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Ottawa’s recent decision to cap the number of study permits for international students is reportedly already creating chaos for those hoping to come to Canada to get a post-secondary education.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Leah Hamilton of Mount Royal University and Yvonne Su of York University delve into how the cap also unfairly and baselessly pins the blame on Canada’s housing and health-care crises on international students.
There’s no evidence international students are exacerbating either crisis, they point out, and for governments and the media to suggest otherwise is inaccurate and xenophobic.
They write: “This pattern of scapegoating in government rhetoric and in media coverage is deeply troubling. It’s already affecting public attitudes toward immigration levels, and may spill over to create negative attitudes and behaviour toward immigrants and international students themselves.”
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Students walk towards a sign at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C.
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Leah Hamilton, Mount Royal University; Yvonne Su, York University, Canada
Who’s responsible for the factors that led to the federal government’s recently announced cap on international students, and what are the implications for those directly affected?
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National Socialist troops marching in Berlin to celebrate Adolf Hitler taking over power. Hitler’s accession to chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933, gave the Nazi party its “in” to eventually consolidate absolute control over the country in the months soon after, setting it on the path to the Second World War.
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David Dyzenhaus, University of Toronto
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power was aided by courts and lawyers in pre-war Germany. A similar situation exists today in the United States.
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Women are still feeling the effects of COVID-19 , which resulted in job losses and reduced opportunities for women in the workforce.
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Claudine Mangen, Concordia University
The most recent data from Statistics Canada shows that, while gender inequalities in the workplace remain fairly large between women and men, there are some notable exceptions.
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A person walks past a child care centre in Toronto in April 2020.
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David Philpott, Memorial University of Newfoundland
It makes good economic sense to lean on the neighbourhood public school in the push to expand early learning.
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Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, arrives at the seat of government in Buenos Aires, accompanied by his sister Karina, on Dec. 10, 2023.
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Federico Chaves Correa, Université Laval
Some aspects of Argentine President Javier Milei’s programme resemble the far right, but others do not. Without excluding him from this movement, we should recognize there are differences.
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Le nombre de cas de cyberprédation a été multiplié par dix au cours des cinq dernières années au Canada.
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Azfar Adib, Concordia University
La cyberprédation des enfants est en forte hausse au pays. Le Canada ne peut plus se permettre de rester à la traîne. Le moment est venu de sécuriser les espaces en ligne.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Dale Berning Sawa, The Conversation
Alice Bloch talks about her research with the descendants of Holocaust survivors who have replicated the Auschwitz tattoo. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Environment + Energy
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Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan
As the climate changes and weather warms, the freezing line is shifting, bringing rain and ice to regions not prepared for it.
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Politics
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John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University
The African Union has several reasons to get involved in Sudan’s peace process.
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Science + Tech
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Adrian Dyer, Monash University; Alan Dorin, Monash University; Jair Garcia, Monash University; Mani Shrestha, Bayreuth University
Flowers tend to stand out against a natural background. A new study shows this contrast evolved in a key relationship with their most famous pollinators – bees.
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