My family's making me suicidal, but I'm stuck here. What to do with my life, I need advice desperately?
I know this is long, but I'm very desperate for help, and I don't have any friends to go to with my problems... - Im 20 and live at home with my family while Im job searching. I had to leave college, because I couldnt afford it any longer (Im absolutely broke and cant pay for it & no fin. aid is available except taking out large loans) - While living at home, Im having tons of family problems with my mom. To the point where she's tried smacking me around, because I think she sees what she wants to see. She flipped out at me when i was looking in our freezer for my frozen meal & random prepackaged food she over-stuffed in our freezer fell out & i couldnt catch it, so she thinks I'm 'throwing' food around intentionally. I dont how she can come up with something so preposterous & how that would even make sense in her mind. :S - My brother is just as hateful as my mom and says hurtful things like "no one likes you" whenever I come out of my room to grab a drink or if I walk by him. He bullies me like this almost daily. - The hatred and negativity from living here got so bad that I emailed the only 2 people who I know for a temporary place to stay so that I can get away. Although neither replied back so Im literally stuck here, broke, and job searching with no results. I want to work desperately so I can move out. - Im stressed out and cant fall asleep at night for the last 2 weeks. Im crying almost every night and cant control how hopeless I feel about my future. - Also, Im starving and lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. My mom stopped buying food for me (Ive been a vegetarian for 10 years) when she grocery shops for my family. Its like i dont even exist and she spends my dads money on food for everyone but me. - The only positive in my life is my *one* real friend from Canada, who said he can help me and I can stay with him while I get my life straightened out. But moving to Canada is impossible, Im in the US and the paperwork + the fees + the time to process the paperwork makes it so that I cant even see my only friend when I really need to. - Im thinking of seriously joining the military because its the only way I'll be able to get away from my toxic 'family,' get some food, and a FT place to work... - Ive been depressed for years, but never this severely depressed... I feel like Ive lost everything, my hearts been ripped out, Im crippled emotionally and mentally, and I have no way out of this situation. I want to become a nurse, but I cant pay for it on a minimum wage job and I CAN NOT still live here for 2-3 more years while taking nursing classes. I honestly feel like without a nursing degree, I have no future because Im shy and that kills my chances of getting most jobs. What can I do? Take the plunge and join the military? I have no friends to stay with, I cant find a FT job to pay rent. Im broke and cant move to Canada. I cant stay here any longer because it's crippling me and tearing me down day by day.
Mental Health - 6 Answers
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Start volunteering --at hospitals, the rescue mission, help feed the homeless at shelters, clinics. Write essays about why you want to become a nurse. Apply to nursing schools and include on your application your volunteer work, your struggles against obstacles in your life, etc. If you can,take any prerequisite courses you need or retake them to get your GPA up. If you apply at the bigger universities, or private ones, or ones in underserved areas, you may find that it is completely tuition free to those who qualify and are accepted (a little known secret). (volunteering HELPS) Also the government has "forgiveable loans" for those who care to find out about them to ease the nursing shortage. There is always a way if you are willing to do the work and stop feeling sorry for yourself. Getting out there and helping others is the best way to help yourself, and to see how small your troubles are in comparision. Ignore your brothers taunts and realize that these are tough times for everyone, including your mom. Try to smile and know that all things are temporary. Appreciate that you have a family who do love you, even if it is a dysfunctional family, and just try to get along and dont let things bother you so much. I had a similar family so I spent most Christmases when I was single working at the hospital where I felt appreciated, and finally left them all behind in cold Canada. Strive to be loving and generous to all, even those who are mean---smile, and they will soften. Kill them with kindness until you can move on! Good luck & Happy holidays---Watch Its a Wonderful Life! .
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Have you tried a shelter? Sometimes they will work with you for a certain period of time. I would not go into the military unless you are ready for a committment and please don't let that recruter talk you into BS. They always do. However they do pay for college and houseing. You have more options than you think sweetie, just hang in there. I have been in your shoes. I left home when I was 16yrs old. I had to for my physical and mental well being. Do what you got to do. Just remember its harder on the outside because you have to pay your own way. Good luck
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Have you confronted your family about how you're feeling what so ever? I know it wouldn't be easy to do, but it could possibly change things? Other family members you could stay with there? Good luck with the job hunt, it definitely takes time.. As for depression and such, are you on any medication or have you talked to Doctors about it? You may want to see about speaking to a Doctor and a Councellor about your issues until things improve a bit..Is welfare an option? I know it's not the best one, but it might be your only choice if you need out that bad until you find a job.. Good luck with everything, hold your head up!
