Outward and Upward Mobilities : International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions / Ann Kim, Min-Jung Kwak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Ann, Author.

Kwak, Min-Jung, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students, Foreign.

Student mobility.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"People move out to move up. Like other migrant groups, student mobility is a form of social mobility, and one that requires access from a host state. But there are multiple institutions with which students interact and that influence the processes of social mobility. Outward and Upward Mobilities investigates the connection between student and institution. The collection features work by key scholars in the field and considers international students from across Canada regardless of legal status. Exploring how international students and their families fare in local ethnic communities, educational and professional institutions, and the labour market, this volume demonstrates the need to ask more critical questions about the short- and long-term effects of temporary legal status, how student and family experiences differ by educational level and region of settlement, the barriers to and facilitators of adaptation and integration, and ultimately, to what extent individual, familial, institutional, and state goals function in harmony and in discord."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Education Migration, Social Mobility, and Structuring Institutions; Part I: International Students in the Canadian Context; 2. "International Students Are ... Golden": Canada's Changing Policy Contexts, Approaches, and National Peculiarities in Attracting International Students as Future Immigrants; 3. Explaining International Student Mobility to Canada: A Review; 4. Barriers to Knowledge on International Students and a Potential Opportunity; Part II: Integration and Adjustment in Educational Institutions

5. The International Undergraduate Experience through the Lens of Developmental Psychology6. Legal Status and School Experiences for Families with Young Students; Part III: Local Considerations: Ethnic Communities and Families; 7. Adapting to China's Students at the Gateway: Student Stories and the Trajectories of Chinese Community Associations in Vancouver; 8. "Settlers" Meeting the "Settled": International Students Encountering the South Asian "Diaspora" in Ontario, Canada; 9. Global Restructuring, Gender, and Education Migration: Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada

10. "A Typical Girogi Family Experience?" The Transnational Migration and Heterogeneous Identity Formation of Girogi Families in Toronto, CanadaPart IV: The Post-student Experience; 11. Student Transitions: Earnings of Former International Students in Canada's Labour Market; 12. Bumpy Roads: Tracing Pathways into Practice for International Students in Nursing; Afterword: A Multi-level Perspective on Education Migration; List of Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-3057-9

1-4875-3056-0

OCLC:

1083120525