TO start the year right in this country of two languages (English and French), the Infosecurity Conference will be held for two days in June – from June 10 to 12. Another convention that will be held in Canada this year will be the MDM Canada Summit 2008. Similar to the Infosecurity Conference, the MDM Canada Summit 2008 tackles such issues as data governance, customer relationship management initiatives and data warehouse. Those who will be attending the said conference are corporate employees dealing in master data management such as technical officers, data modelers and data warehouse architects in a specific company or government entity. This is terribly needed in Canada of course as lots of government offices there have thousands of staff and are dealing with millions of people considering that Canada is one of the world’s largest countries.

And since Canada has a very large population, its government’s prime concern is naturally the safety of its people and that includes their health of course. Canadians now are more concerned with their health than ever, that’s why the Canadian medical industry is consistently hiring medical professionals even from abroad in such countries as the Philippines. And they pay very well. This also means a lucrative market for Spain’s olive oil which is slowly being introduced in Canadian kitchens as the world’s healthiest cooking oil. And people here are likewise conscious in what they are eating. Thus, there are very many diets that have evolved such as Atkins and South Beach. The 2008 Health and Safety Conference in Canada will be held in Toronto from April 21 to 23.

But Canada’s passion remains to be hockey. And Canada will have a collective sigh of sadness today as one of the greatest female hockey players in the country has announced her retirement yesterday. Her name is Danielle Goyette and she is now 41 years old. She has been world champion for eight times on top of being champion for two times in Olympic events. In other hockey news in Canada, Hockey Canada has announced the beneficiaries of its Future Team Canada program. Of course, the Future Team Canada program is intended for minor hockey teams all over the country which consists of kids as players. So if you are living as an expat here in Canada, then let your kid learn hockey early. There are lots of hockey tutorials here because it simply is a passion. At the IIHF World Junior Championship, Canada won the gold in a very thrilling overtime game versus Sweden. This is the fourth year in a row where Canada won the gold in the IIHF World Junior Championship. Of course, that certainly doesn’t come as a surprise since hockey is said to be exclusive for Canadians only. If you come from Salamanca and you want to come here in Canada, you need to have a visa because only citizens coming from the United States do not need a visa to come here.