Pre-Departure Orientation for Canada 2013

Canada

Pre Departure Orientation

2013

Organised by M.M Advisory Services (www.mdotm.in)

Participating Institutions:

Georgian College

University of Alberta

University of Waterloo

Preparation

• Documentation

– Originals, Copies & Scans

• Ticketing – Book to end destination

– Bags with wheels

• Packing

– Baggage Allowance

– What to carry & What not to carry

At the Airport

• Indian Immigration

• Transit – Do you need a visa

• In Canada

– Offer Letter, Passport

On Arrival

• Clear Immigration

• Pick up bags

• Call or Inform your parents

• Look for your airport pick up/ help desk

Canada What to keep in mind

Weather

Managing Winter

• Tips & Tricks

– Layer your clothes

– Head, Hands & Feet

– Fitted shoes

• Keep moving

Canadian Winter

• Varies from freezing temperatures, biting

winds and drifting snow, to days with mild

temperatures and sunshine.

• Building, public areas are all heated

• Essential winter clothing: includes a warm

coat made of wool, down or polyester

filled, mittens or gloves, a wool hat or

earmuffs, a scarf, long underwear on

occasion, and warm winter boots that are

waterproof and lightweight.

Pre Departure Checklist

• Valid Passport and other travel documents

• Original Letter of Acceptance from the Canadian

Institution

• Credit card(s) and Some amount of Cash

• Medical records, immunization records

• Traveller’s Cheques

• Phone, Laptop etc

• Medical Insurance documents (for extended

health care coverage

• Personal stuff – photographs, specs, etc

Canada An Institutions Perspective

Getting around – in & out of campus • Between cities

– Greyhound Bus – VIA Rail – Flight – Car

• Off campus – Bus – Metro/Tube – Skytrain

• On campus – Cycle – Walk

International Student Services

West & East

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West & East

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Cultural Differences

• Tap water is drinking water • 911 for help or emergency • Vegetarians & Non vegetarians alert • Physical space – in supermarkets, shops, bus

stations etc • Don’t interrupt or begin paralell conversations • Don’t make assumptions on character

– Different society

• Be prepared to have your notions of gender challenged

A Few Important Things • Plagiarism • Punctuality • Say what your issue is

– Not what you think they want to hear – Agree to Disagree

• Give Correct Information – Especially at Work

• Society - Individual versus Collective • GENDER

From your seniors

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Some more Advice

“I beg to convey to the Academy my

grateful appreciation of the breadth of

understanding, which has brought the

distant near, and has made a stranger

a brother”

The British Chargé d’Affaires, at the Nobel Banquet at Stockholm,

read this Telegram from Rabindranath Tagore, on December 10,

1913. Sent Exactly 100 years ago

TELL YOUR FRIENDS:

PDO for January 2014

Winter Session

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M.M ADVISORY SERVICES

For more information, Please write to

Maria Mathai

Director

M.M Advisory Services

[email protected]

QUESTIONS

Useful Websites

www.india.gc.ca

www.canadainternational.gc.ca

www.travelcanada.ca