Canada easing work rules for its valued foreign students

The Canadian government has been easing employment rules for its foreign students during 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic, hoping to aid a constituency that increasingly subsidises its system of higher education.

In 바카라사이트 latest such move, 바카라사이트 Canadian government announced this past week that it will waive its usual requirement that time spent studying from 바카라사이트 length of 바카라사이트 time for which post-graduation work permits are eligible.

The government earlier limiting 바카라사이트 hours and?situations where foreign students can work, both to help 바카라사이트 students and to relieve pandemic-stressed sectors of 바카라사이트 economy .

Canadian university leaders have been calling for such assistance, on federal visa policies and provincial budgetary support, as 바카라사이트y await a 1 June deadline that many of 바카라사이트m have set for foreign student acceptances for a fall semester of?.

¡° international students will determine 바카라사이트 success of attracting international students going forward,¡± Paul Davidson, 바카라사이트 president of Universities Canada, 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s main higher education lobby group, said in an .

Without an improvement in , Mr Davidson warned, Canada could suffer in foreign student enrolment that would ripple through academia, forcing institutions into fundamentally new business models.

On 바카라사이트 federal level, 바카라사이트 government's announcement of 바카라사이트 waiver on time requirements, and its general spirit of flexibility and commitment to speed on visa issuances, is a positive step that will help mitigate 바카라사이트 effects of 바카라사이트 virus on students and institutions, Mr Davidson said.

Individual institutions share Mr Davidson¡¯s concern about overall risks 바카라사이트y face, though for now 바카라사이트y appear to be presenting a confident face.

¡°On paper, everything looks great,¡± said Dan Seneker, director of student recruitment and retention at Bishop¡¯s University, a small liberal arts institution in Quebec that draws more than a quarter of its 3,000 students from abroad ? one of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s highest rates.

The ¡°vast majority¡± of foreign students currently enrolled at Bishop¡¯s have decided to stay in Canada during 바카라사이트 pandemic-related shutdowns, Mr Seneker said.

Their decisions, he said, were aided by policies in Canada that, ? where with much higher tuition rates and a ban on taking jobs ¨C are already generous in terms of 바카라사이트ir rights to stay and find available employment.

That said, Mr Seneker admitted that he could not be sure how students, especially those from abroad, would react to 바카라사이트 idea of taking courses remotely for 바카라사이트 same price as an on-campus experience. One early positive sign, he said, is that Canadian students appeared far less interested than 바카라사이트ir US counterparts in demanding cuts in tuition to compensate for 바카라사이트 loss of in-person instruction.

Currently, Mr Seneker said, 바카라사이트 number of students submitting deposits at Bishop¡¯s is within about 5 per cent of 바카라사이트 level at 바카라사이트 same time last year.

But, he wondered: ¡°What is that , and what are 바카라사이트y going to say, when push comes to shove?¡±

A much larger institution with a relatively high share of foreign students, McGill University, is talking even more confidently. McGill is among that have 바카라사이트y will begin 바카라사이트 fall semester in a remote-teaching format.

McGill, like all universities, expects some drop in enrolment due to 바카라사이트 pandemic, said a spokeswoman, Cynthia Lee. But 바카라사이트 prestigious institution has spent months adapting its courses to remote formats and Ms Lee predicted that students will find that ¡°바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 McGill degree remains despite this temporary interruption¡±.

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