Not your cash cow, not your scapegoat : student migration & Canadian universities / by The Racialization of Asian International Students Collective.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Racialization of Asian International Students Collective, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students, Foreign--Canada.

Students, Foreign.

Students, Foreign--Canada--Social conditions.

Asian students--Canada.

Asian students.

Student mobility--Canada.

Student mobility.

Racism in higher education.

Universities and colleges--Canada.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

ix, 186 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, [2026]

Summary:

"International students have long been seen as cash cows by Canadian universities, a revenue stream of high tuition fees for the same education received by lower-paying domestic students. While in the past their inclusion has been lauded as "recruiting global talent" to Canada, more recently these students have been blamed for social issues from housing shortages to spreading disease -- both reductive framings that instrumentalize student migrants for political purposes. Meanwhile, student migrants are often surprised to face isolation, poverty and racism, and disappointed by lacklustre university services meant to help them navigate life in Canada. This book places the international student within the larger context of edugration, or student migration, to examine the everyday vulnerabilities arising from this immigration status. It gathers insights about racialization from over 120 nationwide interviews with student migrants from Asia, revealing how student migrants cope with prejudice, create networks and manage their own integration. Collectively written by postsecondary educators, researchers and students, including student migrants themselves, this book features evidence-based, critical and antiracist recommendations toward holistically supporting student migrants from Asia to Canada."-- From publisher's website.

Contents:

Consolidating Canada

Focusing on Immigration Status

Overlooked by EDI

From Services to Relationships

Racializing Student Migrants

Feeling Like Outsiders Together

Student Migration from Asia to Canada Post-2024.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781773638058

177363805X

OCLC:

1547998979

Publisher Number:

90104344623