Canada’s open secret: International students are here to be exploited

https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-open-secret-international-students-used-cheap-labour/

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streetfestival@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'd be interested to know more about this. I don't doubt for a second that international students are being exploited in the labour market. However, my personal experience of international post-secondary students has been with university students in Toronto and Halifax, and they were generally much wealthier than their average 'domestic' counterpart. I wonder how much pressure to seek paid employment among international students varies by student demographics, urban/rural study site, province, college/university, fields of study, undergrad/grad. I think it'd be possible to better characterize the international students most susceptible to labour exploitation

4vr@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

Some of them are rich but most of them are not. Many of those from India are usually from middle class with educated parents.

n3m37h@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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crypticthree@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That's honestly a low number tbh

n3m37h@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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