Overseas education fairs are typically busy places for recruiters and trade officials to get the message out about the many benefits of studying in Canada. But the last year has been one like no other, and the stories from the recruitment frontlines are very different. Canada, it seems, is missing in action.
"What we're seeing are empty booths," Nikki Macdonald, president of the B.C. Association of Institutions and Universities said in mid-June. Her association's members have been asked by student recruiters, "where is Canada?", while traffic to their own booths at those fairs has also declined. "Instead of having 40 people show up, they're seeing 10," said Dr. Macdonald.
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