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Job Ready Before Coming to Canada
I have never expected that my work with our pre-arrival clients would give me an opportunity to meet so many...

Welcome to Canada: Nimisha & Anirudhya
The BCCA Integrating Newcomers program (BCCA-IN) program helps immigrants before they arrive in Canada. Our specialists will help you assess...

An Adventure Across The World
An adventure on the other side of the world - this is what Winnie Law and her family are calling...

How SOPA Is Preparing Me For Canada
Are you approved to immigrate to Canada? Now what? How to prepare before you move to Canada? Nopporn Chanmekha is...

Welcome to Canada: The BCCA Integrating Newcomers Team
The British Columbia Construction Association’s Integrating Newcomers (BCCA-IN) is a program that helps newcomers to Canada enter the construction workforce...

My Dream Job in Canada
Murshed Nizam is one of our former SOPA (Settlement Online Pre-Arrival) clients. Before landing in Ontario in December, 2016 Murshed...

Takeaways: Job Search Strategies
Guest post by Maria Agnes Castillo from the Philippines. Maria is SOPA Manitoba client. When my Intake Counselor, Milagros Dacwag...

What Is Canadian Workplace Integration?
After taking 'Canadian Workplace Integration' course, our client Oleksandr wrote us a wonderful testimonial that we would like to share....

Tips For Workplace Cultural Adaptation
Over two decades ago, I boarded a plane for a teaching job in Japan. I had very little workplace cultural...

8 questions with the SOPA Graduate
Update: In December 2017 Fahim found a job. We are very happy for Fahim and wish him all the very...