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Canada’s cap on international students has made headlines regarding university budgets and housing policy, but what about its potential effects on classrooms and communities?
Today in The Conversation Canada, Hiba B. Ibrahim of York University writes about how the cap should lead universities and communities to revisit the meaning of “internationalization” policies and strategic priorities. These have promised to foster intercultural exchange and collaboration with international students for wider societal benefits. Yet, she writes, “we are too confident about assuming that learning in a multicultural environment facilitates intercultural learning.”
For intercultural learning to actually happen, post-secondary and wider communities must make “space for international students’ knowledges, skills, life experiences and cultures as part of creating more inclusive and equitable environments.”
She offers five concrete ways universities could support this.
Also today:
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A growing gap exists between government and university policies or strategic priorities affirming the value of intercultural learning and the experiences of international students. People seen at the Winnipeg airport, June 6, 2023.
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Hiba B. Ibrahim, York University, Canada
Canada’s cap on international students should prompt universities and communities to identify better ways of engaging with international students on campuses and in broader community life.
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Canadian baseball player Joey Votto is trying to extend his career by playing with the Toronto Blue Jays this year. He issued a handwritten apology for earlier remarks he made about Canadian baseball.
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Hetty Roessingh, University of Calgary
The power of a handwritten letter became clear when baseball player Joey Votto penned an apology to Canadian fans. Votto also reopened the debate about whether kids should learn cursive writing.
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Of the 7.7 million job openings forecast from 2022 to 2031, more than two-thirds are expected to require post-secondary education.
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Shelley Legin, Royal Roads University; Heather M Hachigian, Royal Roads University
Canada’s international student cap threatens inclusion in higher education, but social financing — a way for private capital to address social issues — can address this issue.
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Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from wellheads near Calgary on April 28, 2023. A recent bill proposing a ban on fossil-fuel ads has drawn the ire of the oil and gas industry.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Peter Dietsch, University of Victoria
Bill C-372 does not curtail free speech and, if anything, demonstrates how banning fossil fuel ads does not go nearly far enough.
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The Online Harms Act aims to protect Canadians from harmful content.
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Derek Hrynyshyn, York University, Canada
Algorithms that amplify or suppress particular kinds of messages should be seen as a source of harm.
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Une brochette de politiciens et de gens d'affaires, dont le premier ministre Justin Trudeau et son homologue François Legault, réunis lors de l'annonce de l'implantation de l'usine Northvolt, à Saint-Basile-le-Grand, le 28 septembre 2023.
La Presse canadienne/Christinne Muschi
Maude Brunet, HEC Montréal; Nathalie Drouin, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Sofiane Baba, Université de Sherbrooke
Dans le projet Northvolt, Québec peut-il se dispenser d’expertise et de participation publique ? Pour les auteurs, il gagnerait à comprendre les dynamiques sociales entourant les mégaprojets.
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Health
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Lawson R. Wulsin, University of Cincinnati
No one can escape stress, but sometimes it takes a physical and emotional toll that translates to disease and other health effects. The good news is that there are new approaches to treating it.
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Politics
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Viktoriia Lapa, Bocconi University
Lithuania doesn’t often set the agenda, yet it has been warning that Russia would invade Ukraine since 2008.
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