Unit 1
Essential Documents
http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b4abq
Your first few days in Canada
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/guide/section-05.html
What you can bring into Canada
http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/menu-e.html
International educational assessment center
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/guide/section-06.html#1
Employment in regulated professions and trades
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/guide/section-06.html#3
As a business immigrant
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/business/index.html
The weather
weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca
The school system
canada.gc.ca/othergov/prov_e.html
ceris.schoolnet.ca/e/
www.aucc.ca
Unit 2
Essential documents
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/guide/section-02.html#1
Welcome to Canada, What you should know
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/welcome/index.html
Newcomer information
www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer
www.directioncanada.gc.ca
Immigrant serving organizations
www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/welcome/wel-20e.html
Unit 3
Housing
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/fact_02e.html
Health Care
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/fact_health.html
Applying for a Social Insurance Number
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/sin-nas
Employment
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/menu/profile-search.shtml#100
Alberta College of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACATCM)
http://www.acatcm.com/index.htm
Unit 4
The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials
www.cicic.ca
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/guide/section-04.html#1
- The Internet :
Many Web sites have information on job opportunities. You can search for a job
on-line in any part of Canada. Some sites also give practical advice on how to
plan your job search. Others allow you to apply for a job directly on the Internet,
or to post your résumé (in English or French). When you do this, your résumé goes
into a database that can be searched by employers. Try visiting the following Web
sites, run by the federal government:
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- www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca:
This is the national Web site of
Human Resources Development Canada, a federal department. It is also the gateway to many of
the sites mentioned below.
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- ele-spe.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca: This is an on-line database
of jobs and work or business opportunities across Canada. It matches work to people and people
to work. You can click on the province where you plan to settle and submit a list of your
skills to the database to find work opportunities that match your profile.
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- worksearch.gc.ca: This site will take you through all the
steps needed to choose a career and to carry out an effective work search.
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- www.workinfonet.ca: This is a national site for career
and labour market information. It will link you to job information for each province and
territory. It also includes information on self-employment, education and training.
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- jb-ge.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca: This is the "Job Bank" Web
site. It contains an on-line database of thousands of job vacancies across Canada.
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- www.SkillNet.ca: This is a large network of job and career
information Web sites. It can link you to full-time and part-time job opportunities.
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- www.canadait.com: This site is a gateway to job
opportunities in the information technology and communications sector. It has links
to company directories and associations that will help you find potential employers.
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- www.jobs.gc.ca: This site posts federal government jobs
available across the country and accepts on-line applications.
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- www.integration-net.cic.gc.ca: This site
is run by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It includes links to many different types
of jobs and other useful information for newcomers.
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Unit 5
Francophone communities outside Quebec
franco.ca/atlas/ or www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/links_liens.asp#B
Unit 6
The Host Program
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomer/guide/section-04.html#2
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