Credit to Author: Geneviève Beaupré and Susan Qadeer| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:47:21 +0000
Deal with your negative feelings by embracing self-care and seeking support
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Read moreCredit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 21:01:25 +0000
Canada has announced new, enhanced caregiver pilot programs as the expiry date for Canada’s existing Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot approaches. The existing pilot programs are set to expire on June 17. In their place, the new pilot programs will grant home care workers with permanent resident status when […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 13:00:46 +0000
Foreign nationals who receive permanent residence (PR) in Canada can bring qualifying dependent family members with them to Canada. It is important, however, to distinguish that this is different from the family members that a Canadian permanent resident is eligible to sponsor after they immigrate to Canada. More information on sponsoring family members to come […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:00:44 +0000
Amidst a population boom of over five million people in the last ten years, Canada has added just 167 medical residencies over the same length of time, making it increasingly difficult for many Canadians to obtain regular access to a family doctor. This is according to a late-January story by CBC News, which also noted […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cheryl Song| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:48:51 +0000
While New Year’s resolutions are easy to make but easier to break, investing in developing healthy habits through repetition, which can be easily incorporated into your lifestyle will help you sustain them.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Gu Zhenzhen| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:52:54 +0000
“As my daughter leaves home for university, I find myself thinking about my own journey and the mother-daughter bond. Even though I left home at the age of 18, the bond between me and my mother (who passed away in 2015) remained strong over the years.”
The post Mothers and daughters: Connecting across the miles first appeared on Canadian Immigrant.
Read moreCredit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:45:45 +0000
Every year, hundreds of thousands of newcomers arrive to Canada, many of them with family in tow—to start a new life in a new country. Newcomer families, (like all families) often spend the bulk of their income on child-related expenses; and so, the question of what expenses to expect in Canada can be an important […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:00:35 +0000
In many cases, both international students and temporary foreign workers (TFWs) coming to Canada want their family members to accompany them. Fortunately, Canada has made it possible for both work permit and study permit holders (together classified as temporary resident visa (TRV) holders) to bring their family members – including spouses, common-law partners and dependent […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Julia Hornstein| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:24:10 +0000
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has just announced an update to the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). IRCC will accept up to 15,000 complete applications for sponsorship under the PGP this year. On October 10, IRCC will begin sending invitations to apply to 24,200 interested potential sponsors, aiming to receive up to the 15,000 […]
The post IRCC announces update to Parents and Grandparents Program 2023 first appeared on CIC News.
Read moreCredit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:00:53 +0000
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) cites family reunification as one of the pillars of Canadian immigration. When you apply to bring a spouse or partner to Canada under family class sponsorship, IRCC must be satisfied that the relationship is genuine. IRCC makes these assessments because sometimes a foreign national may attempt to pursue a […]
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