Country could do more to attract Indian students

By Patrick McDonagh. The past decade has seen Canada’s intake of international students increase by 75%. Perhaps even more impressively, the number of students from India – one of the world’s largest sources of international students – has jumped 220% since 2008.
All of these ‘good news’ items appeared in A World of Learning: Canada’s performance and potential in international education 2012, released by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) on 5 November, in conjunction with its 46th annual conference.
But according to one commentator, the good news should be tempered slightly.
Maria Mathai made the case in a CBIE conference session that despite impressive gains, Indian students remain underrepresented in Canada; while there are currently 23,000 Indian students, this number pales next to the 67,000 from China. More...