Any idea for how a 37 year old can get a visa to plant in Canada?

[oxband]

I'm a 37 year old academic. I've done research on reforestation in the US, and I want to spend a summer in Canada planting to do the same. I have experience planting in the US, having done it a season here for reearch. I found a company willing to hire me in Ontario but I'd need a visa, and they dont want to sponsor one for me since that costs them money. FWIW, I'm also a filmmaker although that didnt seem to be a visa option either. I've looked online, and it seems like there is no easy visa answer here unless they sponsor me.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

[Scooter]

Did you look into the Working Holiday Visa? That might be age-limited, but if not, it doesn't require a company to sponsor you.
No companies want to "sponsor" a worker, because of the paperwork, and the potential for liability for worker benefits, etc.

[oxband]

Yeah, the age limit for that program is 35.

[Mike]

Education visas allow work don't they?

[ouchithurts]

Fake it till you make it.