“International Students Are … Golden”: Canada’s Changing Policy Contexts, Approaches, and National Peculiarities in Attracting International Students as Future Immigrants
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Book Chapter
Description
As an international student adviser in the mid-to late 1990s, first at Ryerson University and then at York University, I recollect “dual intent” being among the major issues facing international students (IS) applying for student visas.¹ That is, IS had to prove that they did not intend to both enter the country on a temporary basis and then immigrate permanently. The “burden of proof” was placed on IS to show that they intended to come to Canada only for study purposes and that they would return home after completing their studies. In radical opposition is Canada’s first-ever international education strategy...
Publication Date
2019
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Number of Pages
25–55
Keywords
International students, changing policy, student visa, future immigrants
Faculty
Inclusive Communities
Copyright
© University of Toronto Press
SOURCE Citation
Trilokekar, Roopa and El Masri, Amira, "“International Students Are … Golden”: Canada’s Changing Policy Contexts, Approaches, and National Peculiarities in Attracting International Students as Future Immigrants" (2019). Books and Chapters. 5.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/nonfaculty_cei_books/5
Original Citation
Trilokekar, R & Masri, A. (2019). “International Students Are … Golden”: Canada’s Changing Policy Contexts, Approaches, and National Peculiarities in Attracting International Students as Future Immigrants. In A. Kim & M. Kwak (Eds.), Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions (pp. 25-55). Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press.
