Hello and thank you for all the great info.
Question about employment and education history (#11):
I have been a PhD student since Sep 2011. For the first 4 years of my PhD 2011-2015 I was paid through scholarship and salary (salary only some semesters). During that period I was always working as a Research Assistant (RA) 12 hours a week (and it is a mess up from the university since they decided to pay for some of the work through scholarship and not salary). The problem is, all of 2013 I was only paid through scholarship which is reflected in my T4 and Tax filings. After Sep 2015 I was working under separate contracts and paid through salary which is straight forward. So I am not sure how to reflect my work experience.
Version 1:
Sep 2011 - Present - PhD Student
Sep 2011 - Aug 2015 - RA
Then list individual contracts
The problem with this is that they may look through my tax history and say, you were not paid salary in 2013, how could you work?
Version 2:
Sep 2011 - Present - PhD Student
Sep 2011 - Dec 2012 - RA
Jan 2014 - Aug 2015 - RA
Then list individual contracts
The problem with this is that I claimed Version 1 work history for my PR (explaining the payment situation through a letter from my boss)
Your ideas are much appreciated!