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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by einsteino(m): 12:48pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
Hello Engineers in the house. Pls, I have converted my ECA to WES ICAP, I am about submitting my application to APEGA. I am torn between applying for EIT or P.Eng. I have a B.Eng and more than the required 4years work experience, which according to APEGA's website, makes me eligible to apply for P.Eng. However I am not certain if they wouldn't strike a number of years off the experience, seeing that I don't have any Canadian experience or Canadian Degree. Also, from Job Postings, I noticed in the abscence of a P.Eng License, I am left with no choice than to apply for Junior/Entry level Jobs and these usually require one to be registered as an EIT. Please what do y'all think? Do I take the gamble with the P.Eng or start off with EIT? cc: Ehrnie, A555, Salford, Santino1, dogood123456, dupyshoo 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Santino1(m): 3:24pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
Long Post Alert: Santino1: Stemming from the quoted post above, I have decided to give an exhaustive account of how I got Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) positions in Canada including some tips in the hope that it might be useful to some people here. I completed my PhD a few months ago and having a Canadian PR, I decided to focus my search to Canada and the US mostly. I spoke to my doctoral advisor about my future professional (and personal) plans. He gave me some pointers on how to proceed. But most importantly, he personally reached out to some of his contacts whom he thought might be relevant to my proposed area of research. That seemed to be a game-changer for me as I got 4 interviews via that medium alone. In addition, I also wrote a PDF proposal that’ll enable go to any university I want provided my proposal is funded. Usually, this is the best avenue as most people would be willing to be your host institution since you’ll be coming with your own funding and require the minimum of investment on their part. See links below for some funding agencies. Also, word of mouth plays a great role. Attending numerous conferences (I was at EGU, Goldschmidt, IMOG, and AGU last year alone) enabled me to speak to the leading researchers in my field and have a feel of what it will be like working with them by speaking to some of their current grad students and postdocs at the time. But more importantly, I made sure they are aware of who I am and what I’m doing by name-dropping my thesis advisor (a prominent figure in my field). A few months to my thesis defence, i reached out to some again and fortuitously one of them just secured an ERC grant and had a position available. Lastly, applying via the regular online posting. In my experience, this is perhaps the least effective method because positions advertised this way usually have gone through peer-peer, personal network medium and no suitable candidate was found before ending up on the job placement website. All in all, I think the following tips might come handy to some: 1. Leverage your advisor’s connections. This is important because as prominent figure in the field, he likely know more people than you do. 2. Make yourself visible. When at conferences or symposia, do not be a passive observer but an active participant. You never know whose interest your research might have piqued. For those not already aware, researchgate is a great avenue to make yourself visible online. 3. Sell yourself (or your research). Here I have to use a personal anecdote. At the just concluded Goldschmidt conference in Boston, I met a Nigerian guy who was looking at particulate organic matter export out of the Niger river. One of my thesis committee member (a German professor at GFZ Potsdam who is an expert in photo-oxidation and organic matter degradation along river-ocean continuum) was also at the conference and I introduced them since they do similar stuff. Unfortunately, while the professor seemed more interested in a potential collaboration (as African rivers has been elusive to him for a long time due to logistic issues associated with sampling in Africa generally) the Nigerian guy was more interested in the financial rewards asking questions like how much do PhDs earn in Germany and other such ridiculous questions without focusing on his research. This brings me to last point. 4. Aiming for the financial reward should be the least of your consideration. Sorry to disappoint you but you won’t be rich on PhD and PostDoc salary. The only time you start making “serious” money in research is when you become a tenure professor. So if you are looking for a well-paid job, well you have been reading the wrong post. The following are some of the funding agencies (and their links) that I know. It is by no means exhaustive. 1. Branco Weiss Fellowship - Link 2. Entelligence Young Investigator Fellowship - Link 3. Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships - Link 4. Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship - Link 5. Fullbright Fellowships - Link 6. H.L. Holmes Fellowships - Link 7. Pogo Research Fellowship - Link 8. Mitacs Fellowships - Link Please note that the above list is strongly biased towards geoscience related fields ( as that is my field of research). I included a few medical sciences just to show what’s available. Here is a link to all Canadian funding agencies - Link Good luck to everyone and let me know if you have any questions cc: @iamforcanada, duduade, GlitteringStar, ife01. 50 Likes 13 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by deni83: 3:28pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
vcole: Thanks Vcole. I'm asking about Ontario though because I know things differ slightly per region. Like I know for certain you need a G2/G license in Ontario before you can get insurance,... or some people piggy back on with someone who already has a a good insurance history to get a reasonable quote. I'll check out TD insurance, and I would still appreciate more feedback from others. Thank you |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Santino1(m): 3:34pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
einsteino: I'm not sure if you are eligible or not. I think out of those 4 years, 12 months should be in Canada. That's the APGO's (which I applied for) rule. I don't know about APEGA. Sorry. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by einsteino(m): 5:47pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
Santino1: Thanks alot. I understand PEO also requires a year of canadian work experience too. Maybe APEGA is different, maybe not. I would put a call to them to verify. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Cherokee(m): 7:06pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