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1st of all, maybe you think people/parents can talk anyway they see fit each day. Turns out many parents are abusers. Actually they are not trying to be tough to make you responsible- they are tricking you. This goes for people at school as well. Words are abuse also. There are 3 types of abusive people/parents. Some hit the bottle. Some hit you. And some run their mouths and put you down. THEY are sick and get high on being mean, and thats why they do it. They are wrong about everything. The typical abuser is close-minded, self-righteous and was also abused themself. Use defense and read many sites on verbal abuse etc. Psychiatrists commit fraud in that there is no medical science in what they do. They do not draw blood to test for imbalances. For chemical imbalances NO test exists. Abuse makes children grow up with all types of so called "Mental Problems" -Drinking, Cutting, OCD, Voices etc. or turns them into abusers Jesus name and forgiveness is important to feel better and have a new life. Google- "Inside the Mind of an Abuser" Learn the truth, forgive, and Get Away from them. Read many many sites under "emotional abuse" and "dealing with bullies". Talk to me. I have some questions for you Source(s): Experience with people feeling better on a repeated basis.
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Have you seen these ads on tv for nursing school, like intellitec, and other vocational schools? If you want to be a nurse, joining the military is one thing, but I think if you think yoru parents are abusive, they will be more so. Why not call a school like that and get a nursing assistant degree , then go to work and get your own place and take classes for nursing . Here is a self help version of a profound healing method you can apply to all your pain and remove daily the problems before bed. eftuniverse.com click on 'get started free'.
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I am Welmart Melfield it is not really easy this days to find a real loan lender online this days i have search all through for the past few years but all i always come across are all scam and nothing less than that not until i met a friend of mine online of who introduce me to a loan company called the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COOPERATIVE LOAN COMPANY and i said even if my own blood brother or sister introduce me to a loan company online as long it is the internet i would not applied not to talk of you, because i have been scam a total of GBP26,000 in this process and all of them are being referred to me by friends in the internet but i have to take it as a pain to locate this company and my most luckiest moment was that i am attending a seminal in that country where the firm is located so i went further to trace them if at all, such company is existence and when i arrived there i discovered that it was true that they where in existence and i met with the Management and i spoke with them that i am from the United Kingdom and i needed a business loan of GBP350,000 and they told me that been a foreigner i need to go through some process that will required the service of an attorney who will be representing me in making all the payment and they are going to pay for all fees that will enable the transfer to commence except that of my attorney that will be pay by me because am the one who he will be representing here what ever that goes on he will be the one informing me of what to do and i ask them about the insurance, they told me that they will pay for that and i said this will be a good one so i went further to seek for the service of an Attorney who will represent me and my loan was easily approved after all that process. if there is any one who is need of loan this is their email address: mybizz@businessmailbox.com or mybizz01@live.com am very glad that once in my life after i have been doubting every company that i came across on the internet to be a legitimate company i still find one that finally prove me wrong of my doubt.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
My family's making me suicidal, but I'm stuck here. What to do with my life, I need advice desperately
My family's making me suicidal, but I'm stuck here. What to do with my life, I need advice desperately?
