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Working in Canada Tool

The Working in Canada Tool can help you to decide where to live and work. Use the Tool to produce a report on job descriptions, wages, skill requirements, language training and job opportunities based on your occupation and a location. By researching different occupations and different locations, you can make settlement decisions that are right for you and your family.

Toastmasters International

Toastmasters provides the tools that enable you to become an effective communicator and leader both in business or professional life, and your personal life. A Toastmasters club is a "learn by doing" workshop in which men and women hone their communication and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Why to join? Learn with the best, and the rest will be easy!

The Ten Qualities of Highly Successful Internationally Experienced Professionals

In this workbook, Mike Lipkin, President of Environics/Lipkin will walk you through The Ten Qualities of Highly Successful Internationally Experienced Professionals. Mike will also give you exercises to help you understand and apply these qualities. Then, you need to practise them until you become a highly successful IEP who inspires others to become the same.

Mike Lipkin's workbook "The Ten Qualityies of Highly Succesful Internationally Experienced Professionals".

The Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)

In Quebec, the OIQ carefully monitors compliance with rules of this trade and with the professional integrity of members, while also overseeing the development of the engineering profession. This kind of work is all the more critical, as the Order has more than 56,000 members, making it the second largest of the 45 professional orders charged by the Government of Quebec with the duty of protecting the public.

The General Association of the Engineers in Romania

The General Association of Romanian Engineers (AGIR) has a history of more over 120 years and a wide range of activities.

Technical links:

Engineering related links in Ontario and Canada

Official International Engineering Glossary

The Engineering Tool Box

Canadian Plastics Industry Association

Chemical Engineering resources

Chemical Industry

A Learning Community for Chemical Engineering (CACHE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - open courses

Free trade magazines

Cutting Tool Engineering

Career Knowledge portal

Social security agreement Canada - Romania

Original news in English - click here - or pdf here.

Românii cu rezidenţă îşi vor putea încasa pensiile în Canada

Secretarul de stat din MAE Bogdan Aurescu, aflat într-o vizită de lucru în Canda, a semnat joi (Noiembrie 19, 2009) Acordul de securitate socială între România şi Canada, un document important prin aplicarea căruia vor beneficia direct românii şi, respectiv, canadienii care lucrează sau au lucrat în celălalt stat.

Professional Networks for Immigrants

This directory is by Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC). Published in 2009.

If you arrived in Canada recently and are looking for opportunities to develop professional relationships and networks within your field, this directory is for you.

This directory lists groups run by and for internationally-trained professionals. It has new and established groups from both regulated and non-regulated sectors. It covers many professions.

Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)

Professional Engineers Ontario licenses Ontario’s 70,000 professional engineers, grants temporary, limited and provisional licences to practise professional engineering, and authorizes businesses to provide engineering services to the public. It sets standards for and regulates engineering practice. Under the Professional Engineers Act, its statutory mandate is to serve and protect the public interest where engineering is concerned. Rigorously educated, experienced and committed to a Code of Ethics that puts the public first, licensed professional engineers can be identified by the P.Eng. after their names.

POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest

This group is intended for graduees of the POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, engineers that are scattered all over the world and in all fields. The purpose of this group is to put them in contact and create further professional links.

Other links:

- World Education Services
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
- Canadian Trade Index
- Company Directories Industry Canada
- Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
- Dun & Bradstreet database
- Hoover's database
- MacRAE's Blue Book database
- esource Canada (Scott's directory) database

- www.voyage.gc.ca Children and Travel - Consent Letter

- Ontario English-French Education Glossary The glossary contains a list of close to 2,500 English entries, compiled alphabetically, along with their French equivalents

- Canadian Sales Web - compiled list of recommended websites relevant to sales and marketing professionals

Ontario Immigration - Online Tools

The Working in Canada tool can help you identify the name of your occupation in Canada and provide you with detailed labour market information for a chosen location in Canada. The search tool was developed in partnership with Human Resources and Social Development Canada.

MicroSkills Development Centre - Sponsored Volunteer Interns

Welcome to the Community MicroSkills Development Centre website. We invite you to browse through our website and learn more about MicroSkills.

Our hours of operation are: Monday to Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.  Friday & Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

LoonLounge

LoonLounge is a place to meet people and learn about life in Canada and the Canadian immigration experience. LoonLounge is a network of communities through which you can connect with people around the world, share experiences and advice, ask questions, make friends, find a job in Canada and create a settlement plan.

Government of Ontario

One in three Canadians calls Ontario home. Diverse cultural backgrounds make up this vibrant province, a magnet for industry, the arts and innovation. From its varied landscape, to thousands of lakes, to fantastic tourism spots, Ontario is a study in contrasts with much to offer. This section provides links to detailed information about the people, places and events in Ontario.

Government of Canada

Going to Canada

Explore the Going to Canada Web site to discover links to information and services when planning a temporary stay or making Canada your new home.

G. Gordon M. Sterling Engineering Intern Award

The G. Gordon M. Sterling Engineering Intern Award was established to promote, encourage and celebrate professional leadership achievements of engineering graduates registered in Professional Engineers Ontario's Engineering Intern Training Program.

Foreign Credential Referral Office

These Occupational Fact Sheets will provide you with guidance on foreign credential recognition in your profession in Canada.

ENTERPRISE TORONTO

Looking for assistance on a specific business topic? What to know if there's upcoming events relating to that topic? This section is your guide to receiving a wealth of resources from over 120 business categories. Check it out.

English Classes

Improve your opportunities by upgrading your skills and get your career on track. 

Engineers Canada

Engineers Canada develops national guidelines on the qualifications, standards of practice and ethics expected of professional engineers. It also publishes the Engineers Canada Examination Syllabus and the Engineers Canada List of Foreign Engineering Educational Institutions and Professional Qualifications.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

canadianimmigrant.ca

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), a Special Operating Agency (SOA) associated with Industry Canada, is responsible for the administration and processing of the greater part of intellectual property in Canada.

Canadian Government Grants & Loans - Small Business Financing

The Small Business Finance Centre helps entrepreneurs in Canada to access Canadian government grants and loans for their businesses.

Canadian Company Capabilities

Canadian directory of companies/products/services with links to company web sites.

Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre

Information from the Canadian/Ontario governments about starting, operating or closing a business, including sources of finance, taxes, regulations and licencing, exporting, importing, market research and E-business.

Ambasada Romaniei in Canada

The Embassy of Romania in Ottawa provides consular services only for residents of the Ottawa area. For those residing in other regions of Ontario or other provinces of Canada, please click here to find out where you should apply.