arrived in Calgary 6pm. I had gotten a furnished accommodation earlier in the month so just went home.

Congrats agates. How did you get the accommodation? The website, payment method, etc

Hi, sent a PM. Please reply with the link to the WhatsApp group for Alberta bound folks. Many Thanks.

luffyhaki:
It appears we have a quorum..I suggest we create our own group.Please pm me with your mobile number for inclusion into the Alberta WhatsApp group.

sontelme:
My fellow Canadian comrades,

My application just got approved, planing on traveling November for winter session,

My worry is that I want to change my course of study to nursing. Please house help me with guidelines on how to do this.

Can I do a change in my school

If not please suggest schools with low tuition fee and the process to getting admitted

Current LOA is health science, uni of Regina

Mother Google is tired of me already, I really need to know my stand, thanks in anticipation of your response

Thank you

You can change program, but it won't be a bad idea to contact the nursing school. Most if not all nursing programs in Canada would have a waitlist that could be atleast 1 year long. Some won't even accept non-PRs or non-Citizens for admissions due to the popularity of nursing programs.

Merovingian:

Congrats agates. How did you get the accommodation? The website, payment method, etc

It was on Calgary rentals. Got someone to help me check it. Payment method was cash transferred to the landlord. He asked for a one month security deposit and copies of my data page and that of my spouse.

Help me people.

My nominated occupation is Medical Laboratory Technologist but I will need to do certification to practice as one and this can take two years or more to get it done.

I intend doing a lesser job, Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) or Research technician job when I get to Canada. MLA requires certification in some provinces and cities while it doesn't in some.

1. Can someone advise me on where I can get MLA positions without certification?

2. Best provinces or city for newcomers on a tight budget and at the same time, able to get MLA job?

3.How easy it is to get a funded MSc or PhD program in one of the universities because attaining the highest academic qualification is one of my plans. Want to go into academics last last?

4. Which province or city has more Biotechnology companies?

5. Anyone working as a Medical Laboratory Technologist or Assistant here? Or if you know anyone working as one, do connect me pls

Hope to land in Canada in January by God's grace

Thanks my people...

jelmusboy:
Help me people.

My nominated occupation is Medical Laboratory Technologist but I will need to do certification to practice as one and this can take two years or more to get it done.

I intend doing a lesser job, Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) or Research technician job when I get to Canada. MLA requires certification in some provinces and cities while it doesn't in some.

1. Can someone advise me on where I can get MLA positions without certification?

2. Best provinces or city for newcomers on a tight budget and at the same time, able to get MLA job?

3.How easy it is to get a funded MSc or PhD program in one of the universities because attaining the highest academic qualification is one of my plans. Want to go into academics last last?

4. Which province or city has more Biotechnology companies?

5. Anyone working as a Medical Laboratory Technologist or Assistant here? Or if you know anyone working as one, do connect me pls

Hope to land in Canada in January by God's grace

Thanks my people...

You will be shocked that this thread is not like our express entry thread o. E get one querry wey I been dey push since almost 2 days now nobody gree look my side after plenty reminders.


I miss the express entry thread sha, this place na all man for himsef

Guitarlife:

You will be shocked that this thread is not like our express entry thread o. E get one querry wey I been dey push since almost 2 days now nobody gree look my side after plenty reminders.


I miss the express entry thread sha, this place na all man for himsef

Just like how Canada is, lol. See me I'm looking for friends in the Mississauga area o. This country is extremely lonely.

Guitarlife:

You will be shocked that this thread is not like our express entry thread o. E get one querry wey I been dey push since almost 2 days now nobody gree look my side after plenty reminders.


I miss the express entry thread sha, this place na all man for himsef

I dey land toronto in a few weeks, make I holla you ?

Guitarlife:

I dey land toronto in a few weeks, make I holla you ?

Abeg holla me. Although i dey enter uwaterloo in January make dem no use general labor jobs kill person. I never see so many general labor jobs for my life!

Anyone in the waterloo area, holla. I'll be there in January!

Fortissimo502:


Just like how Canada is, lol. See me I'm looking for friends in the Mississauga area o. This country is extremely lonely.

na

Na so the country dey especially for a newcomer
No worries u will soon build new relationships and adapt if the hustle no take the loneliness away first.
Pele

Guitarlife:

You will be shocked that this thread is not like our express entry thread o. E get one querry wey I been dey push since almost 2 days now nobody gree look my side after plenty reminders.


