The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 21

IAe Ottawa Journal :) A xA 'f v. i I it sAA LANGUAGE CLASS Au'gA 'A i '1 lv A CHILD'S WORLD irf CANADA Baltetra Schmidt, 4, centre, daughter of Slovak economist Edward their Canadian friend Dorothy Moore arid a rabbit named Hoppy Schmidt and Dr. Maria; Schmidt, isn't the only: newcomer to Canada are, from left ta right. Akram Bhatti (Pakistan); Christopher Kresic her Irhidergarten class tYoric 'street Pnb i- li- Czechosloygkidns Face Many; Problems i i i ii i i i i II By CARROLL HOLLAND Already he's making plans While on the 24-week full- lish medical textbooks' in dian studies or waiUng for Few people attempt to 8 job-hunting when Eng- time course designed to give for an examina- their professional status to be learn ntwlanjaiaee at the 'lsn classes end in July. newcomers a Grade 6 ground-' tion in Toronto in May she -established.

age of 60 let atonel beginnihg Such acquire ing in English, the Canada must pas to receive the Credentials of many tech- anew'career. fluent knowledge of Eng-, Manpower Centre "provides Canadian. Medical. Assoda- -meal' tradesmen have to be Vtiav 1 tr Is' become esUlished from $37 for a single person tion's approval to intern at certified by the provincial j. in, trades, professions or eni to $75 for a family of four or the General Hospital.

An- industrial trades branch. As TSSSSSSS WT new gqfebslted by the seoetaiy of 5 Atout 4a ajreaay nave jods department, the entire Cf.ttaamk. i -a but the big rush will occur at EwitistjliSmuilf'S: can take six wedta goernmf r4ttj.i Every 'weekday 241 the end of April and May Caiiadia-vlnta1iAs r-- I zBcamnfvanmm jtLuntu bu woen cuuises iutvk vcov uiwa wr ciijiwir! Most tradesmen appear to "JT-Ti- jnour. wh-vvtoio cuisks luuyajuaiuiiusuy sbjucuiu irciu iU uai have COTfle nw tor ii mef ugouquHt wouege iiroiessionai jpeopie, uunre ioism pqunjii-uirr trade nw kijinarw rmn ivns ra- iiTRnsmi; will' ob 4rtrv miiu. 1- wfcf9tott Centre 3 s'is eighl tltoari 5 A ay or prevent many from IUGTOjWa3UIREMENT5 A AlL 1 1 i lawyers By iegisteri 4 Wffereri Jobs similar to onti Arebitect hitrses, lai glasses, both husband and they held at home.

and others fflusffulfiti 4'- Czechoslovakian refugees attend a 24-week fuIK ing Centre sponsored the CanadaT Manpower timf English course at the Algonquin College Retrain- Centre. Tom Evans is the teacher, SHOPPING WITH A DICTIONARY Mrs. Maria SchiMer shops for 'her family with of-an EnglishXtechoslovaklan Women members of the local Czechoslovakian Asso- A elation accompanied many on shopping trips when they first -arrived, well prepared skill documents. "1 H-a i 1 expected a fair nam 4 ber, induding: civil engi neers and others whose skills are not in great demand, in a UitMyuiJ'5fWe can receive instruction Dr. Maria Schmidt, a 1 Some have 2Se5fcnl0e EnUish ta school and at and always have someone at paediatrician with 10 years' taken less skilled and lower bofie.

home to look after chjldren. experience, pores over Eng- paid jobs while taking Cana- engineer with a good grounding hi English who -were placed at the National -Research Council. They quickly found posstaoos in their fields because the As- sociatioo of Professional Engineers of Ontario recogr hizes the Technical University at Prague where they studied. Five or six are at univer-' sky under loan-grant rangement whereby the university provides free tuition far the first .12 months in' the country. A $600 government loan is repatble after 18 Credit buying' and Vast quantity of available food and goods are only a' couple of the things that have atoprised the lefugeea.

Civil engineer Vladimir SchiMer and his wife, a technical draftswoman, Couldn't afford a car or a phone in Czechoslovakia. It was almost impossible to buy fruits and vegetables in the winter: the blade market was the aource of other scarce items. In new sections of Prague, it was difficult to buy a newspaper or fmd a mtlbax and a' haircut would mean up to an hour's wait. 4 For them, as for nearly aH the others, moving to Canada was "the best decision we ever made." There are stiU a number of difficulties for the new aiiivals to face. Most don't mix well yet hampered by fettering Eng- lish.

A secretary says she is 1 lonely, that Canadian life is coM, complicated and very different. One family is plagued by iHness and homesickness. An employer was caught discriminating against a Czechoaionkian by paying below normal wages. At the moment, they have just enough to get by on, and no more. Bu as you hear over and over again; It's a start.

It's a beginning. will take time." And they don't want to go back. Saturday, April 12, 1969 "AAphriin 1- 'at sr. A AA 1 -w Vi V' Ar 11 ii 'yTV i I Vl A It A 'J iJ i i i yr.r1- i'-t jTV' .5 i i A'AA'A GASTROENTEROLOGY- SPECIALIST ino unowa journal TP) jt v' VA A Mpnt Ik- a friii, i i- i 'U" A I A NEW LIFE OF FREEDOM Charles Hny, 45, has been working 16 hours a day in Us job as an apartment lupenntendenL As a youth Mr. Hrubys journalism plans ended after two years of university when he was imprisoned for opposing the government and sent to work in uranium mines.

ill 1 5 I wAA-' -r-uV' u- fj A i A i a FIRST CANADIAN JOB Alexandra Raskova, 21, started working half days as a dental technician Monday. When her English course finishes month, Miss Raskova will be employed fuH- tnne at her profession. Ai- Xiii- i 1 A' V' Dr. Vladimir SJstek, 38, head of a university surgical research department before leaving Czechoslovakia, works in a laboratory at the University of Otuw where he Is an asslstsnt professor In anatomy. Dr.

Sistek doesn't have to intern for, a year as other immigrant doctors because he has given up surgery in order to devote mora time to research..