Santino1:I am curious. Why do you intend to move to Canada from Europe? Please, do you mind sharing? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 7:17pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
einsteino:APeGa requires 1 year of experience (tutorship/internship) under a Canadian PEng. To grant you EIT, apega would still assess your qualifications and assign exam(s). You can have the 3 years waived but you would need the 1 year of internship to get PEng. At this point, you are still an EIT. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by A555: 7:36pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
deni83: Same should apply. See following link for Ontario vehicle registration: https://www.ontario.ca/page/register-vehicle-permit-licence-plate-and-sticker So it looks like if you're buying a used car, you would need to close the sale and get a bill of sale from the seller, then take that with insurance and other documents including your driver's license to get license plates and a sticker. Any insurance company (including TD) will provide you with insurance once you provide them with the VIN on the vehicle and your license information. Usually you can do this over a phone call, and they will email you temporary insurance docs immediately, prior to the final version coming in the mail. You can use the temp insurance docs with your other documentation to sort out the vehicle registration. What you've described as a "piggy back" arrangement with someone who has good driving history is not allowed by insurance companies and can lead to coverage being denied if you are involved in an incident. They will collect your premiums, but when you have an accident, they will do their investigation which will show false information was provided on your insurance application and hence deny coverage. Essentially the person with good credit history has indicated that they are the primary user of the vehicle and you are a secondary user, but obviously this is not the case, especially as the car is also in your name. 6 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 9:12pm On Aug 23, 2018 |
Hello senior Canadian. I have been a silent reader after exhausting all the pages of the EE thread. I could pass for an agent now ;Dlol. I am presently getting ready to get in d pool. I am a mathematics teacher, and i will like to continue in the profession. I have read through how to get into teaching in provinces in canada and working on doing the needful upon PPR approval. Please all, im keen to know 1. the province that is best for new teachers. I will be glad to have a teacher in the house to guide me through 2. I read about super visa for paarent/grandparents. May i know if anyone went through this process and how they went about it. Thanks 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by deni83: 12:37am On Aug 24, 2018 |
A555: Thank you. I just needed a broader input because the brokers we were speaking to made it sound complex and made it look undoable with G1 license. After looking directly at quotes from about 6 different insurance companies we are going with TD insurance because it has the cheapest rates. A big tip though: Some insurance companies in Ontario (Desjardin in particular) will accept your "letter of no claims" from your Nigerian car insurance company(s) if you have had a clean history for 6 years or more and that will significantly reduce your monthly payments (about half it). 1 Like 4 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ghman: 3:46am On Aug 24, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by GFavor: 6:44am On Aug 24, 2018 |
Hi Seniors, Dupsyshoo and others. This might not be the right forum for my question but I need advice from those who were successful thru the MPNP: We Submitted MPNP Application since march. Received a reply today. [/i]We have noted the following concerns in your application: You declared that your Supporter in Manitoba, ... is your first cousin. You have not provided documented proof that you and your Manitoba Supporter are first cousins and your connection to a Manitoba supporter was not established. Your Manitoba Supporter is living and working in Thompson and your intended destination is Winnipeg. We are not convinced that your Supporter will be able to provide you with the needed support for you and your family to settle successfully and permanently in Manitoba. Before a decision is made in your case, we providing you with the opportunity to comment on the above concern and provide any additional documentation. You have until ... to respond to our concerns. If you choose not to respond with additional information or the new information forwarded by you is not satisfactory, a decision will be made based on the information in your file. Please note that if it is found that you have engaged in misrepresentation in submitting your application, you may be a subject of a ban, which will prevent you from submitting another application to the MPNP for a period of two years.[i] 1. At the time of filling the EOI, we didnt know. What province was my hubby cousin so we choose Winipeg. At the time of filling the LAA, it was not allowing us to change it 2. We are using Hubby cousin as strong tie to Manitoba. Hubby mum is late without birth certificate. She has a change of name. Hubby aunt does not have birth certificate too but has marriage declaration. How do we reply MPNP to convince them. Advice pls. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by einsteino(m): 10:32am On Aug 24, 2018 |
salford: Thanks alot. Please I would like to clarify, you mean if I apply for P.Eng with just my naija experience, APEGA would start processing it and go on to ask me to practice for 1 year under the tutelage of a Canadian P.Eng before they approve my P.Eng? I ask this because their self assessment tool on their website takes me straight to the P.Eng application instead of EIT. I also contacted a staff of theirs yesterday and he said I am eligible to apply for P.Eng with only my foreign work experience, what I forgot to ask him is if canadian experience would be a prerequisite for the application to be approved. I am guessing his answer would be in line with what you have said. I also gather the application process takes about a year or more for P.Eng, in contrast, EIT takes about 4 to 6months. If I apply for P.Eng, in the waiting time I would not be eligible for jobs that categorically request for a P.Eng or EIT designation. Meaning, I may have trouble even getting the 1 year Canadian experience required for the PEng to be approved, right? I would just go with your advice, apply for EIT and hopefully get the 1 year Canadian experience before moving on to apply for P.Eng. Once again thanks so much for your input. Please what courses can I take that would be beneficial? Any recommendation? I am considering construction safety courses or preferably courses that would help me get acquainted to Canadian design and building codes. I just don't know where to look for ones that have repute. been googling. 2 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Tboy243: 11:10am On Aug 24, 2018 |
