What you will learn
- How to bullet-proof your foreign worker, student or newcomer journey against unforced errors and avoidable mistakes.
- Learn real life information, tools, and resources, along with realistic expectations.
- Increase your understanding of what "acclimatization" or "adaptation" means for your new life and why it is so important to your success while abroad.
- Discover things you should consider and have prepared before you arrive in the foreign country.
- Find out about types of accommodation and housing available in the community you plan to live and work.
- Discover what’s involved in securing housing, the application process, security deposits and everything in between.
- Learn about the diverse Canadian culture, norms, cuisine, holidays, and weather that are vital to your workplace and community integration.
- Learn how you can identify vulnerabilities within your workplace and make them your strengths with knowledge of labour and employment legislation particularly for foreign nationals.
- Find out about the different types of public transportation available in your community.
- Discover simple tips for dressing for the weather, dressing for the different seasons, dressing for success, basic grooming, and hygiene to avoid vulnerabilities or embarrassing situations.
- Learn about the effective ways to champion change while using these techniques to learn and grow.
- Learn how you can support your full potential of your new life in your new workplace and community.
- You will emerge confident and successful to embark on your new journey as a foreign worker or foreign national to seamlessly integrate into your new workplace, school, or community.
Description
This course will give you all the information, tools, and resources to support a seamless, workplace and community integration. It will help you reduce the anxiety and stresses of starting over and the fear of the unknown.
It will provide a unique shortcut to empowering you with all the information you need to be confident and successful on your new journey as a foreign worker or foreign national.
Imagine being equipped with knowing your rights and responsibilities as an employee in Canada, being equipped with the basic information about workplace discrimination and harassment policy, occupational health and safety as well as when you will be eligible for OHIP and what’s covered under OHIP.
It will give you information to have handy if the need arises.
It will fill you in on cultural norms, dressing for the weather, Canadian cuisine, where to find necessary community resources, acceptable workplace behaviour, to make it through your work contract without so much as a wrinkle, worry or anxiety…
Imagine how it would feel if you didn’t have to worry about where and when to apply for your federal and provincial documents after arriving in Canada.
Imagine knowing the process of finding and securing housing, knowing the application process, knowing about your rights as a tenant, security deposits.
This is the potential of being informed and becoming “acclimatized” to your workplace and community.
In the first module we will explore what it really means to “acclimatize or adapt to your new life and/or role. We will explore Canadian culture, customs, cuisine, norms, and habits. We will also explore the thought-provoking question of things
to consider before you arrive in the foreign country. In this module we will also explore Canada’s four seasons, accommodation options and transportation or getting around once you arrive.
From there, we’ll move on to learning about "the foreign worker journey". In this module we will take you through next steps once you arrive in the foreign country.
We will provide you with the correct information and resources on how to apply for your federal and provincial documents essential to your work or school, setting up bank accounts. We will discuss health and community services, workplace
culture, etiquette, hygiene, and dressing for success.
Finally, you’ll discover the best ways to support a healthy workplace integration with knowledge your rights and responsibilities as an employee as well as your employer’s rights and responsibilities. We believe that to truly become part of a
community and have a true sense of belonging, you should be well versed with not only the culture but the laws and legislation of the country you call home. Thus, we have included what we consider an important section which provides you with the basic information about employment related laws and legislation; to enlighten you about your rights and responsibilities as an employee.
If you’re ready to learn a wealth of practical information about your foreign worker, newcomer, or international student journey and with the tools to support you along the journey, don’t hesitate to enroll. As a member, you will instantly
gain life-time access to all of the course material.
Who this is for
- Anyone who is a migrating to North America permanently, considered a newcomer, a temporary foreign worker or international student and are NOT directly recruited by Dove Recruiting.
- Employers that employ students, foreign workers and newcomers and want to foster an inclusive work environment as well as seamless workplace integration for all their employees.
- Foreign workers or newcomers who are already in Canada for a work contract and are having difficulty coping or adapting to the new workplace and/or community.
- International students who are working part time while on a student visa.
- Individuals who are new to Canada on any type of work permit or immigration status and want to maximize the resources available to them.
- The average person looking to learn new and existing things about integrating into Canadian culture.
