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What will happen to Saudi students enrolled in Canada?
Universities and colleges are scrambling to help thousands of international students following Saudi Arabia’s decision to pull those on Saudi-funded scholarships from Canadian schools.
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Canadian teaching hospitals facing withdrawal as Saudi Arabia recalls sponsored students
Saudi Arabia is by far the largest source of international medical residents and fellows training in Canadian hospitals, the result of a decades-old visa program under which the kingdom pays approximately $100,000 a year for each trainee.
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VIU increases language requirements
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