Vicky Quao was in class this week when she got an email about a new two-year cap on international student study permits — intended to stem an unsustainable boom and unscrupulous players in this post-secondary sector.
“I stopped dead in my tracks” and felt disappointment and sadness, recalled the psychology major, who is minoring in business at Memorial University’s Grenfell campus in Corner Brook, N.L.
The cap applies to incoming students not yet in Canada, but Quao, who’s from Ghana, says a nationwide drop in newcomers will profoundly affect schools and those already studying here — with many already anticipating their fees will be going up, again.
“I’m
