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Building a life in Canada (BLC):
bridging the gap to success
Preparing to immigrate to Canada or already here?
Whether you're still preparing to immigrate or already in Canada, BLC sets you up for success. The knowledge you gain through these courses will help reduce culture shock, avoid expensive mistakes, and start your new life with more confidence and without delays.
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Moving to Canada brings hope, but also confusion, because every country has its own culture, norms, and laws. The BLC courses helps you understand what’s different, why it’s different, and how to succeed in your personal, professional, and family life.​
​Even immigrants who have lived in Canada for 10+ years find incredible value in these courses because cultures and norms are invisible to us.
Hiring or employing newcomer talent?
“We value diverse talent—but integration can be a challenge.”
Hiring newcomers brings fresh perspectives, but cultural misunderstandings can slow down onboarding, and compromise performance and communication. BLC helps immigrant employees understand your expectations and workplace culture so they can thrive and contribute faster.
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A customized courses series can benefit your managers and HR professionals for better support of your diverse workforce.
The BLC advantage:
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Faster onboarding with fewer misunderstandings.
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Better communication, trust, and teamwork.
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Improved retention and productivity.
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Less HR time spent managing cultural adjustment.
Close talent gaps and support inclusion with an onboarding-ready training you don’t need to build yourself.
Providing services to newcomers and employers?
“How can we give our clients what they really need without extra staff or hours?”
Settlement, ESL, employment, and bridging programs for newcomers are stretched thin. BLC fills the hardest and the most time consuming gap: teaching the local culture, norms, laws, and systems, and their many implications on successful life and work in Canada.
This course series helps your clients understand why, not just what, they need to do—making them more open to adaptation, more engaged in your services, and more successful.
These courses can also be incredibly useful for Settlement, ESL, employment, and bridging staff who are,
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immigrants themselves, and therefore lacking this knowledge, or
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born and raised Canadians who have limited understanding of their clients' challenges and needs.
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Use BLC as a client tool, or train your own staff with it.
Created and instructed by Dr. Nava Israel
An award-winning educator and author with 30+ years of experience in cultural adaptation, behavioral change, and program design. Founder and CEO of Fusion Global Education, NavaInc, and The Bridging Coalition--a voluntary organization of immigrant-supporting professionals.
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