I know this is long, but I'm very desperate for help, and I don't have any friends to go to with my problems... - Im 20 and live at home with my family while Im job searching. I had to leave college, because I couldnt afford it any longer (Im absolutely broke and cant pay for it & no fin. aid is available except taking out large loans) - While living at home, Im having tons of family problems with my mom. To the point where she's tried smacking me around, because I think she sees what she wants to see. She flipped out at me when i was looking in our freezer for my frozen meal & random prepackaged food she over-stuffed in our freezer fell out & i couldnt catch it, so she thinks I'm 'throwing' food around intentionally. I dont how she can come up with something so preposterous & how that would even make sense in her mind. :S - My brother is just as hateful as my mom and says hurtful things like "no one likes you" whenever I come out of my room to grab a drink or if I walk by him. He bullies me like this almost daily. - The hatred and negativity from living here got so bad that I emailed the only 2 people who I know for a temporary place to stay so that I can get away. Although neither replied back so Im literally stuck here, broke, and job searching with no results. I want to work desperately so I can move out. - Im stressed out and cant fall asleep at night for the last 2 weeks. Im crying almost every night and cant control how hopeless I feel about my future. - Also, Im starving and lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. My mom stopped buying food for me (Ive been a vegetarian for 10 years) when she grocery shops for my family. Its like i dont even exist and she spends my dads money on food for everyone but me. - The only positive in my life is my *one* real friend from Canada, who said he can help me and I can stay with him while I get my life straightened out. But moving to Canada is impossible, Im in the US and the paperwork + the fees + the time to process the paperwork makes it so that I cant even see my only friend when I really need to. - Im thinking of seriously joining the military because its the only way I'll be able to get away from my toxic 'family,' get some food, and a FT place to work... - Ive been depressed for years, but never this severely depressed... I feel like Ive lost everything, my hearts been ripped out, Im crippled emotionally and mentally, and I have no way out of this situation. I want to become a nurse, but I cant pay for it on a minimum wage job and I CAN NOT still live here for 2-3 more years while taking nursing classes. I honestly feel like without a nursing degree, I have no future because Im shy and that kills my chances of getting most jobs. What can I do? Take the plunge and join the military? I have no friends to stay with, I cant find a FT job to pay rent. Im broke and cant move to Canada. I cant stay here any longer because it's crippling me and tearing me down day by day.
Psychology - 4 Answers
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Your family isn't doing anything to you ... you're doing it to yourself. You choose to remain at home, for whatever reasons or rationalization you choose to use and you choose to let what they say and do bother you ... you could just as easily laugh in their faces rather than react as you current choose to. Sure, join the military ... sounds like a plan.
2 :
Wow.. relax..i've been there. but in a very different situation. I think you know suicide is not the answer! Have you ever talked to God ? You could start by accepting him as your savior. and by asking him to take over your life! I did. it's sad to say allot of us do this when we just can't find a way out! But sometimes that's what it takes. I did and let me tell you, from felling worthless and hopeless and thinking of suicide, Jesus Christ has filled me with peace and i know now that if i ever have a problem, i can get on my knees or go worship him and rais my hand up and by faith it's just so cool ... he answers my prayers! He inlights me gives me undertanding and knowlege to handle whatever situation! but you have to beleive, I encourage you to read the Bible an just look up " HOW TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR
3 :
Either get the student loans or join the military. Your family isn't going to change. And you don't have to pay the loans back until you quit going to school. Technically you could take one class for the rest of your life and never pay them back.
4 :
I am Welmart Melfield it is not really easy this days to find a real loan lender online this days i have search all through for the past few years but all i always come across are all scam and nothing less than that not until i met a friend of mine online of who introduce me to a loan company called the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COOPERATIVE LOAN COMPANY and i said even if my own blood brother or sister introduce me to a loan company online as long it is the internet i would not applied not to talk of you, because i have been scam a total of GBP26,000 in this process and all of them are being referred to me by friends in the internet but i have to take it as a pain to locate this company and my most luckiest moment was that i am attending a seminal in that country where the firm is located so i went further to trace them if at all, such company is existence and when i arrived there i discovered that it was true that they where in existence and i met with the Management and i spoke with them that i am from the United Kingdom and i needed a business loan of GBP350,000 and they told me that been a foreigner i need to go through some process that will required the service of an attorney who will be representing me in making all the payment and they are going to pay for all fees that will enable the transfer to commence except that of my attorney that will be pay by me because am the one who he will be representing here what ever that goes on he will be the one informing me of what to do and i ask them about the insurance, they told me that they will pay for that and i said this will be a good one so i went further to seek for the service of an Attorney who will represent me and my loan was easily approved after all that process. if there is any one who is need of loan this is their email address: mybizz@businessmailbox.com or mybizz01@live.com am very glad that once in my life after i have been doubting every company that i came across on the internet to be a legitimate company i still find one that finally prove me wrong of my doubt.
