new job

Hi all,

As some of you may already know, I've started work at a new job. Its at Simon Fraser University, at the centre for online and distance education. My job is basically techy - web design and using the course software etc. The job is pretty good so far - not perhaps exactly what I would like to do but the people are nice, and more importantly its providing me with a way to stay in Canada, which is what I want right now. On that front I have applied for a work permit (tied to the job) and should hear back in a month or more. There is no certainty I will get it however, and if I don't I will have to leave the country (more or less immediately I assume). However, I did get good news today - HR are allowing me to continue working until my work permit application is processed (which is my legal right) - so I don't have to sit around not working which I thought was going to be the case. Anyway, the whole visa thing has been quite stressful, but things are working out at the moment...