(CBC) Fatima Boularhmane isn’t sure where to turn anymore.
She and her husband and children emigrated from Morocco about a decade ago, lured by the idea of living in a free and democratic country.
Trained as an electrical engineer, Boularhmane tried in vain to get a job in her field — even after having her education assessed against Canadian standards and getting an additional certificate in industrial engineering technology at Montreal’s Collège Ahuntsic.
“The telephone interviews would go well, but then when I’d go in for a meeting, they would tell me I was overqualified,” she said.
Boularhmane had done some teaching in Morocco and, last year, after hearing about Quebec’s teacher shortage, she began pursuing a different career path.
