Maintaining Canada’s momentum as a magnet for international talent

It’s a challenge best tackled together by universities, the federal and provincial governments, plus industry and public sector partners who benefit enormously from global talent recruitment.

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is pictured in Ottawa on July 23, 2021. The pandemic exposed serious operational shortcomings in Canada’s immigration programs. To correct this, we need to support IRCC’s implementation of the $430-million streamlined, digitized visa process promised in the April 2021 federal budget, writes Graham Carr.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GRAHAM CARR

September 15, 2021

Against the ongoing backdrop of COVID-19, Canada’s universities are once again delivering a unique fall semester. Our fall schedules are a mix of in-person, remote, and hybrid course delivery. Our campuses are enveloped in pandemic health and safety measures. As in other spheres, it feels like hi...

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