Thu 18 Nov 2010
Because of the new tax laws in Ukraine few of my friends have decided to leave the country for good. One of them - my best friend Dmytro Steflyuk. He’s decided to move to Toronto. For Russian-speaking readers, please follow his new Twitter feed @uanadaand tumblr blog where he’s describing his experiences with relocation.
Mon 6 Aug 2007
Today we were dining in really great place - small authentic Italian restaurant near our place. Nice people, awesome food and just next to our place - everything we’d even dream of 
Details - on their official site.
Sat 4 Aug 2007
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Fri 27 Oct 2006
If you need to find Family doctor for yourself or for some of your family members, you can use great service from CPSO (The College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Ontario). Doctor Search provides information about individual physicians, including practice address, telephone number, qualifications, etc., and whether they are accepting new patients.
Fri 27 Oct 2006
Before last week I thought, that temporary residents of Canada are not eligible to use Canadian health care system. But few days ago my boss said, that we are eligible. After not so long research I’ve figured out that we’re eligible for Ontario Health Insurance Plan. According to OHIP site, almost all Ontario residents are eligible for provincially funded health coverage (OHIP). To be eligible for Ontario health coverage you must :
OHIP coverage normally becomes effective three months after the date you establish residency in Ontario.
To get OHIP health card, you should should fill application in one of Ontario Ministry of Health Offices. When applying for a new health card, you must bring three original documents to prove citizenship/immigration status, residency in Ontario and identity.
You may be asked for additional documents. For example, if your name has changed you may need to provide a marriage certificate or a change of name certificate.
After filling application and applying to one of Ministry of Health offices, we’ve got our health cards and now we can use Canadian health care system. I was wondering how different this system comparing to xUSSR countries systems. One of most interesting ideas of this system is idea of Family Doctors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A general practitioner (GP) or family physician (FP) is a physician/medical doctor who provides primary care. A GP/FP treats acute and chronic illnesses, provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. Some also care for hospitalized patients, do minor surgery and/or obstetrics. The term general practitioner is common in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, where the word “physician” is only used for certain specialists and not for GPs.
Yesterday we’ve got one family doctor for me and my wife in shopping mall near our home. IMHO, this idea of family doctors is much better, than our Ukrainian health care system based on set of polyclinics with huge line-ups. So, maybe, Ukraine will get such or some similar system one day and we’ll be able to have better health care system.
Sat 15 Jul 2006
Одной из самых важных вещей, которые необходимо сделать новоприбывшим канадским резидентам, является получение Номера Социального Страхования. В реальности процесс этот очень прост - Вам необходимо посетить ближайший офис Service Canada и заполнить Ваше заявление. Вместе с заявлением Вам придется подавать и некоторые дополнительные документы. Если вы - skilled worker, имеющий разрешение на работу, то вам будет нужен только Work Permit (заверенный в Citizenship and Immigration Canada Government of Canada).
Информация о работе офиса SDC в Бремптоне (обслуживание - только на английском языке):
Когда Ваше заявление будет обработано (это может занять 15-20 минут), вы получите бумагу, которая будет являться доказательством получения Вами Social Insurance Number, а через 3-5 рабочих дней Вам по почте пришлют Вашу пластиковую SIN card.
Полезная ссылка: Официальная информация SDC о получении SIN
Sat 20 May 2006
I will simply list here links to some useful sites with forums about Canada immigration and work permit abtainment process. If you know some different sites, please, notify me about them.
Last Update: 2006-05-21