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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by alaraa: 11:09am On Jun 22, 2020
Someone shared this link earlier, just edit out the brackets..it worked for me.

https://chat[.]whatsapp[.]com/KTqjWvgUIjOHbi26wtARC5

ambo1:
I am interested...please
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by ambo1: 11:54am On Jun 22, 2020
alaraa:
Someone shared this link earlier, just edit out the brackets..it worked for me.

https://chat[.]whatsapp[.]com/KTqjWvgUIjOHbi26wtARC5


Thanks, it worked but the group is full already.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by ladystone(f): 3:30pm On Jun 22, 2020
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by ladystone(f): 3:31pm On Jun 22, 2020
https:///KTqjWvgUIjOHbi26wtARC5. I hope this works .
Yungblood87:
Hi,
The link doesn't seem to be working.

Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Newbeecey: 5:48pm On Jun 22, 2020
Please help with this if you have any relevant information.
Newbeecey:
Hello people of God,

Hope we are keeping safe.

Please I need urgent leads on the most or any of the most efficient but affordable medical insurance (if it matters, in Alberta). One that can accommodate hospital consultations, drugs, basic dental and optometry.

I am asking because a number of them have clauses that sometimes you never hear about when they advertise the product and i dont want stories that touch.

Kindly help with any practical information at your disposal as soon as possible.

PS: I need it for a senior already in canada.

Thanks
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Pee2Jay9: 8:55pm On Jun 22, 2020
Hello e-fam, I hold a bachelor degree Chemical Engineering so EE isn't giving me good score for just 1st degree. I know this isn't the student thread but pls I need answer to this question to guide my choice of study in order to claim more points afterwards for EE and be eligible for PGWP - which will improve my chances of getting a job in canada? A masters in Mechanical engineering or a PGC in Quality assurance, manufacturing and management / Process Quality Engineering from a college.

I await your responses pls. Let covid 19 not be the reason for the advice sha. I want to know with job market status pre-corona
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Yungblood87: 9:37pm On Jun 22, 2020
Get a masters in process engineering.
Pee2Jay9:
Hello e-fam, I hold a bachelor degree Chemical Engineering so EE isn't giving me good score for just 1st degree. I know this isn't the student thread but pls I need answer to this question to guide my choice of study in order to claim more points afterwards for EE and be eligible for PGWP - which will improve my chances of getting a job in canada? A masters in Mechanical engineering or a PGC in Quality assurance, manufacturing and management / Process Quality Engineering from a college.

I await your responses pls. Let covid 19 not be the reason for the advice sha. I want to know with job market status pre-corona

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Baztardmods: 9:56pm On Jun 22, 2020
Please guys anyone here in Ottawa, wanna know about PP renewal.. kindly reply if you are
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by DeeLeye: 11:59pm On Jun 22, 2020
I wonder what those of us who couldn’t make it into the group will do.. please anyone with info should share. We need to get outta here
ambo1:


Thanks, it worked but the group is full already.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by 9ja4eva: 3:02am On Jun 23, 2020
Hello,

Please does anyone know of a flight leaving to Canada - July ending or early August?

Also, please how do you book chartered flight?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Samuelobiora19(m): 9:45am On Jun 23, 2020
9ja4eva:
Hello,

Please does anyone know of a flight leaving to Canada - July ending or early August?

Also, please how do you book chartered flight?


Oga you are looking for flight to Canada when your moniker says @9ja4eva...What happened to FOREVER WITH NAIJA..??

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Nobody: 10:05am On Jun 23, 2020
Samuelobiora19:



Oga you are looking for flight to Canada when your moniker says @9ja4eva...What happened to FOREVER WITH NAIJA..??
in 2006 when he opened account. Nigeria was on a upward trajectory. Buhari spoilt every thing

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by bencomib: 10:28am On Jun 23, 2020
I greet you and thanks for this post. I will like to ask how can one go about finding supervisor in this regard?

einsteino:


Most Canadian public universities offer funding for their research masters. However, this is offered through your supervisor. So, you have to scout and contact professors that are in the research areas that interest you. If they accept you and have funding for that research area, they would offer you funding(pays you salary and pays your tuition). You can still go on to apply for other scholarships and grants when you get the admission.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Naijaforeigner: 10:21pm On Jun 23, 2020
Hello everyone, please does anyone have the Apics CSCP 2020 learning material pdf/scanned version?

