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   Lesley Carhart :unverified: (hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 08:41:16 JST Lesley Carhart :unverified:

   Something that made me sad and kind of shocked me was the nice Canadian infosec people asking why senior cybersecurity people like me didn’t just immigrate to Canada. A lot of my friends tried, very hard, famous ones. You’re full, we are too old. Bless you, though 💜❤️🩹🙏

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 09:09:39 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     • Cindʎ Xiao 🍉

     @cxiao @hacks4pancakes lacking a college degree severely limits options, regardless of actual skill :-(

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     Cindʎ Xiao 🍉 (cxiao@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 11-Apr-2025 09:09:40 JST Cindʎ Xiao 🍉

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     @hacks4pancakes I find that a lot of Canadians are pretty ignorant about our immigration system and barely know the difference between a work permit and permanent residence. That said though, for any infosec workers who are American citizens: it may be easier to get a visa / permanent residence than you think. The Canadian immigration system still overwhelmingly favours "skilled" workers, and the recent immigration cuts specifically target international students and temporary foreign workers.

     For any other Canadians reading this thread: check out the Migrant Rights Network as a great org doing work to educate people about our immigration system, to combat anti-immigrant rhetoric in Canada, and to advocate for "unskilled" workers.

     https://migrantrights.ca

     #canada

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     Z (ononrail@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 12:27:53 JST Z

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     @hacks4pancakes That's a bummer to hear. I was a big proponent, but in no position, to fling open the doors to all the talent put off by drumph I and now drumph II. Alas no one listens to me. We could (have) really surged ahead in all sorts of disciplines. 😔

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     Canela Blanca (christopherbrown@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 12:34:23 JST Canela Blanca

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     @hacks4pancakes I just read an article of the brain drain the USA is experiencing by following an OB/GYN who moved back to New Brunswick.

     The second half of the article discussed how insanely difficult Canada makes immigration by people with needed skills unnecessarily difficult.

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     Zelda 🎀 (thezeldazone@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 12:36:25 JST Zelda 🎀

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     @hacks4pancakes nobody appreciates that immigration is actually extremely difficult, esp to any place anyone wants to live.

     And frankly, basically every country/culture is shit to immigrants.

     I'm keeping the idea in mind but fuck I don't want to have to leave. I'm trans in iowa tho so it's a bit more pressing.

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     Jenica (mamalake@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 12:36:25 JST Jenica

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     • Zelda 🎀

     @TheZeldaZone @hacks4pancakes thailand is pretty kind to foreigners, especially for trans folx