I miss the express entry thread sha, this place na all man for himsef

Yes, this thread is very slow because most people here are already in Canada, busy settling down or have their PRs unlike the sister thread where we carry heart for hand, dey wait for WES, IELTS, ITA and PPR. The best way to get information here is to read previous pages, then you can PM some people that made related comments or wait and pray.

Glowingx:
na

Na so the country dey especially for a newcomer
No worries u will soon build new relationships and adapt if the hustle no take the loneliness away first.
Pele

I de tell you. The hustle much sha.

Fortissimo502:

Abeg holla me. Although i dey enter uwaterloo in January make dem no use general labor jobs kill person. I never see so many general labor jobs for my life!

Welcome to Canada. Canada has never been a country with lots of professional jobs except maybe in IT, hence why competition is fierce for the few ones available. Lots of blue collar jobs though. Attending Uni would help you build a strong network that can land you a professional job even before grad. Good luck.

salford:

Welcome to Canada. Canada has never been a country with lots of professional jobs except maybe in IT, hence why competition is fierce for the few ones available. Lots of blue collar jobs though. Attending Uni would help you build a strong network that can land you a professional job even before grad. Good luck.

You're so right. It's really different from the States in this aspect. I'm sure at least 50% of people in Canada have had to wear safety shoes and/or hi viz vest at least once in their life! The crazy thing is most of the jobs pay same or better than office work. It's like Canada is still in the industrial age. Reminds me of images of 20th century England with everyone working in factories and such.

jelmusboy:
Help me people.

My nominated occupation is Medical Laboratory Technologist but I will need to do certification to practice as one and this can take two years or more to get it done.

I intend doing a lesser job, Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) or Research technician job when I get to Canada. MLA requires certification in some provinces and cities while it doesn't in some.

1. Can someone advise me on where I can get MLA positions without certification?

2. Best provinces or city for newcomers on a tight budget and at the same time, able to get MLA job?

3.How easy it is to get a funded MSc or PhD program in one of the universities because attaining the highest academic qualification is one of my plans. Want to go into academics last last?

4. Which province or city has more Biotechnology companies?

5. Anyone working as a Medical Laboratory Technologist or Assistant here? Or if you know anyone working as one, do connect me pls

Hope to land in Canada in January by God's grace

Thanks my people...

based on my experience here. i cant answer all as i dont know the answer.
1. All over Canada. Luck and opportunity really dictates how fast you can find some jobs. Location would matter too. Some jobs are just non existent in some areas while you would find in others.

2. smaller provinces and cities are usually cheaper to live in. Mla jobs would be less competitive in smaller cities than bigger cities. i met a Palestinian man some years ago in a very small city in saskatchewan. His family lives in toronto. I asked him why he was in that small city. His answer was that MLT jobs were highly competitive in the big city and he could not get a job.

3. Easy if you have a strong cgpa usually from your last two years of UNi. I mean it has to be very strong as you would be in competition with studenta from all over the world.

4. That would be Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia in that order.

5. i lost contact with the palestinian man.

Fortissimo502:


You're so right. It's really different from the States in this aspect. I'm sure at least 50% of people in Canada have had to wear safety shoes and/or hi viz vest at least once in their life! The crazy thing is most of the jobs pay same or better than office work. It's like Canada is still in the industrial age. Reminds me of images of 20th century England with everyone working in factories and such.

Canada is a new country and the population is quite small compared to the large land mass. It would take some time to get to the level of Europe or the United state. I like to call Canada a developing developed country based on the fact that the country is still being built. So coming here is more like contributing to nation building.

Guitarlife:

You will be shocked that this thread is not like our express entry thread o. E get one querry wey I been dey push since almost 2 days now nobody gree look my side after plenty reminders.


I miss the express entry thread sha, this place na all man for himsef

probably becuase no one has an answer. its better to not say anything than mislead.

salford:

Welcome to Canada. Canada has never been a country with lots of professional jobs except maybe in IT, hence why competition is fierce for the few ones available. Lots of blue collar jobs though. Attending Uni would help you build a strong network that can land you a professional job even before grad. Good luck.

Please can you throw more light on the blue collar jobs as regards certification and the likes needed for one to do them if need be,especially is a place like Alberta.

Does anyone know of any bulk food service in the GTA?

