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EDUCATION
from OCTOBER 2020
by Sunil Kumar
LIFE OF AN
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
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The benefits of studying in Canada are undoubtedly noteworthy, including the endless potential for growth of an individual. However, we cannot deny the fact that these opportunities are accompanied by certain cumbersome challenges that student immigrants need to overcome while searching for the right job that matches their intellects.
Every year more than 50,000-60,000 new international students are being hosted by the CIC every year. An article, ‘A vicious circle’: Newcomers struggling to find jobs in Canada despite education, experience’ by CBC News highlighted stories about the challenges faced by immigrants from India. An immigrant, Jasleen Bindri had a teaching experience of more than 10 years from home country, but still found difficulty in getting a job. She said that in Canada while finding a job everyone wants the candidate that already hasa Canadian experience. However, one must get into something in order to gain the Canadian experience. She is presently doing volunteer work in certain organizations in the hope of getting again into the teaching profession. Riddhi Sawant was also an immigrant from India and she is a master’s degree holder in game design and has experience in the same field too. She came to Canada with the idea of getting the same job as she was doing in her home country in the same field as that of
her master’s degree, but what happened with her was in total contrast to her expectations. Canada was not able to provide break in her career. Ryan Drew, a director with S.U.C.C.E.S.S. said that “some newcomers have barriers that need to be overcome such as non-Canadian credentials and not enough fluency with Canada’s official languages”. The Canadian government is even planning to open for new immigrants to keep the economy of Canada viable. But the people living here say that they are finding difficulty in getting employment even though they have enough experience and skills.
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Lockdown babies: Celebs the stork visited amid pandemic
While the world was locked in owing to the pandemic, the stork was working overtime everywhere. Our celebrities were no exception, with many glam couples making a welcome addition to their families in the past months.
We draw up a list of desi and international celebrities who rejoiced the arrival of a little one amid the lockdown.
GIGI HADID and ZAYN MALIK
Supermodel Gigi Hadid and former One Direction singer Zayn Malik recently got their fans, family and friends excited when the couple took to social media to post the news about the birth of their first child.
“Our baby girl is here, healthy and beautiful. To try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love i feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding. Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, and thankful for the life we will have together x,” wrote the 27-year-old singer on his verified Twitter account on Thursday.
JUDE LAW and PHILLIPA COAN
Hollywood star Jude Law has experience in parenting. He became a father for the sixth time during lockdown.
Law confirmed that he and his wife, behaviour change specialist Phillipa Coan, welcomed their first baby together, reported eonline.com. In an interview with host Jimmy Fallon earlier this month, the actor was asked what he’s been up to at home amid quarantine. Law said he’s been gardening. “Oh! And on top of that I had a baby. So there you go,” he added.
ED SHEERAN and CHERRY SEABORN
Singer Ed Sheeran, who had taken a break from social media, took to Instagram on September 1 to share the news the he and his wife, part-time pro hockey player Cherry Seaborn, had been blessed with a daughter.
The singer posted a picture of booties and a blanket. He had captioned it: “Ello! A quick message from me as I have some personal news that I wanted to share with you... Last week, with the help of an amazing delivery team, Cherry gave birth to our beautiful and healthy daughter - Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran.”
to come back, Ed x.”
KATY PERRY and ORLANDO BLOOM
Pop star Katy Perry and her fiance, actor Orlando Bloom, welcomed their first child together in August. They also revealed the name of their child -- Daisy Dove Bloom. The couple had shared the news through UNICEF, where they serve as Goodwill Ambassadors. The organisation posted the news on its social media handles.
“We are floating with love and wonder from the safe and healthy arrival of our daughter,” they said, adding: “But we know we’re the lucky ones and not everyone can have a birthing experience as peaceful as ours was. Communities around the world are still experiencing a shortage of healthcare workers and every eleven seconds a pregnant woman or newborn dies, mostly from preventable causes.”
SOPHIE TURNER and JOE JONAS
Sophie Turner, best known as Sansa Stark in “Game Of Thrones”, and pop singer Joe Jonas became parents of a girl, Willa.
“Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are delighted to announce the birth of their baby,” eonline.com had quoted a representative for the couple as saying.
EKTA KAUL and SUMEET VYAS
Actor Sumeet Vyas in June tweeted the arrival of a new member in his family, writing: “It’s a boy. Shall be called Ved. Mamma and Daddy are acting cliche... Smothering the child every few minutes.”
Sumeet tied the knot with actress Ekta Kaul in 2018, and Ved is their first child.
HARDIK PANDYA and NATASA STANKOVIC
Cricketer Hardik Pandya and Bollywood dancer-actress Natasa Stankovic became parents in July. Hardik’s Twitter post read: “We are blessed with our baby boy.” It was posted with the picture of the baby’s arm.
Actress and environmentalist Bhumi Pednekar feels education is the significant channel to raise awareness on climate conservation.
“The changes we are observing are real and are an undeniable threat to our civilisation. This year we have witnessed the Australian bushfires burning 18 million hectare of land. One billion animals were killed and many endangered species in the country were driven to extinction,” Bhumi said.
“We saw the oil spill in Russia’s Arctic region, and the Uttarakhand forest fires burning 51 hectare of land. We faced Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal and Odisha. It was the strongest to hit West Bengal in over a decade, with 86 deaths in the state. Finally, we witnessed the California wildfires, where 3,154,107 total acres burned,” she added.
“The effects are already visible and will be catastrophic unless we act now. We need everyone to join hands to ensure that we leave behind barrels of hope and prosperity for the current generations and generations to come. Education is the significant channel to achieve this goal. Let us join hands and make a difference,” said the actress, who has collaborated with the global initiative, Climate Action Project, which reaches out to 10 million students across 107 countries.
Source: IANS
PICS names its Long-Term Care Facility as ‘Guru Nanak
Diversity Village’
Surrey- Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS) wishes to anGuru Nanak nounce its decision to name Diversity village the upcoming 125-bed, long-term care facility for South-Asian seniors after Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Guru Nanak is one of the greatest religious, political and social reformers who was advent in the middle of the fifteenth century; as many scholars have observed, ushered in a new era of renaissance that began to dawn upon the Asian continent. Guru Nanak initiated a movement to champion for human rights with a mission to denounce discrimination and espouse the doctrine of ‘Sewa’, meaning ‘selfless service’; which involves acting selflessly and helping the underserved without any reward or personal gain. This year is the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. building in the names of their loved ones and within 5 minutes we received pledges for more than $250,000” said PICS President and CEO, Satbir Singh Cheema. “PICS, in its service to the community for over three decades has strived to create a more inclusive and respectful society; it is a matter of im‘Guru Nanak Diversity Village’ located at 6471 175A Street, is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, Fraser Health and PICS, it will be a 3-storey, 125 bed, residential care facility that will provide culturally sensitive Long-Term Complex Care to seniors with a South Asian background. The facility will employ diverse staff to communicate with the residents in their mother tongue, the residents will be served familiar food, they will be able to practice their religion and celebrate their cultural The PICS’ Board has passed a special resolution to name the building as ‘Guru Nanak Diversity Village’ to dedicate the facility to his ideals of “equality of all human beings, irrespective of birth, gender, caste or colour”; and his universal message that “there is one God and one human race.” The new name was announced at the PICS’ AGM on Sunday, September 27th and was unanimously acclaimed, approved and adopted at the meeting. “We asked everyone at the AGM to make pledges to name rooms within the ‘Guru Nanak Diversity Village’ mense pleasure and honour for us to name the PICS Diversity Village after Guru Nanak to symbolize our rededication to the commitment to continue to tread the path shown by him. I believe that ‘Guru Nanak Diversity Village’ is perhaps the biggest project to be built outside of the Indian subcontinent to commemorate Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary.” events; and they will freely enjoy their normal activities as if they were living in their own homes. The total capital cost of the project is expected to be $58 million, with PICS providing $5 million in fundraising for the construction. Once open, the Ministry of Health, through Fraser Health will provide operational funding on an ongoing basis for care services.
Iconic singer SP Balasubrahmanyam
dies of cardio-respiratory arrest
Famed playback singer and good. The MGM Healthcare anFamed Director Bharathiraja after tional Bharathiraja said. Padma awardee S.P. Balasnounced that the singer remained visiting Balasubrahmanyam at the ubrahmanyam, or popularly on ECMO and other life support hospital told the media at this time It was movie Director Venkat SPB or Balu in the movie systems. of grief he was not able to speak Prabha who first tweeted about the world and who has recorded over anything. singer’s death. 40,000 songs in 16 languages over a “His condition in the last 24-hours period of five decades died lost his has deteriorated further warrant“Even now there is some ray of Prabhu tweeted “#RIPSPB 1:04pm” battle against Covid-19 and passed ing maximal life support and he is hope. There is one power above us announcing the sad news. away on September 25, his son extremely critical. The team of exall,” an emoS.P.Charan said. perts at MGM Healthcare are closely On August 5, in a Facebook post, monitoring his health condition,” the the 74-year old SPB said that he was
Speaking briefly to the media outhospital had said. suffering from a very mild attack side the MGM Healthcare, Charan of coronavirus and had got himself said Balasubrahmanyam passed On the day of his demise, a large hospitalised to take rest. away at 1.04 p.m. and thanked the number of police personnel were hospital officials for the treatment deployed outside the hospital He had said that though the and service. since the very morning. doctors had advised him to stay at home and take rest, he decided
Since a day before, the indications The singer’s family members to be in a hospital, as at home his about Balasubrahmanyam were not were all present at the hospital. family members would get concerned.
He hoped to get discharged from the hospital in two days. But it was not to be. Source: IANS
Gwyneth Paltrow opens up on coparenting with exhusband Chris Martin
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow says co-parenting with her former husband Chris Martin is not as good as it looks at times.
During a chat with actress Drew Barrymore on “The Drew Barrymore Show”, Paltrow shared how she and the Coldplay frontman, who divorced in 2016 after 12 years of marriage, work together on raising their son Moses, 14, and daughter Apple, 16, reports people. com.
“It’s like you’re ending a marriage but you’re still in a family. That’s how it will be forever. Some days it’s not as good as it looks. We also have good days and bad days, but I think it’s driving towards the same purpose of unity and love and what’s best for (our kids),” said Paltrow.
“We have this idea that just because we break up we can’t love the things about the person anymore that we loved and that’s not true,” she added.
For Paltrow, one of the “interesting” parts of the whole process is that she feels “in a way” like “my divorce and my relationship with Chris now is better than our marriage was, so I think that it can be done”. Source: IANS
Pooja Bhatt:
In a long Instagram post, actress-filmmaker she averred. Pooja Bhatt talked of how she combated drinking issues, highlighting why speaking “Alcohol is a drug, and was my drug of choice. up about addiction is an act of courage. Just because it is socially acceptable does not
“Three years and nine months sober today. for not drinking in the last few years than I ever One more quarter and I will be four. As someone have for drinking-to friends, foes and ‘well’ who drank openly, I chose to recover openly. I meaning acquaintances alike. A fractured socitruly felt it was important to share my journey ety can only heal & evolve when we attempt to to tell others, women especially, who might be ‘understand’ instead of constantly standing in struggling that they are not alone & if I could judgement,” she continued. do it so could they. Was ridiculed by some but lauded for being courageous by most,” Pooja “When we empathize instead of vilify. Until wrote. then and even beyond, I will continue to speak
“I wondered why people termed speaking that there is ONE person out there I could goad openly about addiction issues courageous. And to start on their own journey of sobriety and also why there is an ‘anonymous’ attached to stay on their path. So help me God,” she congroups that help you recover. I understand more cluded. than ever today that it’s because people simplify/stigmatize addictive behavior and tend to Pooja was recently seen in her father Mahesh criminalize it without attempting to understand Bhatt’s comeback directorial “Sadak 2”, which why someone used a substance to begin with,” also features her sister Alia Bhatt along with she added. Sanjay Dutt, Alia Bhatt and Aditya Roy Kapur.
Consuming alcohol was completely her choice,
Source: IANS
Ranveer Singh: Dream is to help secure better future for the deaf in India
Actor Ranveer Singh has pledged to constantly work with the deaf community, and he says his biggest dream is to help secure a better future for the community in India.
International Week of the Deaf commenced on September 21, and the community worldwide also celebrates International Sign Language Day on September 23. To commemorate the occasion, Ranveer released two sign language videos intended to increase awareness about Indian Sign Language (ISL). Ranveer has been campaigning to make ISL the 23rd official language of India.
“I want to elevate the experience of music for the deaf community. This is my pledge. Our biggest dream today is to help secure a better future for the deaf community in India, and we can only ask for this through our art,” Ranveer said.
He urged everyone for supporting the community.
“But to make this a reality, we need your support. I urge my fellow Indians to support this cause and fight for a brighter future for our deaf brothers and sisters,” the actor said.
Through his independent music label IncInk, the actor has released “Shwapon”, a collaboration between SlowCheeta and Bengali folk artist Dipannita Acharya, and “Mehfil-E-HipHop” mean it is not. I have had to make more excuses from a place of compassion & truth, in the hope by four artistes -- Kaam Bhaari, Spitfire, SlowCheeta and Devil The Rhymer -- to promote this awareness initiative in India.
“At IncInk, the engagement of music for all is a priority. I forward parts of myself that go beyond being a performer here. The experience of music has shaped me as a person. Music has given me strength through struggles, and given me power to propel myself towards achievement,” he said.
