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The B.C. Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has nominated many workers and entrepreneurs who have contributed to B.C.’s labour market and economic growth. They have brought new skills and trained others, started or expanded businesses, settled in their communities, employed local residents and contributed their energy and enthusiasm to our province.
Read more about some of our successful immigrants.
Skills ImmigrationDr. Surjit Dixit, Zymeworks Inc.(Vancouver & Metropolitan Area)
Nominated for permanent residence by his company in 2008, Dr. Surjit Dixit is a B.C. Provincial Nominee from India. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Wesleyan University in the United States, he was hired in 2007 as a molecular simulation scientist and the eighth employee at Zymeworks, a Vancouver biotechnology company. Today, the company has 40 employees and Dixit is the Chief Technology Officer, responsible for designing the computational and protein engineering technology for creating new drug molecules with the potential to treat cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
“The moment we landed in Vancouver, my wife and I were totally taken by the beauty of the city. The permanent residency has provided us a lot of comfort and a sense of belonging … the most rewarding thing about living in B.C. is the sense of living as one with nature, which is disappearing in so many other parts of the world.” – Dr. Surjit Dixit
Business ImmigrationNathan Yang, Kuzco Lighting Inc.(Vancouver & Metropolitan Area)
Shaokun (Nathan) Yang, a B.C. Provincial Nominee from China, arrived in British Columbia in 2007 to set up Kuzco Lighting Inc. in Surrey. With over 15 years of experience in the lighting business, Yang has more than doubled his initial investment and expanded his business for a total investment of $2.5 million. Kuzco Lighting currently has 12 employees and expects to double its warehouse capacity with continued growth over the next year.
“We just fell in love with Vancouver. We have more than 300 distributors across Canada and we have just started in the United States market … I find here in B.C., it really is the right place to start a business.” – Nathan Yang
John Eckland, Kaslo Hotel(Kootenay Region)
In 2006 John Eckland came to British Columbia from the United States as a business immigrant under the PNP and settled in Kaslo. With a $2.8 million investment, Eckland completely renovated the Kaslo Hotel and created 24 new jobs.
Capitalizing on his management experience and knowledge of the hotel business, he completely renovated the historic building, transforming it into a thriving hotel with thousands of dollars in spinoff benefits for other local businesses. In recognition of his contribution, Eckland was named one of the Top Ten Kootenay Business People of 2010 and awarded the Gordon Wilder Memorial Award for significant achievement in support of tourism in British Columbia’s Kootenay Rockies region.
“We came up and looked around, liked the area here in the Kootenays, liked Kaslo … The key to our success here is in providing a service to the customer that they perceive value in.”— John Eckland
Yoon Bok Park, Lucky 6 Industrial Co. Ltd.(Vancouver & Metropolitan Area)
Yoon Bok Park is a B.C. Provincial Nominee from Korea. In 2011, he established Lucky 6 Industrial Company in Chilliwack to manufacture high-density polyethylene containers for medical supplements. With his proven experience in creating successful manufacturing companies, Park hired and trained 10 full-time employees for Lucky 6 and increased the company’s sales by 50% in his first eight months in business. Lucky 6 currently produces 30,000 bottles a day and is on track for continued growth.
“I was attracted to Chilliwack because of its environmental beauty, and because I heard that Chilliwack had a new industrial park beside Highway Number 1. Thanks to the active presence of the City Hall, fire department, water department and BC Hydro, I was able to create the company relatively easily.” – Yoon Bok Park
Alex Loeb, Joyride Bike Parks Inc.(Kootenay Region)
A B.C. Provincial Nominee from the United States, Alex Loeb came to British Columbia to launch Joyride Bike Parks Inc., a Rossland-based company that designs and builds mountain bike trails and event courses around the world. As a former vice-president at Microsoft, Loeb brings her management and strategic planning expertise to her role as CEO of Joyride. The company has brought significant social and economic benefits to Rossland, and is growing its reputation by creating world-class mountain biking competition courses for events such as the Red Bull Rampage in 2010 and Whistler’s Crankworx event in 2011.
“Every community where we build trails, we’re hiring local folk. When you bring in a world-class mountain bike trail, it really ups the tourism…. When we first came to Rossland, we were in awe of the community. And to look at it now, and realize we’re part of that community – that’s awesome. Because Rossland’s given us so much, the ability to give it anything back is really a good feeling.” – Alex Loeb
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