Godisincontrol:


Please can you throw more light on the blue collar jobs as regards certification and the likes needed for one to do them if need be,especially is a place like Alberta.

Lucrative blue collar jobs are usually in the trades(powerline techs, electricians, plumbers, millwrights etc) or similar to trades e.g power and process operators, civil technicians, non destructive testing technicians, field operators, pipeline testers e.t.c
Just to give you an example, our wages were posted to the internet this week. I work in government so they post our wages every september. Engineers earned btw 60k and 120k depending on experience. Technologists earned between 85k to 150k. Engineering managers earned circa 160k last year (over 14 years experience), electricians earned circa 140 to 160k (1 to 3 years experience). Power and process operators, 1 year experience and above (150k up to 200k).

However; unskilled blue collar would pay much lower than the quoted figure. When i worked unskilled labour in calgary, i was only earning $18.50 bucks an hour. If i moved to alberta when the oil sand was booming, it was easy to make 100k as an unskilled labour, but those days are gone.

To qualify as civil technician - one or two years civil technician certificate at a polytechnic like nait/sait/bcit

Ndt - certificates from nait/saits

Electrician- usually a four year program with 3 months spent in school per year.

Power and process - 1 or 2 years certificate or diploma

Field operators - gas and field operators certificates

Pipelines - Nace corrosion certificates

Etc

Some Nigerians with Ond/hnd qualifications have been able to become electricians, welders. millwrights, intrumentation techs e.t.c by succesfully challenging the red seal exams. Met a few when i worked in field related roles.

stonecoldcafe:
@Vcole, God bless you for all your hard work here. My driver's license expired in September last year. Do I need to get it renewed before coming over. I'm thinking Alberta. Thank you.

it would certainly be a sensible idea to renew. Make sure you keep the old license and that your date of 1st issue doesn't change. Of course, I am assuming that the expired license was a biometric one.

Fortissimo502:


Just like how Canada is, lol. See me I'm looking for friends in the Mississauga area o. This country is extremely lonely.

I'm in Mississauga, near square one....

DereI:


I'm in Mississauga, near square one....

Correct. I live close to where the ongoing fire is. I got your PM. I'll holla back.
Square one is 10mins from me.

Greetings house.
Using Python for AI, ML, DL etc vs Android Development using Java, which has more prospect in Canada? This person asking the question seems a Jack of the 2 trades at the elementary level, but would like to hone a more relevant skill between the two. I've asked Google, indeed, and other Canadian job repos, I just need a more first hand view.
Anticipated Appreciation.

Fortissimo502:


Just like how Canada is, lol. See me I'm looking for friends in the Mississauga area o. This country is extremely lonely.

Hey...

Guitarlife:
hI team , I have decided to lodge in an hostel , read it again HOSTEL not hotel for 8 days of first landing.
Its cheap and I think I can easily make some good friends, any body have any experience on this ?

I am planning to land in Toronto, any thing I need to take note of ?

Please can I pack my guitar along or its better to buy another when I get to canada ?
Am I allowed to carry drugs like paracetamol, antimalaria, vitamin c etc ?

Please hellp a brother, I have never been outside of the shore of this our great country Nigeria

Hello sir
Don’t know about the hostel but for the guitar, once it can go through your baggage allowance, please carry it along. As for the drugs, feel free to pack as many as possible.

Below is my medical portfolio comprising various antibiotics, some dose of anti malaria, cold, vitamin c ati be be Lo.

Welcome to Canada. Seeing Doctor is Free, drugs? Maybe Not

modath:


Hey...

how far

threadstone:


Hello sir
Don’t know about the hostel but for the guitar, once it can go through your baggage allowance, please carry it along. As for the drugs, feel free to pack as many as possible.

Below is my medical portfolio comprising various antibiotics, some dose of anti malaria, cold, vitamin c ati be be Lo.

Welcome to Canada. Seeing Doctor is Free, drugs? Maybe Not

Thank you.

vcole:
it would certainly be a sensible idea to renew. Make sure you keep the old license and that your date of 1st issue doesn't change. Of course, I am assuming that the expired license was a biometric one.

It looks exactly like the one attached in your previous post. It was my first driver's license

https://www.nairaland.com/3617393/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant/353#70464326

agates:
Brief Landing gist:

Arrived in Calgary yesterday.

Hurray! Welcome and thanks be to God for a safe trip