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I know this is long, but I'm very desperate for help, and I don't have any friends to go to with my problems... - Im 20 and live at home with my family while Im job searching. I had to leave college, because I couldnt afford it any longer (Im absolutely broke and cant pay for it & no fin. aid is available except taking out large loans) - While living at home, Im having tons of family problems with my mom. To the point where she's tried smacking me around, because I think she sees what she wants to see. She flipped out at me when i was looking in our freezer for my frozen meal & random prepackaged food she over-stuffed in our freezer fell out & i couldnt catch it, so she thinks I'm 'throwing' food around intentionally. I dont how she can come up with something so preposterous & how that would even make sense in her mind. :S - My brother is just as hateful as my mom and says hurtful things like "no one likes you" whenever I come out of my room to grab a drink or if I walk by him. He bullies me like this almost daily. - The hatred and negativity from living here got so bad that I emailed the only 2 people who I know for a temporary place to stay so that I can get away. Although neither replied back so Im literally stuck here, broke, and job searching with no results. I want to work desperately so I can move out. - Im stressed out and cant fall asleep at night for the last 2 weeks. Im crying almost every night and cant control how hopeless I feel about my future. - Also, Im starving and lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. My mom stopped buying food for me (Ive been a vegetarian for 10 years) when she grocery shops for my family. Its like i dont even exist and she spends my dads money on food for everyone but me. - The only positive in my life is my *one* real friend from Canada, who said he can help me and I can stay with him while I get my life straightened out. But moving to Canada is impossible, Im in the US and the paperwork + the fees + the time to process the paperwork makes it so that I cant even see my only friend when I really need to. - Im thinking of seriously joining the military because its the only way I'll be able to get away from my toxic 'family,' get some food, and a FT place to work... - Ive been depressed for years, but never this severely depressed... I feel like Ive lost everything, my hearts been ripped out, Im crippled emotionally and mentally, and I have no way out of this situation. I want to become a nurse, but I cant pay for it on a minimum wage job and I CAN NOT still live here for 2-3 more years while taking nursing classes. I honestly feel like without a nursing degree, I have no future because Im shy and that kills my chances of getting most jobs. What can I do? Take the plunge and join the military? I have no friends to stay with, I cant find a FT job to pay rent. Im broke and cant move to Canada. I cant stay here any longer because it's crippling me and tearing me down day by day.
Psychology - 4 Answers
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1 :
Your family isn't doing anything to you ... you're doing it to yourself. You choose to remain at home, for whatever reasons or rationalization you choose to use and you choose to let what they say and do bother you ... you could just as easily laugh in their faces rather than react as you current choose to. Sure, join the military ... sounds like a plan.
2 :
Wow.. relax..i've been there. but in a very different situation. I think you know suicide is not the answer! Have you ever talked to God ? You could start by accepting him as your savior. and by asking him to take over your life! I did. it's sad to say allot of us do this when we just can't find a way out! But sometimes that's what it takes. I did and let me tell you, from felling worthless and hopeless and thinking of suicide, Jesus Christ has filled me with peace and i know now that if i ever have a problem, i can get on my knees or go worship him and rais my hand up and by faith it's just so cool ... he answers my prayers! He inlights me gives me undertanding and knowlege to handle whatever situation! but you have to beleive, I encourage you to read the Bible an just look up " HOW TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR
3 :
Either get the student loans or join the military. Your family isn't going to change. And you don't have to pay the loans back until you quit going to school. Technically you could take one class for the rest of your life and never pay them back.
4 :
I am Welmart Melfield it is not really easy this days to find a real loan lender online this days i have search all through for the past few years but all i always come across are all scam and nothing less than that not until i met a friend of mine online of who introduce me to a loan company called the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COOPERATIVE LOAN COMPANY and i said even if my own blood brother or sister introduce me to a loan company online as long it is the internet i would not applied not to talk of you, because i have been scam a total of GBP26,000 in this process and all of them are being referred to me by friends in the internet but i have to take it as a pain to locate this company and my most luckiest moment was that i am attending a seminal in that country where the firm is located so i went further to trace them if at all, such company is existence and when i arrived there i discovered that it was true that they where in existence and i met with the Management and i spoke with them that i am from the United Kingdom and i needed a business loan of GBP350,000 and they told me that been a foreigner i need to go through some process that will required the service of an attorney who will be representing me in making all the payment and they are going to pay for all fees that will enable the transfer to commence except that of my attorney that will be pay by me because am the one who he will be representing here what ever that goes on he will be the one informing me of what to do and i ask them about the insurance, they told me that they will pay for that and i said this will be a good one so i went further to seek for the service of an Attorney who will represent me and my loan was easily approved after all that process. if there is any one who is need of loan this is their email address: mybizz@businessmailbox.com or mybizz01@live.com am very glad that once in my life after i have been doubting every company that i came across on the internet to be a legitimate company i still find one that finally prove me wrong of my doubt.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Would it be good to get a BSc in Canada and then go to the states to do masters
Would it be good to get a BSc in Canada and then go to the states to do masters?