I would be grateful if anyone can share with me. Thank you.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Pee2Jay9: 11:48am On Jun 24, 2020
Thanks for responding but kindly give reasons for your advice.. Is there significant difference in income between a holder of masters in Process engineering and the one with PGC in Process Quality Engineering? I want to know what is obtainable considering time, cost & employment

Yungblood87:
Get a masters in process engineering.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by koolx213(m): 3:04pm On Jun 24, 2020
Please can someone share the whatsapp ggroup link for chartered fligghts from Nigeria to Canada please? Theprevious link shared isnt working.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by alaraa: 5:22pm On Jun 24, 2020
Edit out the brackets

[https]://chat.whatsapp[.] com/JdCqBzBOg2t2AJoHJ1zNBn


koolx213:
Please can someone share the whatsapp ggroup link for chartered fligghts from Nigeria to Canada please? Theprevious link shared isnt working.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Exmay02: 5:47pm On Jun 24, 2020
Kekereekun123:
in 2006 when he opened account. Nigeria was on a upward trajectory. Buhari spoilt every thing

Bros, let him come and face panel to defend himself for his disloyalty to naija grin grin

@9ja4eva, senate committee waiting for u cool

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Lajiniran: 10:10pm On Jun 24, 2020
While I am eager to process Canada immigration, I am becoming sceptical cos all the jobs people are getting are not in the areas of my study. I have a Masters Degree in History and Strategic studies.

Where exactly will I fit into in the Canadian workforce?

All career has been Engrs and IT etc.... Do I have to become a technologist or engineer to have a career in Canada? And I don't want to get stucked with petty non professional jobs that is below Blues collar in any form. Thank you
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by SlowlybtSurely: 10:25pm On Jun 24, 2020
Lajiniran:
While I am eager to process Canada immigration, I am becoming sceptical cos all the jobs people are getting are not in the areas of my study. I have a Masters Degree in History and Strategic studies.

Where exactly will I fit into in the Canadian workforce?

All career has been Engrs and IT etc.... Do I have to become a technologist or engineer to have a career in Canada? And I don't want to get stucked with petty non professional jobs that is below Blues collar in any form. Thank you

What job experience do you currently have?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by 19CannyMum: 3:51am On Jun 25, 2020
Lajiniran:
While I am eager to process Canada immigration, I am becoming sceptical cos all the jobs people are getting are not in the areas of my study. I have a Masters Degree in History and Strategic studies.

Where exactly will I fit into in the Canadian workforce?

All career has been Engrs and IT etc.... Do I have to become a technologist or engineer to have a career in Canada? And I don't want to get stucked with petty non professional jobs that is below Blues collar in any form. Thank you

To start with, I believe that to professionally work in history, strategic studies etc here, your English has to be impeccable. That is because these are analyst or research roles where you'll be writing reports.

Like someone said, what is your current role? What work experience do you have in history and strategic studies?

Lastly, the greatest disservice anybody can do themselves if they're considering relocating to Canada is belittling blue collar jobs. Such thinking can stress you unnecessarily.

Post lastly, before you start giving yourself headache over job prospects, what is your forecasted CRS score? Because nowadays the journey of processing Canada immigration has passed matter of eagerness.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Lajiniran: 7:40am On Jun 25, 2020
SlowlybtSurely:


What job experience do you currently have?

1 year working as admin assistant in the University

1 year as admin officer in an IT company

5 years in a paramilitary org

Thanks
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Lajiniran: 7:50am On Jun 25, 2020
19CannyMum:


To start with, I believe that to professionally work in history, strategic studies etc here, your English has to be impeccable. That is because these are analyst or research roles where you'll be writing reports.

Like someone said, what is your current role? What work experience do you have in history and strategic studies?

Lastly, the greatest service anybody can do themselves if they're considering relocating to Canada is belittling blue collar jobs. Such thinking can stress you unnecessarily.

Post lastly, before you start giving yourself headache over job prospects, what is your forecasted CRS score? Because nowadays the journey of processing Canada immigration has passed matter of eagerness.

I don't speak Queen's English. But report writing won't be a problem at all.

You know how it is here, I don't have work experience in area of study. 1 year as admin officer at a University, 1 year as admin officer at an IT company and 5 Years at a paramilitary organization.

I don't get the message at the bolded part. Kindly explain

My forecasted CRS score is 470 alone, if my wife applies to doing wes,ielts etc, we will get to 650.

But we are considering studying in a college for her cos she has science background, to study practical Nursing diploma even though she has Bsc Biochemistry (Science Lab Tech option). We assume, this will help her get good job easily and ultimately have a career in Health sector.

So, the Study visa, after months of study, she will apply for open work permit for me to come over, then I can bring our 3 kids along. I don't know if that plan makes any sense, but as expert you may understand.

But my fear like I said is my field getting jobs, I don't want to be at the mercy of a working woman in a no mans land.

Thanks

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by POTUSUK: 8:27am On Jun 25, 2020
DeeLeye:
I wonder what those of us who couldn’t make it into the group will do.. please anyone with info should share. We need to get outta here

Exactly o. And I’m sure we’re plenty on this forum. Why can’t we arrange a chartered flight too— or create our WhatsApp forum— with anyone who knows their way around chartering planes.

More so, if we could make the Canadian government send a plane to pick COPR’s from Nigeria; that will be way cool. They did that for India COPR’s not long ago.

Let’s deliberate folks. Time is running out! We don’t know when FAAN will be done with their audio protocols info sharing .

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Ossy18: 8:58am On Jun 25, 2020
Fyorgyn:


I am actually... I have just gotten the BABOK and aim to get certified in a few months

Hello pls can I pm you
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by einsteino(m): 10:16am On Jun 25, 2020
ednut1:
grin finally home. Lagos to Lome to Addis Ababa to Dublin to Canada.

