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(Contact information for Worker's Compensation Board in all provinces)

Safety is always the top priority in Canada. A safe workplace is your employer's responsibility and it is illegal to terminate a person's employment for refusing to do an unsafe work.

If you get injured at work then the workers' compensation board investigates the incident and compensates for your wages while recovering. You must not let the injury go unreported to them even if your employer insists not to report it.

Federal Workers' Compensation Service

Federal Workers' Compensation Service (FWCS)

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) [previously HRDCC]

Ottawa, ON, K1A 0J2

Workers' Compensation

Employment and Social Development Centre

Labour Program Offices

Alberta

Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta

9912 - 107 Street

PO Box 2415

Edmonton, AB T5J 2S5

Telephone: (780) 498-3999 or (403) 517-6000 (Calgary)

Toll-Free: 1-866-922-9221 (Alberta) 1-800-661-9608 (Canada)

Fax: (780) 427-5863 (Edmonton) or (403) 517-6201 (Calgary)

http://www.wcb.ab.ca

British Columbia

WorkSafeBC (Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia)

6951 Westminster Highway

Richmond, BC V7C 1C6

Claims Call Centre

Telephone: (604) 231-8888 or Toll-Free: 1-888-967-5377

http://www.worksafebc.com

Prevention Information Line

Telephone: (604) 276-3100 or Toll-Free: 1-888-621-SAFE (7233)

Emergency and Accident Reporting

Telephone: (604) 273-7711 or Toll-Free: 1-888-621-SAFE (7233)

Manitoba

Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba

333 Broadway Street

Winnipeg, MB R3C 4W3

Telephone: (204) 954-4321 or Toll-Free: 1-800-362-3340

Fax: (204) 954-4999

http://www.wcb.mb.ca

New Brunswick

WorkSafeNB

1 Portland Street

PO Box 160

Saint John, NB E2L 3X9

Telephone: (506) 632-2200 or Toll-Free: 1-800-999-9775

Fax: (506) 632-6972

http://www.worksafenb.ca/

Newfoundland and Labrador

WorkplaceNL

146 - 148 Forest Road

PO Box 9000

St John's, NL A1A 3B8

Telephone: (709) 778-1000 or Toll-Free: 1-800-563-9000

Fax: (709) 738-1714

https://workplacenl.ca/

Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Workers' Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut

5022 49th Street 5th Floor

Centre Square Tower P O Box 8888

Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3

Telephone: (867) 920-3888 or Toll-Free: 1-800-661-0792

Fax: (867) 873-4596

http://www.wscc.nt.ca/

Iqaluit

Telephone: (867) 979-8500 or Toll-Free: 1-877-404-4407

Inuvik

Telephone (Industrial Safety) (867) 678-2311

Nova Scotia

Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia

5668 South Street

PO Box 1150

Halifax, NS B3J 2Y2

Telephone: (902) 491-8999 or Toll-Free: 1-800-870-3331 (mainland NS); 1-800-880-0003 (Sydney)

Fax: (902) 491-8002

http://www.wcb.ns.ca

Ontario

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

200 Front Street West

Toronto, ON M5V 3J1

Telephone: (416) 344-1000 or Toll-Free: 1-800-387-0750

Fax: (416) 344-4684

https://www.wsib.ca

Prince Edward Island

Workers' Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island

14 Weymouth Street

PO Box 757

Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L7

Telephone: (902) 368-5680 or Toll-Free: 1-800-237-5049 (in Atlantic Canada)

Fax: (902) 368-5705

http://www.wcb.pe.ca

Quebec

Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST)

[Administrative Head Office]

524, rue Bourdages

Québec, QC G1K 7E2

Telephone: 1-844-838-0808

https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/Pages/accueil.aspx

Regional Offices: http://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/nous-joindre/pages/nous-joindre.aspx#bureau_regionaux

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board

Head Office

200-1881 Scarth Street

Regina, SK S4P 4L1

Saskatoon Office

115 - 24th Street East

Saskatoon, SK S7K 1L5

Telephone: (306) 787-4370 or Toll-Free: 1-800-667-7590

Fax: (306) 787-4311 or Toll-Free: 1-888-844-7773

http://www.wcbsask.com

Yukon

Yukon Workers' Compensation, Health and Safety Board

401 Strickland Street

Whitehorse, YK Y1A 5N8

Telephone: (867) 667-5645 or Toll-free: 1-800-661-0443

Fax: (867) 393-6279

http://wcb.yk.ca/

Association of WCBs of Canada

AWCBC

40 University Avenue, Suite 1007

Toronto, ON M5J 1T1

Telephone: (416) 581-8875 or Toll-Free: 1-855-282-9222

Fax: (416) 581-1635

E-mail: contact@awcbc.org

http://awcbc.org/

Tips to score better in IELTS

(Read these tips from achievers)

Tip from Person 1

I am glad to crack my IELTS exam with an overall 8.5 bands.

