In addition to its world-class education system and high standard of living, Canada offers another important advantage to international students: access to a Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) after graduation.
The PGWP is an open work permit that can be used to gain Canadian work experience, a valuable asset in obtaining permanent resident (PR) status in Canada.
Gaining work experience in Canada is often a key factor in helping candidates successfully qualify for several immigration programs, including Express Entry and the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs).
Express Entry is Canada’s primary immigration pathway to PR and it works on a points-based system that takes into account human capital factors. Work experience in Canada gives those who use this route valuable additional points towards their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS), making them more competitive in comparison with other potential candidates in the pool.
The Canadian immigration department is giving temporary residents another chance to extend their stay in Canada.
Temporary residents who had valid status on or after January 30, 2020 but whose status expired on or before May 31, 2021 will have until August 31, 2021 to apply to restore their status, according to the Canadian government’s webpage.
This is an extension of a public policy that went into place on July 14 that was originally just valid until December 31, 2020. It affects workers, students, and visitors who were in Canada when their status expired. Normally, they would have 90 days to apply to restore their status. However, due to service disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, affected individuals now have until the end of August to send in their applications, if they meet certain conditions.
December 28, 2020 - 7:00 AM A Kelowna contractor who exploited foreign workers and was ordered to pay $90,000 in unpaid wages to several people he hired through the Temporary Foreign Workers Program has lost an appeal to have the ruling overturned. According to a Nov. 23 B.C. Employment Standards Tribunal decision that was recently published, Kelowna firm Everlasting Stucco and Stone argued the Tribunal made several errors and failed to observe the principles of natural justice when in April it fined the company $2,500 for reducing the workers wages by $10 an hour and failed to pay vacation and statutory holiday pay, as well as overtime.
Canada is losing tech talent and as a consequence, Canadian companies are trying to attract foreign talent to move north.
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the Canadian economy, affecting three million jobs in the process.
Occupations in the information and technology sector also took a hit when Canada went into lockdown to curb the spread of the virus. However, unlike other occupations, STEM jobs have recovered spectacularly.
In fact, STEM jobs are even more abundant than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.STEM-related employment across the country was 8.7 per cent higher in October than in February. Examples of these jobs include programmers, engineers and other tech workers.