Kaydee87:thanks for reading my mind...i am also in thesame situation as you only that mine is physical education and sports,....i am still reading and digesting the whole process to move to canada.... infact i have carried ouy the eligibility test for express entry and it turns out to be possible and i was told to commence application after giving me reference number. Please we appeal to everyone or some1 to help suggest or advice on what to do. Do we really stand a chance to get employed as teachers or coaches....what can be done......i await your responses as our senior canadians....God bless you. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by duduade: 11:47am On Aug 24, 2018 |
Santino1: Thank you so so much |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by abakiki(f): 2:12pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by czaratwork: 3:02pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 3:08pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
einsteino:Except APeGA rules have changed which I doubt. The 1 year experience under a PEng has always been in place across all provinces in Canada. It can be waived if the experience is from the US. Just to keep in mind, apart from confirmatory/ethics exams, work experience are often discounted too. I believe while you are in the process of getting licensed you would be termed an EIT while you fulfil the one year out of 4 experience.. Getting a job for the one year canadian work experience could be challenging, bridging programs might be able to help here. As I am not in the civil field, I am not sure of what course(s) would help but confirmatory exams would usually include some modules that covers the required canadian standards for your field. In addition, that is one of the reasons why the 1 year experience has been put in place so you get get acquainted with the Canadian standards. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by einsteino(m): 3:15pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
salford1: Thank you so much, you have been so helpful. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by smslive2: 3:44pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
Have you checked this link for Teachers and Coaches? You can also post your queries in the thread, you are sure to get help faster than this thread. Tboy243: 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Newmum0615: 4:23pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
I am tired of you ![]() smslive2: 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Phyde: 4:39pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
Good day All, Please what is the minimum capital budget for student visa trip ? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 4:56pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
einsteino:you are welcome bro. You could check out the thread below: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/apegs.514902/page-2 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Jesuba: 5:35pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
A lil help please. We found a house at Burlington, and I checked the school bus route only to find that my Children at this address will not be eligible for bus transportation. While school is only 11 minutes on foot, will my children be expected to make this trip on foot in wintry conditions |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford: 6:03pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
Jesuba:This scenario is tricky. I am not sure if there is a way around it. Same applies in Sask and Alberta. You would be expected to drive your kid(s) to school or walk them to school. Same applies for pick up. Let's wait for reply from others. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Blackbuddy: 7:15pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
Jesuba: Hi, yes they will have to walk. The alternative as already pointed out to you by salford is to drive/walk them to school your self or engage a private school bus company to drop/pick them up for you at your expense. You could contact Attridge Transportation, a private bus company I just found that covers your city and make enquiries among your options, http://attridgetransportation.com/daily_school_bus_routes 12 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Jesuba: 7:54pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
Okay, very informative. Thanks for your help @ Salford and Blackbuddy. I think I will look for a house that will definitely be on a bus route as one of my kids is young. Grateful for the pointers. ![]() Blackbuddy: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by tobey2ng(m): 8:41pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
GFavor:There is something called LOE. I expected you to used this during the filling of your LAA application, it is obvious you are novice about it. I will respond to your ADR as they come; 1. You will have to draw a family chart that connect you to your supporter to indicate his a first cousin. You have to get death certificate for your mum bearing maiden and marriage names, your aunt can get attestation of age at NPC office make sure this is done in her maiden name, supporter birth certificate is needed as well including yours and try to get NPC attestation of age for yourself too. You can attach pictures involving all these people if you have them or the one with you and your supporter 2. Ideally, you can't live far from your supporter because the reason for getting supporter is to make you settle easily. Write LOE and explain the way you just did here. Try to be remorse in your tone of writing to show your naivety about the process. Let your supporter write a letter that you knew about his location after the submission of your application. He should signed and date it. He can scan and send it to you. I believe you should be fine with all these. Best of luck. Please brief us the outcome. 14 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by damzy88: 9:14pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
Hello, how true is that if someone has a job offer from Canada one may not need the Proof of funds? Thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by pleasureosondu(m): 9:23pm On Aug 24, 2018 |
tobey2ng:Baba, you three much. To all those who post relevant info here, una too much. I've learnt a lot here. It's issues like this that made me opt for an agent. Yes, a lot of you may conclude that it's huge risk but the truth is that there's barely nothing without risk these days. However, I have hope that I'll get the green light as the nigerian govt is involved. If I'm successful with the application process(it was submitted today), I'll definitely share with you guys. For now, make I begin fasting and prayer make my village people no near the process because I go just faint. |
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