I scored 8.5 Overall in IELTS with an amazing 9.0 in Reading or 9.0 listening. Here is a short summary of preparation and advice to other test takers.

Listening 9.0, Reading 9.0, Writing 7.5 Speaking 8.0

Overall: 8.5

These are some of the study methods I had during my preparation which I thought would be helpful to share because thanks to those who did share their experiences in this group helped me a great deal in boosting my confidence.

Reading 9.0

My greatest stronghold was in Reading 9.0 and listening with band 9.0, I suggest that everyone uses 2 techniques, namely skimming and scanning. Skimming is reading quickly for general understanding and Scanning is looking for specific information within the text. Another helpful tip would be to underline keywords in the test. It can help organize the text and save a great deal of time.

Listening 9.0

Always focus on spelling to prevent losing marks unnecessarily.

– Get familiarized with audios by listening to them even after finishing the test.

– Listen to good English daily.

– Be aware of traps in the listening tests such as the answer is not the first sentence, but the second, especially when they are talking about prices.

– Practice forgetting about the things you missed in one section and divert the attention to the next one quickly. Key secret only Practice, practice, practice nothing else more.

Speaking 8.0

I think the Speaking part was the most challenging for me. Try to speak to a teacher or mentor long before the exam to gain enough confidence for the real test. Try to say more by adding details as much as possible when answering questions. Be aware that when you make a mistake, you can make things worse by spending too much time correcting yourself; the best thing to do is to move on quickly.I practiced answering sample speaking test questions in the book, recorded myself, and listened. Got my speaking recording assessed by the tutor who revealed few important errors which I’ve been making (self-correction and long pauses).

Writing 7.5

I have had some formal English training during my childhood but my achievement came through self-study. I strongly believe scoring band 8.0 in the IELTS exam is not an overnight achievement. One should use extensive English media (books, music, movies) constantly.explained time to time by finding mistakes and make suggestions for improvement. This can boost writing skills actually I had no idea I was making all these mistakes before, so I started to work on my weak areas focused on what's really important. Besides this, I read lots of model essays. I got notes from my tutor that had model essays solved step by step with a proper complete guideline It helped me a lot to devolved and boost my confidence for writing skills

My sincere advice is here to THINK and PLAN before doing anything else. If you start writing without paying close attention to the question, you may end up losing a lot of marks. It is also very important to check your writing for grammatical errors, set aside a sufficient amount of time to revise and make corrections.

Tip from Person 2

I achieved 8.5 bands in my IELTS exam. And most of all I am grateful to myself for making the extra effort required in achieving this wonderful score.

To many of my friends, who always ask as to how to prepare best, I wish to share my experience with them.

General Advice

I would like to begin by saying, always approach the IELTS test with a positive frame of mind. This is critical. In fact, try to enjoy the entire test-taking process as much as you can.

Also, regular practice is crucial. By “regular practice” I mean attempting at least two practice tests a day, once you get familiar with the pattern of the test (which will probably take a month or so, if you are completely new to IELTS).

Practicing for IELTS is then the next step to achieve a good band score. I was given some preparatory material from my teacher. I practiced in solving the exercises from that book for about one hour 30 minutes a day for 45 days.

I began preparing from the standard Cambridge book as well as a few other test prep. Books. Once I understood the format, I was interested in polishing my technique, speed, efficiency, etc.

One needs a good level of English, which is a good foundation to start. You can polish this by reading, listening as well as

speaking in daily situations.

But beyond your English skills, you also need to be familiar with the format, flow, how to tackle each section, etc.

“I achieved 8.5 bands in my IELTS exam. And most of all I am grateful to myself for making the extra effort required in achieving this wonderful score.

To many of my friends, who always ask as to how to prepare best, I wish to tell:

1. Practice thoroughly, there are no shortcuts.

2. You must make the necessary effort to speak out in public regularly to improve your speaking. This is one area where most lack and by far it is the easiest section of IELTS.

3. You must read newspapers and magazines regularly since it enhances one’s reading and writing skills while also adding new words to one’s vocabulary. And not only read, but also try to understand the use of every word.

4. Getting in conversations with others primarily in English is one of the best approaches to improve your listening and speaking skills. Also, it would enhance your knowledge which would prove beneficial for the writing exam.

