Possible? (neighbourhoods, university, salaries)

[distortionmaster20]

Here's the deal. I'm a US citizen, born and raised.

I currently attend a college in Florida. After college, I want to move to Calgary. I know Calgary has a relatively low cost of living (compared to other metropolitan areas in North America), and plenty of good job opportunity. How can this be achieved? Do I need to obtain a Canadian citizenship? How would it work?

[Cornerguy1]

It could work in the usual ways, distortionmaster.

You could either get a firm job offer from a Canadian company and then apply for a work visa, or you could apply to become a Permanent Resident which would allow you to work and eventually apply for citizenship.


Plenty of information available at the Government of Canada immigration web site:

www.cic.gc.ca


On a lighter note, I'd love to see a Floridian's face on the first really cold January morning.

[Moose Jockey USA]

I'd start the groundwork now. Depending on what you're graduating with, start looking at suitable employers in Calgary (monster.ca for jobs) or corporate websites. Take a look and see what employers are asking for. There's been a great deal of press in the last few months on how recruiters have been flying to Germany and the EU to try and find people to fill positions and are offering sponsorship to citizenship as enticements...

Good luck

[nishant_hdr]

i am a student and planning to do my masters in mechanical from university of alberta. CAn anyone pls tell what is the reputation of the university in mechanical field and what r the job apportunities after a degree from alberta???????????

[fourlug]

There are lots of jobs here.. but low cost? Maybe if you take the inflated salaries into consideration

[smakawhat]

I have a cousin who lives in Florida, during March she was up here in a parka. I am sure if she went to Calgary she'd need a bear suit...

[rgpg_99]

Originally Posted by Cornerguy1

On a lighter note, I'd love to see a Floridian's face on the first really cold January morning.

Then I'll send you a picture next January

I actually spent my last two years in upstate NY (after moving from FL), and I enjoyed the snow over there. It was a welcomed change from the muggy, humid, love bug infested summers in northern FL.

These past few days I went through the "heat wave" (as they called it) and the humidity in Toronto doing the usual: walking everywhere, enjoying the outdoors, visiting parks and neighbourhoods. I just walked in the shade whenever possible, and drank extra water to keep hydrated. But other than that, if people and the media would not have made such a big issue of the "heat wave", I wouldn't have known there was one.

So, to paraphrase Cornerguy1: " I'd love to see a Torontonian's face on the first really hot June morning in Florida"

When you open the door to go outside, and the hot hair slaps you on the face, and you breathe in, and your nostrils burn from that hot air, then you know you are in hot Florida weather.

When you walk to your car, and you feel something on the tip of your fingers, and when you look down, you realize it's sweat coming from your armpits, running down your arms, and dripping off your fingertips, then you know you are in hot Florida weather.

[ThroatGuzzler]

I wonder what's more brutal, a Florida summer or a Toronto winter?

[karuna95]

Originally Posted by smakawhat

I have a cousin who lives in Florida, during March she was up here in a parka. I am sure if she went to Calgary she'd need a bear suit...

Sounds like me! So excited about our trip to Lake Louise and Jasper. Yes, I'm bringing fleece