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Application season is officially open for universities.
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Canadian sector outlines impact of policy changes, calls for government engagement
Almost nine in ten international education professionals in Canada said that the country’s recent policies have negatively affected their programmes and operations, according to a new survey by IDP Education, which also shows institutions calling for greater collaboration with government.
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Foreign worker cuts could improve youth unemployment rate, says Alberta jobs minister
Alberta’s minister of jobs, economy and trade says efforts to limit immigration levels to Canada could help lower the province’s high youth unemployment rate.
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Productivity, productivity: Why Canada keeps talking about it but sees no results
With a cost-of-living crisis gripping Canadians, interest in Canada’s productivity has suddenly seized policy makers, commentators and the pundit class alike.
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Universities brace for more fallout after immigration U-turn
Nineteen months ago, Canada exalted in its population passing the 40 million mark. Last Thursday morning, 25 October, standing in front of a bank of Canadian flags and flanked by a number of his ministers, Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, addressed his government’s volte face on the country’s wide open immigration policies and a-million-international-student-visas-a-year policy.
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