Women in eng are more of a minority in the US and face similar problems due to this in both countries (depends a lot of the engineering field as well).
Canada already has relatively low funding for research, which is why there's been a brain drain to other countries for awhile.
I’m told(please correct me)… that Canada was pro-immigration for years but didn’t build more housing. Now housing is unaffordable which has caused a backlash.
This is true. For the most part it’s open to areas of labour that we are missing, like trade jobs or health care. A lot of low income jobs too (filled by refugees). The third category is based on wealth - if you bring a lot of $ you may get in. But there’s strong anti-immigrant sentiment here too. 🤷♀️
There is a moratorium on immigrants buying homes in Canada. The only exceptions I could find were if there was a town of less than 10,000 or if it was commercial/multi family.
I know they first give gov jobs to Canadians, and private companies (some) expect you to learn French. Id love to move away from the US. We're getting f'd in so many sneaky ways, its a shame.
French is usually only required for Federal government jobs or jobs in Quebec so it is a significant asset but not required everywhere.
I hear you, I would want to leave too, although we have similar issues just to a lesser degree.
I know nowhere is perfect. I'd like my kids to have healthcare not tied to a job & parental leave. Trump is dismantling our & grad schools stopped accepting students. My kids want to be scientists. That training requires scientific institutions unless pharmaceutical companies want to give PhDs.
The costs of living & thriving in America comparable to other dev nations is out of control! We do all asked of us, to let this crazy reality take it over. Its stressful & depressing. There's so so many other beautiful places to live. Just live. Really live.
It is more desirable, just like it is anywhere. Most of us are not bilingual if you come further west. Even in grade school, where a 2nd language was required, my school offered Cree instead.
I have a Master of Science and work fairly high level government jobs and am not bilingual. It would have only hampered my career if I wanted to work in Ottawa (federal capital region) or Quebec. I think it's a great aspiration to be bilingual though for many reasons.
I studied French for 2 years, so I'm working on that again. I've been studying German for the last 2 years. I'm not fluent in Spanish, but I'm close. I took literature classes taught in Spanish through college. I can usually read almost anything. Speaking is harder.
My French is shoddy high school French but when I worked for Health Canada (federal government) they did pay to assess my level and send me to classes so I could apply for the higher level bilingual positions. Sometimes there are options?
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Canada already has relatively low funding for research, which is why there's been a brain drain to other countries for awhile.
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A lot of first world.
Anymore.
I hear you, I would want to leave too, although we have similar issues just to a lesser degree.