Canada reveals programs international students in colleges can get post-graduate work permits from
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-reveals-programs-international-students-in-colleges-can-get-post-graduate-work-permits-from/article_aa892272-8282-11ef-a1f2-132f04e3c0a6.html
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>”The Immigration Department has finally revealed the fields of study that international students must be enrolled in to qualify for work permits in Canada upon graduation.
>The 966 eligible academic programs fall into five categories: agriculture and agri-food; health care; science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and trade and transportation.”
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>However, effective Nov. 1, all post-graduation work permit applicants from both colleges and universities must pass language tests — level 5 for college grads and level 7 for university grads — under the standard Canadian Language Benchmarks that are less than two years old.
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>According to immigration department data analyzed by ApplyBoard, an online student recruitment platform, 105,030 post-graduation work permits were approved in the first six months of this year, with 64 per cent of them going to international graduates from colleges.
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>**Over the same period, graduates in business studies made up 42 per cent of the work permit recipients** while 37 per cent were in STEM and 16 per cent in computing and IT. **However, just one per cent studied trades.**
Probably rounded up to get 1%.
“science” seems like a pretty broad category. make way for hospitality sciences diplomas.
We don’t need more people in the tech sector.
Nice, no more PGWP for business students. That’s a big one that they liked to take and should free up some managerial and administrative jobs
What about social science ?
So if the language tests are harder.. can they cheat/get someone else to do it?
10 years too late
>The 966 eligible academic programs fall into five categories: agriculture and agri-food; health care; science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and trade and transportation.Â
 966 sounds like a pretty high number still, but I guess I don’t know the amount of programs excluded. Also, I can’t help but be pessimistic and assume that diploma mills will find a way to make some of these courses extremely easy to get into and passÂ
So the post-grad “Tim Hortons worker” will at least ensure English/French comprehension or?
Your reminder that the Liberals hate working class Canadians. The most transparent government making these announcements before the weekend when the least amount of people are paying attention.
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We need health care workers give them a PR for all I care the most in demand fields give them work permits the rest no
These ‘business’ graduates just end up working front line tim Hortons jobs… this is announcement is terrible
Entitled international students are already protesting the new rules in Brampton.
Serious question. I’m not a robot. For clarity here, could international student who finish a two year diploma or a one year certificate (any kind) get a three year post grad work permit? So now this is limited to BA, Masters and above?
Algoma and Conestoga are already in works for Bachelors in retail and food services.
Who is the first graduates this will apply to? Which class? Or is it effective today?
Why the heck do college grads need 5 , universities already have higher entry bar of 6 or 7 in most cases. Colleges should be the same as university. What is the point of it being lower ?
This country is going to shit
Scroll through any of the programs and you’ll see how schools will easily get around this. Agriculture Business is a perfect example.Â
Also, these changes are for new students after Nov 1st. Current students here are grandfathered in. Unless I’m reading it incorrectlyÂ