Education, Employment & Immigration Pathways of International Students in Urban and Rural BC: Reducing the Gaps between Opportunity & Responsibility

The purpose of the 3-year study funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada is to investigate and improve outcomes for international students (IS) along the Study-Work-Stay pathway with the goal of aligning student intent with government and post-secondary institutional policy and the resources available to support students, including after graduation. International students study in Canadian colleges, work, and graduate with hopes to stay in Canada. Our study explores what is happening along the study, work, stay pathway with attention to the programs students enter and their employment outcomes.