Every year, Canadian employers fill hundreds of thousands of jobs with foreign workers. If you want to hire foreign talent, the first step is to determine if you need a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). A positive LMIA signals to the federal government that there is no Canadian available for the job, and you as […]
Posted: Apr 30, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 1
Gitika Sharma, 19, and her parents are waiting for news in India. Sharma says she’s spent six months waiting on the government to issue her a permit to study at a Montreal College. She says friends who applied after her have already received theirs.(Submitted by Gitika Sharma)
Canada is among the top countries considered to be ‘safe and stable’ for international students and has further improved its position as the ‘go-to’ study destination because of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to two surveys conducted by Navitas Insights.
In addition, the survey suggests that countries considered to be ‘safe and stable’ are not necessarily viewed as being ‘open and welcoming.’ However, Canada is one of the top countries that are considered to be both.
In fact, Canada has introduced some measures to allow international students to travel to their desired destination. Students who wish to travel to Canada only need to be attending a college or university that has obtained approval on its COVID-19 readiness plan from the provincial government in which the institution is in. It does not matter where the student is travelling from.