Outward and Upward Mobilities : International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions

International students move out to move up. And while, as migrants, they are defined by their relationship to the state, students interact with multiple institutions in the process of achieving personal goals. This collection examines the connection between students and these institutions. Contents 5 List of Figures 7 List of Tables 9 Acknowledgments 11 1. Introduction: Education Migration, Social Mobility, and Structuring Institutions 13 Part I: International Students in the Canadian Context 37 2. “International Students Are ... Golden”: Canada’s Changing Policy Contexts, Approaches, and National Peculiarities in Attracting International Students as Future Immigrants 37 3. Explaining International Student Mobility to Canada: A Review 68 4. Barriers to Knowledge on International Students and a Potential Opportunity 88 Part II: Integration and Adjustment in Educational Institutions 107 5. The International Undergraduate Experience through the Lens of Developmental Psychology 107 6. Legal Status and School Experiences for Families with Young Students 133 Part III: Local Considerations: Ethnic Communities and Families 151 7. Adapting to China’s Students at the Gateway: Student Stories and the Trajectories of Chinese Community Associations in Vancouver 151 8. “Settlers” Meeting the “Settled”: International Students Encountering the South Asian “Diaspora” in Ontario, Canada 171 9. Global Restructuring, Gender, and Education Migration: Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada 189 10. “A Typical Girogi Family Experience?” The Transnational Migration and Heterogeneous Identity Formation of Girogi Families in Toronto, Canada 209 Part IV: The Post-student Experience 231 11. Student Transitions: Earnings of Former International Students in Canada’s Labour Market 231 12. Bumpy Roads: Tracing Pathways into Practice for International Students in Nursing 258 Afterword: A Multi-level Perspective on Education Migration 278 Contributors 291

People move out to move up. As in the case with other migrant groups, the mobility experienced by international students is a form of social mobility, and one that requires access from a host state. But there are multiple institutions with which students interact and that influence the processes of social mobility. Outward and Upward Mobilities investigates the connection between student and institution.

This edited collection features work by key scholars in the field and considers international students across Canada regardless of legal status. Exploring how international students and their families fare in local ethnic communities, educational and professional institutions, and the labour market, this volume demonstrates the need to ask more critical questions about the short- and long-term effects of temporary legal status; how student and family experiences differ by education level and region of settlement, the barriers to and facilitators of adaptation and integration, and ultimately, to what extent individual, familial, institutional, and state goals function in harmony and in discord.

People move out to move up. As in the case with other migrant groups, the mobility experienced by international students is a form of social mobility, and one that requires access from a host state. But there are multiple institutions with which students interact and that influence the processes of social mobility. Outward and Upward Mobilities investigates the connection between student and institution. This edited collection features work by key scholars in the field and considers international students across Canada regardless of legal status. Exploring how international students and their families fare in local ethnic communities, educational and professional institutions, and the labour market, this volume demonstrates the need to ask more critical questions about the short- and long-term effects of temporary legal status; how student and family experiences differ by education level and region of settlement, the barriers to and facilitators of adaptation and integration, and ultimately, to what extent individual, familial, institutional, and state goals function in harmony and in discord. "People move out to move up. Like other migrant groups, student mobility is a form of social mobility, and one that requires access from a host state. But there are multiple institutions with which students interact and that influence the processes of social mobility. Outward and Upward Mobilities investigates the connection between student and institution. The collection features work by key scholars in the field and considers international students from across Canada regardless of legal status. Exploring how international students and their families fare in local ethnic communities, educational and professional institutions, and the labour market, this volume demonstrates the need to ask more critical questions about the short- and long-term effects of temporary legal status, how student and family experiences differ by educational level and region of settlement, the barriers to and facilitators of adaptation and integration, and ultimately, to what extent individual, familial, institutional, and state goals function in harmony and in discord."-- Provided by publisher