Congrats boss. I am glad to know that your persistence finally fetched you the much awaited goal.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by 19CannyMum: 11:56am On Jun 25, 2020
Lajiniran:


1 year working as admin assistant in the University

1 year as admin officer in an IT company

5 years in a paramilitary org

Thanks

There are admin jobs in Canada.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by 19CannyMum: 12:35pm On Jun 25, 2020
Lajiniran:


1. I don't get the message at the bolded part. Kindly explain

2. My forecasted CRS score is 470 alone, if my wife applies to doing wes,ielts etc, we will get to 650.

3. So, the Study visa, after months of study, she will apply for open work permit for me to come over, then I can bring our 3 kids along.

4. I don't want to be at the mercy of a working woman in a no mans land.


1. There is nothing wrong with blue collar jobs. They can even pay higher than the so called white collar jobs. It is all about skills and what you have to offer. There is dignity of labor in Canada so life will be easier if you stop thinking of white collar as superior to blue collar.

2. Interesting score

3. Okay

4. Another mindset you should beware of. Canada is a country where men can take paternity leave while their wives return to work. If the idea of women being independent worries you, think very very carefully before relocating your marriage to Canada.

Anyway here's the answer to your original question as gotten from a simple Google search.

Graduates of military and strategic studies programs are well-placed to pursue further study in topics such as history, political science, curatorial and museum studies, globalization studies, law, or peace and conflict resolution studies. They may consider careers in research, writing, historical interpretation, the human services fields, policy making, as advisors to government and NGOs in matters of international conflict, or in the military itself.

Everywhere in the world, courses like history and strategic studies are very difficult to work with. In a class of 200 only like 9 will end up working in the core field. 20-50 will work in kinds of related jobs. More than 100 will end up doing all sorts of other administrative jobs. I would say these courses do create excellent generalists though.

Generalist jobs are available, but this is what I would advice if you are intent on working in your over specialized field

1. Consider getting an additional degree, the whole Canadian education ish that will help you slide easier into the job market. Maybe you'll be among the 9 in your class that get to work in the core field. And a good chance of being among the 20-50 getting a job in a related field e.g NGO, post secondary. Also analyst positions often require masters degree even in Nigeria

2. Choose your potential location wisely. Provincial capitals of non bilingual provinces could be favorable because there are more government jobs. Ottawa is an excellent choice if you are French bilingual.

3. The most important thing is to get your foot in the door even if it's a clerk position. Then based on your education and previous experience, you can start trying to get analyst roles.

Alternate career routes for admin people who are willing to go back to school are Social Works, med office assistant/unit clerk etc. These are high demand fields.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Influential101: 1:11pm On Jun 25, 2020
Lajiniran:



My forecasted CRS score is 470 alone, if my wife applies to doing wes,ielts etc, we will get to 650.

I'm interested to know how you arrived at this CRS score because it looks impossible..

Your wife's IELTS and credential evaluation giving you 180 points while accompanying spouses only have about 30 points allocated in the CRS.. Please recalculate your score.. All the best

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by amaya21: 1:13pm On Jun 25, 2020
Check that score again. Be sure you're not calculating work experience in Canada for you and your wife, except you actually have work experience in Canada.

As 19CannyMum said, there's no need to look down on blue collar jobs. Those are valid jobs and they are an honest day's work for many.

Be mindful of the "mercy of a working woman" mentality sha. Anything can happen in a marriage - what if she is the only one supporting financially for a while? Does that make you feel like less of a man? It shouldn't. Life happens. In Nigeria, Canada or otherwise.

Lajiniran:


I don't speak Queen's English. But report writing won't be a problem at all.

You know how it is here, I don't have work experience in area of study. 1 year as admin officer at a University, 1 year as admin officer at an IT company and 5 Years at a paramilitary organization.

I don't get the message at the bolded part. Kindly explain

My forecasted CRS score is 470 alone, if my wife applies to doing wes,ielts etc, we will get to 650.

But we are considering studying in a college for her cos she has science background, to study practical Nursing diploma even though she has Bsc Biochemistry (Science Lab Tech option). We assume, this will help her get good job easily and ultimately have a career in Health sector.

So, the Study visa, after months of study, she will apply for open work permit for me to come over, then I can bring our 3 kids along. I don't know if that plan makes any sense, but as expert you may understand.

But my fear like I said is my field getting jobs, I don't want to be at the mercy of a working woman in a no mans land.

Thanks

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford1: 5:54pm On Jun 25, 2020
Pee2Jay9:
Thanks for responding but kindly give reasons for your advice.. Is there significant difference in income between a holder of masters in Process engineering and the one with PGC in Process Quality Engineering? I want to know what is obtainable considering time, cost & employment

To break into the Engineering or Technical industry in Canada, the most favoured certificates are any of the following: a Journeyman trade certificate, a diploma or a degree certificate (BSc, Masters or PhD). The PGC would be useful when you are already in the company and looking to move up or change departments/divisions.

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