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SOPA helped with settlement-related issues, prepared me for the job market by offering some extremely useful online self-paced courses, such as ‘Working in Canada’, ‘Soft Skills: Professional Communication’, ‘Canadian Workplace Integration’. By completing these courses, one gets acquainted with Canadian work norms ranging from ‘holding small talk’ to ‘giving presentations’ to ‘offering constructive feedback’ to ‘respecting other cultures’ to ‘signing employment contract and abiding by it’. I believe that these courses helped me integrate into Canadian work culture well and retain my very first job at a reputed Canadian bank.