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Richmond employers hit by housing unaffordability crisis: survey
By Richmond News |
87% of respondents said it has impacted their ability to recruit talent (more…)
Women earn $20K per year less than men in Canadian tech jobs: study
By CTV News |
Women in Canadian tech jobs, with a bachelor’s degree or higher, earn nearly $20,000 less a year than their male counterparts — and that pay gap can be just as stark for visible minority and Indigenous tech workers, a new study says. (more…)
Canada will reopen Parents and Grandparents Program January 28
By CIC News |
IRCC will resume first-in, first-served approach to processing expressions of interest (more…)
It’s time to change the way we teach English
By the Conversation
As we move into 2019, the United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages, it’s time to consider not only how we think about Canada’s linguistic identity but also how we might develop best practices for learning and teaching languages. (more…)
What to do for Chinese New Year in Vancouver
By Fly Over Canada |
Chinese New Year and the Lunar New Year are a big deal in Vancouver! This multicultural city goes all out to celebrate the beginning of the second new moon after the winter solstice and ending on the full moon that’s 15 days later. Here are some of the best ways to ring in the Year of the Pig this February. (more…)
Things to know for before filing your 2018 taxes
By CTV News |
The holidays are over and it’s time to get serious about your money and your budget. But before you roll out your New Year’s resolutions about money matters,you might want to take care of last year. (more…)
Multi-lingual phone line improves accessibility
By BC GOV News |
For speakers of Hausa, Cebuano or one of over 100 other languages, real-time access to information about B.C.’s employment standards, in their native tongue, is now just a phone call away.