Working as a childhood educator in Canada
How to get the coveted work permit? I interviewed Vika who managed to get two Canadian licenses from her native Ukraine.
Candidates often need to find a job for immigrating to Canada to support themselves and their family's needs. However, some professions require a special license and that makes it difficult.
Our interviewee found a Canadian employer who provided her with a Labour Market Impact Assessment or LMIA. A Canadian employer needs to obtain this document to hire a foreign worker, and it costs $1,000 CAD. After the job offer, Vika obtained a work visa, she is now living in Canada and will get her permanent residency soon. Vika works as a childhood educator and her family consists of four people: Vika, her husband, and two children.
How to become a childhood educator in Canada?
Vika: "In Canada, you can't work as an educator without a license, so I had to get one beforehand for employers to hire me."
Vika received her first license from the province of Saskatchewan. She chose this province because of the low requirements in its provincial program. At that time Vika’s English proficiency was CLB 5 (IELTS 5.0 or B1), which is not very high by the standards of immigration programs.
To begin with, Vika had to have her credentials evaluated by the World Educational Services or WES (an organization that evaluates credentials in Canada), and she had to fill out various additional documents which were no problem for her.
Childhood educators were in demand, but there were few job openings. The job search was the next step after obtaining a Canadian license.
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