Archive for January, 2008

Canada immigration seminars in the UK

I’m heading to the UK in March and hitting the road with Richard Gregan of Overseas Emigration Visas. If you’re considering emigrating to Canada these seminars are an opportunity to clarify any questions you may have about Canada visa requirements.

My colleague, Richard Gregan, is a registered migration agent for New Zealand and Australia and will be covering Australia immigration and New Zealand immigration.

We’ll be in the following cities on the dates below:

Glasgow, Saturday 8th March
Manchester, Sunday 9th March
Birmingham, Monday 10th March
Bristol, Tuesday 11th March
London, Wednesday 12th March

OE Visas immigration seminars cost £12. For further information and to book contact info@canada-immigration-visas.co.uk or call 0845 601 7810.

Canada tech industries facing IT skills shortage

A coalition of industry professionals – “Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s IT Skills” has called on the Canadian government to loosen Canada immigration requirements to more easily allow highly-educated skilled workers to live and work in Canada. The coalition also intends to market the technology sector to high schools in an effort to attract more high-tech post-secondary students.

More than 90,000 jobs in the information technology sector will need to be filled in the next three to five years and could potentially impact the Canadian economy to the tune of $10.6-billion, said Conference Board of Canada vice-president of organizational effectiveness, Dr. Michael Bloom.

“The problem is much bigger than any of us at the Conference Board has identified,” said Mr. Bloom.

A “perfect storm” of socio-demographic factors, negative perceptions of the tech sector following the bubble burst of 2002 and a significant drop in university enrolment in IT programs across Canada has all come together to create this dire scenario, said Mr. Bloom.

source: David George-Cosh, Financial Post
Published: Monday, January 21, 2008

Labour shortage could cripple Canada’s tech industry: report