South Asian Professionals Forum Canada

"The first step to making yourself a professional is to understand, decide and commit that you ARE a Professional"

Welcome to South Asian Professionals Forum Canada

We are a group of Professionals / Students in Proferssional Studies related to various fields in Canada helping the settled professionals, new entrants in various professions and students in different professional studies to develop themselves as per Canadian values and requirements

We are always looking for volunteers for various services towards the students, professionals and the community

Please feel free to contact us if you are anyone from the above categories.

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Profession:

Profession typically require a significant period of theoretical, hands-on and practical experience in the respective field of expertise

Regulated Professions: Professions / Occupations that are regulated either by the provinces or by professional associations are generally regulated because they have a higher level of responsibility either for public health and safety or to protect consumers / clients. These professions need a licence or certificate to work in that profession.

In many of these professions it is illegal to work or even use the title of the profession if you are not registered with the regulatory body

In Canada, professions and trades are regulated in each province. There are regulatory bodies - organizations that control licences and certificates - in each province. Some of these regulated professions include: Engineers, Architects, Nurses, Teachers, Dentists, and Pharmacist etc.

Professional

A person who has achieved an acclaimed level of proficiency in a field of expertise and who is formally certified by a professional body of belonging to a specific profession by virtue of having completed a required course of studies and / or practice; And whose competence can and should usually be measured against an established set of standards.

Professionals are required to acquire and maintain:

Expert and specialized knowledge in the field which one is to practice or practicing professionally

Excellent theoretical and practical skills in relation to the profession

A high quality of work

A high standard of professional ethics

A high quality of work morale and motivation

Updated knowledge all the time

Meet or exceed expectations whenever possible

Clear, concise, thorough and accurate communication

Respect for others

High levels of responsibility and accountability towards society, clients, peers and others

Code of Ethics as defined for his particular profession

Professionalism

How you look;

How you talk;

How you write;

How you act & react;

How you work  -

- these all determine whether you are a professional or not

However Professionalism isn't just a set of appearances, neatness, good grooming and nice talk.  Nor is it just technical skill and good work; Professionalism is, rather, a set of internalized character strengths, attitude and values directed toward high quality service to the society and others through one's work.

Professionals' work is, among other things, a statement of their personal commitment to excellence of performance, rather than just working for a job to be done or merely a source of earning money.

The greater the degree to which a person exemplifies professionalism, the easier it will be for him to be set apart from people around him.

Professionalism is behaving in an ethical manner while assuming and fulfilling the rightful responsibilities in every situation every time, without fail.