Hi, I'm currently doing an undergrad in chemistry but i am more interested in nursing and would like to transfer. I would love to become a nurse anesthetist; however, i live in Canada and they do not offer it here. I know MANY schools offer it in US as a masters degree. So my ques is would it be beneficial to go to the states after becoming a RN in Canada and going over there to become a nurse anesthetist? Would it be worth it? Or should i try to pursue a masters in nursing here and Canada and become a nurse practitioner instead?? Thank you for any input!!
Health Care - 1 Answers
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I have plenty of respect for nurses, they have a hard job, but still many people are attracted to this profession. I uncovered some great tips and tricks on the website in the box below, it aided my sister to begin on the path to becoming a nurse, she is in her first term of training now.
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Keep in mind that as a Canadian citizen you would pay international student fees when attending school in the US so your tuition would be about double. If you became a CRNA you would have to go about obtaining a job and a visa to work in the US since there are no CRNAs in Canada.
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Hi, I'm currently doing an undergrad in chemistry but i am more interested in nursing and would like to transfer. I would love to become a nurse anesthetist; however, i live in Canada and they do not offer it here. I know MANY schools offer it in US as a masters degree. So my ques is would it be beneficial to go to the states after becoming a RN in Canada and going over there to become a nurse anesthetist? Would it be worth it? Or should i try to pursue a masters in nursing here and Canada and become a nurse practitioner instead?? Thank you for any input!!
Health Care - 1 Answers
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I have plenty of respect for nurses, they have a hard job, but still many people are attracted to this profession. I uncovered some great tips and tricks on the website in the box below, it aided my sister to begin on the path to becoming a nurse, she is in her first term of training now.
2 :
Keep in mind that as a Canadian citizen you would pay international student fees when attending school in the US so your tuition would be about double. If you became a CRNA you would have to go about obtaining a job and a visa to work in the US since there are no CRNAs in Canada.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Is it hard to immigrate to Canada, what's it like
Is it hard to immigrate to Canada, what's it like?
I grew up in the US, but I'm a citizen of a very developed European country. I speak English fluently with an American accent, so I won't be too much of an outcast. I took 3 years of French in High School (just graduated) and am planning on getting my master's degree in nursing. I'm planning on going to college all around Europe, and graduate school either in South Africa or Australia. After that, however, I'd like to immigrate permanently to an English speaking country. How hard would it be for me to immigrate to Canada? I want something that's similar to the country I grew up in (the US), but it's way too hard to immigrate there. At least I'll be close. I've known many Canadians and they're quite friendly, some of my best friends have been from Canada. However, I've also heard that they can be a bit prejudiced against foreigners. I've heard that it's incredibly hard to get a job if you've gone to school overseas and that Canadians are a bit racist. I'm white (from all around Europe), but both of my parents are European and grew up there, and I do speak a European language fluently and I'm not ashamed of my culture or anything. Also, I've known a lot of Canadians who hate Americans, and although I'm technically not American, I spent around half of my childhood there, would that be a problem?
Other - Canada - 4 Answers
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If you want to move to Canada, here is a link to the Canadian government web site with the information. http://www.goingtocanada.gc.ca/CIC/display-afficher.do?id=0000000000102&lang=eng You can take this test to see if you might qualify http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assess/index.asp One of the most popular ways of entering Canada is as a skilled worker. Follow this link to see if you are eligible http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/tool/index.asp However, Canadian employers will often not hire a person without Canadian employment experience, which you cannot get until someone offers you a job. The problem is that so many previous immigrants from countries other than the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand or north western Europe have had false credentials that Canadian employers are wary of hiring people from other places than I listed. The process of moving to Canada can take up to three years and can cost $10,000 in government fees. Permanent residency in Canada is not free.
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You cannot avoid racism anywhere. However, Canadians are no more racist than anyone else. It is exceptionally difficult to immigrate to Canada. We have about a million others whose applications are being processed by - imho - too few immigration officers. Canada only accepts about 250,000 qualified applicants each year and that still doesn't mean there will be a job for you.
