Contributed to Toronto Star by Alan Shepard (Published Monday, September 23, 2024)
Alan Shepard is president and vice-chancellor of Western University.
The federal government’s latest reduction of international student permits risks throwing the proverbial baby out with the bathwater — but we have an opportunity to “save the baby,” to the benefit of Canada.
How did we get here?
The post-secondary system is bulging with offerings to entice students from around the world. But not all offerings are equal, and the students they attract are not supported equally when they arrive. As Prime Minister Trudeau put it this week, the “bad actors” are the target of this new measure….
What Canada loses when we cut off international students (thestar.com)