5 I began preparing from the standard Cambridge book as well as a few other test prep. Books. Once I understood the format, I was interested in polishing my technique, speed, efficiency, etc.

Speaking

For the speaking module, you need to understand that there is a limited number of topics that are discussed in the speaking module, in order to have answers ready once those topics are brought up in the speaking test. If you want to increase your fluency, try talking to friends in English, get a speaking partner, and communicate through Skype

IELTS Writing

This is by far the most dreaded part of the test, especially if you are not a scholar in English or a writer. The key is to practice over and over using some known topics. Getting your written responses evaluated such as with the help of a professional teacher who can evaluate your essay time to time correct your mistakes so I opted writing correction service. My confidence and scores got a permanent boost with practice and evaluations from experts. Practicing on the list of broader 5-6 topics such as health, money, environment, education along with relevant vocabulary is key to scoring high in the essay section. Practice regularly to keep the word count close to 180 and 280 for writing task 1 and writing task 2 respectively.

IELTS Reading

My advice regarding the reading test does not spend time reading the passage. After reading the title and a quick look at the pictures or diagrams, go directly to the questions. Read 3 or 4 questions together and start hunting for the answers for all of them. While looking for the answer for the first question you may come across the answers for the second or third questions, so if you have the second and third questions also in your mind then the job is done easily! This sounds complex, but I have found it very useful and more time saving than looking for just one answer. Practice the reading tests as much as possible. For me, reading was the hardest of all.

Try to learn how to read and skim fast – it's not wise to read each and every word and sentence. However, when you look for something specific – to read in detail. Before reading fully, go and see what types of questions exist and look for that as well. Some sure-shot questions can be cracked while your reading is in progress. Remember the aim here is to find answers, not to study the material in detail. I didn’t do much except for solving the exercises in my book and making mental notes about where and why I have made mistakes so that I won’t repeat those again, especially not in my IELTS Test.

IELTS Listening

I can’t say much for the Listening. I especially concentrated on the Listening tasks while solving those with my headphones on. I am not an attentive person, so losing track of what was being said was fairly common while practicing. I tried to tackle this weakness of mine by concentrating really hard. Just follow the instructions and read the questions beforehand in the time given so that as you hear the speaker, you will be able to answer the questions at the same time. The last one is always difficult, and you may notice that if the questions are in the form of matching then it would be best to hear the person out first before answering.

Good luck to all those who would be sitting for their IELTS test. Just trust yourself

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Publically funded universities in Canada

We have picked these universities to recommend international students who wish to study in Canada for a better future.

Click on the university name to know more about it

Alberta

Athabasca University, Athabasca

Concordia University of Edmonton, Edmonton

MacEwan University, Edmonton

Mount Royal University, Calgary & Springbank

The King’s University, Edmonton

University of Alberta, Edmonton

University of Calgary, Calgary

University of Lethbridge Lethbridge

British Columbia

Capilano University, North Vancouver

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langley, Surrey, Richmond, Cloverdale & Surrey

Royal Roads University, Victoria

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Surrey, Vancouver

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver & Kelowna

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops

Trinity Western University, Langley

University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Terrace, Fort St John, Quesnel, Gitwinksihlkw

University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford

University of Victoria, Victoria

Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo

Manitoba

Brandon University, Brandon

Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg

St. Paul’s College, Winnipeg

The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg

Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

New Brunswick

Mount Allison University, Sackville

St. Thomas University, Fredericton

Université de Moncton, Moncton, Edmundston & Shippagan

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton & Saint John

Newfoundland & Labrador

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook & St. John's

Nova Scotia

Acadia University, Wolfville

Cape Breton University, Sydney

Dalhousie University, Halifax

Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax

NSCAD University, Halifax

Saint Mary’s University, Halifax

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish

Université Sainte-Anne, Pointe-de-l'Église

University of King’s College, Halifax

Ontario

Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Brampton & South Porcupine

Brescia University College, London

Brock University, St. Catharines

Carleton University, Ottawa

Huron University College, London

King’s University College, London

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay & Orillia

Laurentian University, Sudbury

McMaster University, Hamilton

Nipissing University, North Bay

OCAD University, Toronto

Ontario Tech University, Oshawa

Queen’s University, Kingston

Redeemer University, Ancaster

Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston

Ryerson University, Toronto

St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo

Trent University, Peterborough & Oshawa

University of Guelph, Guelph

University of Ottawa, Ottawa

University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto

University of Sudbury, Sudbury

University of Toronto, Toronto, Mississauga & Scarborough

University of Trinity College, Toronto

University of Waterloo, Waterloo

University of Windsor, Windsor

Victoria University, Toronto

Western University, London

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo & Brantford