3 :
Canadians are much like other people - if you are open and friendly, they will be open and friendly with you. As to getting a job - check with Immigration Canada - they have recently revised the list of high priority job classifications (sorry, I don't know where nursing fits into the list, but I would imagine good nurses would always be welcome.) Contact either the Canadian Embassy, or go online to Immigration Canada to find out how to go about immigrating. Good luck to you.
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If you're from England, you might get some friendly banter if you move to Quebec :) Canada was voted the world's best country for expats recently so I imagine we're pretty good to foreigners. I'm from Vancouver there's people of all sorts of nationalities/ethnicities here to study and work, and as long as you're not a douche, people are welcoming and friendly :) Vancouver and Seattle exchange tourists a lot, same with Toronto and Montreal and their American counterparts so yeah, you'll be fairly close to your countrymen. And the hating Americans thing is just sibling rivalry so don't worry about it. It's like New Zealand and Australia. Americans are a lot like us so in reality it's actually easy to get along. Depending if you're a pleasant person or an asshole, people will react accordingly. It's the same everywhere. You have skills and speak English/French(?) well, so it should be easier for you to immigrate.
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I grew up in the US, but I'm a citizen of a very developed European country. I speak English fluently with an American accent, so I won't be too much of an outcast. I took 3 years of French in High School (just graduated) and am planning on getting my master's degree in nursing. I'm planning on going to college all around Europe, and graduate school either in South Africa or Australia. After that, however, I'd like to immigrate permanently to an English speaking country. How hard would it be for me to immigrate to Canada? I want something that's similar to the country I grew up in (the US), but it's way too hard to immigrate there. At least I'll be close. I've known many Canadians and they're quite friendly, some of my best friends have been from Canada. However, I've also heard that they can be a bit prejudiced against foreigners. I've heard that it's incredibly hard to get a job if you've gone to school overseas and that Canadians are a bit racist. I'm white (from all around Europe), but both of my parents are European and grew up there, and I do speak a European language fluently and I'm not ashamed of my culture or anything. Also, I've known a lot of Canadians who hate Americans, and although I'm technically not American, I spent around half of my childhood there, would that be a problem?
Other - Canada - 4 Answers
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If you want to move to Canada, here is a link to the Canadian government web site with the information. http://www.goingtocanada.gc.ca/CIC/display-afficher.do?id=0000000000102&lang=eng You can take this test to see if you might qualify http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assess/index.asp One of the most popular ways of entering Canada is as a skilled worker. Follow this link to see if you are eligible http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/tool/index.asp However, Canadian employers will often not hire a person without Canadian employment experience, which you cannot get until someone offers you a job. The problem is that so many previous immigrants from countries other than the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand or north western Europe have had false credentials that Canadian employers are wary of hiring people from other places than I listed. The process of moving to Canada can take up to three years and can cost $10,000 in government fees. Permanent residency in Canada is not free.
2 :
You cannot avoid racism anywhere. However, Canadians are no more racist than anyone else. It is exceptionally difficult to immigrate to Canada. We have about a million others whose applications are being processed by - imho - too few immigration officers. Canada only accepts about 250,000 qualified applicants each year and that still doesn't mean there will be a job for you.
3 :
Canadians are much like other people - if you are open and friendly, they will be open and friendly with you. As to getting a job - check with Immigration Canada - they have recently revised the list of high priority job classifications (sorry, I don't know where nursing fits into the list, but I would imagine good nurses would always be welcome.) Contact either the Canadian Embassy, or go online to Immigration Canada to find out how to go about immigrating. Good luck to you.
4 :
If you're from England, you might get some friendly banter if you move to Quebec :) Canada was voted the world's best country for expats recently so I imagine we're pretty good to foreigners. I'm from Vancouver there's people of all sorts of nationalities/ethnicities here to study and work, and as long as you're not a douche, people are welcoming and friendly :) Vancouver and Seattle exchange tourists a lot, same with Toronto and Montreal and their American counterparts so yeah, you'll be fairly close to your countrymen. And the hating Americans thing is just sibling rivalry so don't worry about it. It's like New Zealand and Australia. Americans are a lot like us so in reality it's actually easy to get along. Depending if you're a pleasant person or an asshole, people will react accordingly. It's the same everywhere. You have skills and speak English/French(?) well, so it should be easier for you to immigrate.
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