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Personal/Diversity statement as I understand can be used to explain to admission committee how you can contribute to your university through your skills and it can also be used to explain the adversities you faced in your life and how you overcame it. I think its perfectly fine to talk about it.   

I would suggest you to look at other univs like UBC, Alberta, Toronto, Waterloo as well. Check if they have civil eng programs. I cannot comment on your application as I am from ECE but I can say you have a good chance of getting admission in one of these univs if you have strong LOR and SOP. 

Before spending anytime thinking, just go ahead and tell your referee that you need to upload the LOR and not him and again send a gentle reminder of the deadline.
 
Since you have to upload you have a weeks time and I think it will work out well.

Hi there!
 
I had a good look around the forums but pretty much just turned up - it's totally helpful, but I'm still interested in surveying the GC and maybe generating resources here for others.
 
Do people have any experiences/preferences with any of the following, for hosting a tiny academic-ish personal website (bio/CV/research interests/links to papers)?:
 
Weebly
Wix
Reclaim Hosting
 
While I can code, I'd prefer to go with the ease of a drag-and-drop website builder like these. The persistent ads on Wix aren't endearing. As well, I'm wondering how unprofessional it would be to go with Wix or Weebly and have these companies names in my URL (granted, the benefit is that these options are free, and the reality is that I'm not looking at the prospect of oodles of traffic). And regarding the URL: I have a domain name through my grad institution that has the name of said institution and my name in it - is it worth transferring this domain to one of these hosts (I've only got it as long as I'm a student) or would it be better to just get a domain in my own name (keeping in mind, neither of these options are free with these hosts)?
 
I'm leaning towards Reclaim, which seems to have the ease factor and, while not free, is very reasonable priced. Does anyone have thoughts?
 
While I've got you here, I'm wondering where people generally stand on some of the prominent professional networking sites:
 
LinkedIn
Academia.edu
ResearchGate
 
Are you guys on just one of these sites, or several? Do you have this in tandem with a personal webpage? What do you link to from your department page (personal website or networking one)?
I have LinkedIn and, while I kind of hate it, it occasionally proves a necessary evil. The user agreement for Academia.edu legit scares the pants off me, so I'm not inclined to join it, but perhaps I'm overly skittish. ResearchGate is somewhat entrancing, but I'm not sure that it's popular in my networks.
 
Again, do people have thoughts? Or experiences with some of these either on their own or in tandem? Am I missing any fundamental options or considerations?
 
Thanks so much guys!

No Internship is not compulsory but most students do it and it helps while applying for full time jobs.

It will usually take 24 months to complete MEng if you complete a 8 month internship. Its the same for MASc as well.
 
MAsc you have to complete a thesis while for MEng its a final project.
MASc - 6 courses. MEng - 8 courses

I like google sites. Its simple and easy. It has the basic themes and look is normal.