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10 Canadian Sports

November 14, 2009 – 2:18 pm | 11 Comments | 0 Read this

Have you ever heard of curl­ing? Did you know that cricket was pop­u­lar here? Can you name Canada’s offi­cial sum­mer sport?

No?

Looks like you need this 10 Cana­dian sports list!

10 Canadian Expressions

November 7, 2009 – 10:24 pm | 17 Comments | 0 Read this

Con­trary to pop­u­lar belief, Cana­di­ans don’t speak Cana­dian. Most speak Eng­lish, or French, or even both. But Cana­dian Eng­lish also has words or expres­sions not found, or not widely used, in other vari­ants of Eng­lish. Do you know these ten?

10 Great Canadians

October 31, 2009 – 12:14 pm | 13 Comments | 0 Read this

There are great Cana­di­ans in all fields: sports, sci­ence, arts, social sci­ences… Thou­sands of Cana­di­ans from all back­grounds and all ori­gins helped improve this world, one way or another, through the centuries.

10 Canadian Restaurants

October 24, 2009 – 12:06 pm | 17 Comments | 0 Read this

So here a list of the top Cana­dian restau­rants, fast food and cof­fee places. You must know at least a few…!

10 Canadian Bands

October 17, 2009 – 8:37 pm | 16 Comments | 0 Read this

Wel­come to my new series, the “Cana­dian List of Ten”! Ten weeks, ten posts, ten lists and one hun­dred new Cana­dian things for you, from food to lan­guage, from city to weather.

Today, we will start with music, some­thing I really enjoy (and you may have noticed it given the num­ber of con­certs we went to!).

3 Qualities Job-Seekers Must Have

September 26, 2009 – 12:07 pm | 11 Comments | 0 Read this
3 Qualities Job-Seekers Must Have

To end this series, I’d like to high­light three qual­i­ties job-seekers should develop to cope with the job-hunting process: patience, will­ing­ness to learn and flexibility.

5 Canadian Work Culture Tips (9/10)

September 19, 2009 – 1:01 pm | 6 Comments | 0 Read this
5 Canadian Work Culture Tips (9/10)

The Cana­dian work cul­ture is, on many aspects, very dif­fer­ent from other coun­tries’. So, what Cana­dian employ­ers value? What are the unspo­ken rules that help you fit in?

Here are 5 tips to help you out.

3 Potential Career Challenges (8/10)

September 12, 2009 – 12:05 pm | 6 Comments | 0 Read this
3 Potential Career Challenges (8/10)

Most new­com­ers to Canada, no mat­ter whether they were cho­sen for their skills or joined some mem­ber of their fam­ily, expe­ri­ence some work-related issues at one point or another.
Here are the three most com­mon poten­tial career challenges.