International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities

Ann H. Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University, and Faculty Associate of the York Centre for Asian Research, Canada. Elizabeth Buckner is Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. Jean Michel Montsion is Associate Professor in the Canadian Studies Program at Glendon College, York University, Canada. He is also Director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, and Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Introduction: International Students from Asia and Canadian Universities: Institutional History and Trends. SECTION 1: Institutional Contexts: A Critical View. 1. The Ruling Relations of the Internationalizing Canadian University. 2. International Students and Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity (EDI) in Canadian Universities: A Critical Look. 3. For Students, Look East; For Partners, Look West: How Canadian Internationalization Strategies Portray Asia and Europe. 4. Framing International Students from Asia in Ontario Universities: Provincial Priorities, Deficit-focused Services and Economic Benefits. 5. International Education Pipeline: An Analysis of British Columbia’s University Transfer System. SECTION 2: Inclusion and Exclusion in Universities. 6. Assessments of universities by international students from Asia: Institutional resources, adjustment, inclusion and safety. 7. Between Intellectual Gateway and Intellectual Periphery: Chinese International Student Experiences. 8. Understanding Chinese Students’ Manifold Transitions in a Canadian University. 9. Voices from Chinese International Students on Resources Offered by Montreal Universities: Pathways towards Equity and Social Justice. 10. Asian international students studying in Canada: A review of barriers to the learning experience by revisioning of Astin’s I-E-O Model. 11. Pushed to the Periphery: Understanding the Multiple Forms of Exclusion Experienced by Asian International Students. SECTION 3: Anti-Asian Racism and the Politics of Race. 12. Asian International Students at the University of Toronto: How Diversity Discourses Downplay Student Demographics. 13. An East Coast Racial Reckoning: International Students and the Politics of Race at Dalhousie University. 14. Asian international Students in a mid-sized Canadian University: A Case study of the University of Manitoba. 15. Neo-racism, Neo-nationalism and the Recruitment of International Students to Canada in the Era of the Pandemic. 16. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the racial experiences of international university students from Korea in Canada and the US. Conclusion: Building on Success from the Bottom-up? Institutional Challenges, Racialized Experiences, and Opportunities for Further Research.