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International student struggles with medical school tuition

Written on January 28, 2022. Posted in Features.

Gilmar Gutierrez, Meds ’22, first came to Canada from Ecuador to attend the University of British Columbia. After he graduated, he went on to attend medical school at Queen’s with hopes of becoming a psychiatrist in the future. When the pandemic hit, Gutierrez’s family back home found themselves unable...

AMS introduces International Students Bursary

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in News.

The AMS recently announced a new International Students Bursary geared towards providing financial support to international students. The bursary will be valued up to $500 and provided based on financial need. Following the announcement, The Journal sat down with Anika Chowdhury, AMS Commissioner...

Canada’s COVID-19 requirements for the US/Canada border are unrealistic and unwelcoming for international students

Written on September 10, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

The Canadian government’s requirements for crossing the border are unrealistic: the strict and unforgiving limitations, including the time crunch for negative COVID-19 tests and the ArriveCAN app upload, create an unwelcoming environment for international students attempting to enter the country. While...

Queen’s University International Centre introduces travel app for international students

Written on July 26, 2021. Posted in News.

As the university plans for in-person studies in September, Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) has introduced the iCent app for international students’ return to campus in July. iCent is a travel app that includes resources and information on pre- and post-arrival procedures, health...

Queen’s University International Centre introduces travel app for international students

Written on July 26, 2021. Posted in News.

As $2,000 quarantine fee takes hold, Queen’s promises financial assistance

Written on March 12, 2021. Posted in News.

After the new implementation of a $2,000 quarantine fee, Queen’s is promising assistance to international students entering Canada. According to the University, international students arriving in Canada can fill out an arrival form that allows staff at the Queen’s University International Centre...

Anonymous Instagram page documents international student experiences

Written on February 2, 2021. Posted in News.

A new Instagram account called ‘International at Queen’s’ is using its platform to share concerns about the international student experience. The account, which was launched on Jan. 28, is run anonymously by two undergraduate international students for other international students. The...

Queen’s urges students to avoid Kingston until end of January

Written on December 23, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s is “strongly urging” students to not return to Kingston until Jan. 23, according to a statement released Wednesday. As Ontario prepares to enter a province-wide lockdown on Boxing Day, Queen’s has updated its COVID-19 regulations for the winter term. The start of in-person classes will be...

International graduate students now eligible to hold TA and RA positions

Written on December 3, 2020. Posted in News.

Late this summer, international graduate students living abroad found, due to their location, they would be unable to hold TA or RA positions during the Fall 2020 term. Graduate students, who often rely on income from TA and RA positions to fund their education, had to either return to Canada in...

Some international students at Queen’s face a winter break away from home

Written on November 26, 2020. Posted in News.

As the semester wraps up, many students are making plans to safely travel home for the holidays. For international students, staying in Kingston isn’t a decision that’s easily made. