Masters Degree In Business Administration: The University Of Toronto

Canada Dept: Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced yesterday that Canada just welcomed the 20,000th immigrant, an Indian who completed a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Toronto, to enter through this stream, according to Globe and Mail. And yet, even as the government works to woo these highly qualified newcomers, it should be mindful of the impact of brain drain on developing countries, including the Philippines and Mexico. If too many people who get an education abroad abandon their homelands, then how will emerging economies ever progress, and benefit from the expertise and technical capacity of their overseas workers? Programs facilitating an exchange of knowledge between the north and the south, and even allowing immigrants to temporarily return home as leaders, are ideas worth considering and the Canada Experience Class used to require applicants already in Canada to have two years of work experience to qualify, but the government is proposing this be changed to one year to facilitate a quicker path to residency. The program acts as a graduated license that rewards those who have spent time and money studying and working in Canada, notes Sergio Karas, an immigration lawyer. One year of work experience should be a high enough bar. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.