Financial Information
Several forms of financial assistance (e.g., loans, sponsorships, grants) are available:
- Scotiabank is offering a professional line of credit up to $25,000: "Scotia Professional® Student Plan (SPSP)"
For further information, please visit the Scotiabank website or contact:
Patty Scrase, Account Manager, Scotia Professionals
34th Floor
650 West Georgia St., Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4N7
Tel: 604-718-6097
E-mail: pat.scrase@scotiabank.com
- RBC Royal Bank is offering a Credit Line for a Professional Study Program. Please contact:
Da-Ke Zhao, Account Manager
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank UBC Wesbrook Village Branch
5905 Berton Avenue
Vancouver, BC, V6S 0S3
Phone: 604-221-5736
Fax: 604-221-5729
E-mail: da-ke.zhao@rbc.com
- BMO Bank of Montreal is offering a special financing program under their Professional Student Program. For further information, please contact:
Howe Gu
Professional Market Banking Specialist
BMO Bank of Montreal
National Business Development Group
Greater Vancouver District, BC
Office: 604-665-7175
Cell: 778-389-0300
Fax: 604-665-2544
Email: howe.gu@bmo.com
- Funding is available through MOSAIC (http://www.mosaicbc.com), a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping immigrants and refugees settle and integrate into Canadian society.
- Micro-loans Program
604-254-9626
- Immigrant Access Centre for Training: a program to assist immigrants who are on Employment Insurance (EI) or who have received EI in the last 3 years, as well as those on maternity or parental benefits within the last 5 years.
Contact the Immigrant Access Centre for Training (iACT) to register for an information session: 604-708-3905
- Please feel free to contact corporate pharmacy chains directly to request information and availability of sponsorships. Contact information for the some of the larger pharmacy chains can be found at the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS) website at http://www.cacds.com/about/Members.asp.
- Skills Connect for Immigrants-Health is a program funded by the B.C. Ministry of Economic Development, and jointly provided by Back in Motion, MOSAIC (ArriveBC) and Douglas College (Working Solutions). The program and services are aimed at helping skilled immigrants move more quickly into jobs that match their experience, education and background. It will provide career counselling and some financial support for internationally educated pharmacists to help them create an individualized plan to enter their profession in British Columbia. Skills Connect for Immigrants-Health can be accessed through:
