This thread says that in 2014 Canada will require that nurses have a Bachelors Degree, which will aggravate the nursing shortage in that country. My SO happens to be an RN with a BSN. If she wanted to work in Vancouver, how would she go about finding a sponsor?
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If the goal is permanent resident status leading to citizenship, which is what “sponsor” implies, I don’t know.
If the goal is simply getting a job in Canada without full-on immigration status, then RNs are covered under NAFTA and it would be incredibly easy for her to do so. Going the other way (CDA to USA), my wife just had to have a job offer, prove her credentials at the border, and had her permit within minutes. I would assume (dangerous, I know) that it would be similar going the other way.
IANAL, so I won’t advise any further, other than to say she could consider that route.
PS: Tell her to avoid a job at the ER department of St. Paul’s in Vancouver. It is the ER department for one of the most drug-invested, MRSA-ridden areas in North America. Unless she likes the excitement of that sort of thing, of course.