Ambiguous path towards welcoming international students requires more urgency from feds

While the federal government had originally asked provinces and territories to determine if each post-secondary institution had a sufficient plan to quarantine and support arriving students, they have since changed their approach—imposing a significant jurisdictional quagmire on the sector.

Hundreds of thousands of international students still do not know if they can come to Canada in a couple of weeks to start their studies. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY PIERRE CYR

August 19, 2020

With the new school year fast approaching, Canadian colleges and universities have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to find a path forward for international students seeking to study in Canada. Importantly, Canada i...

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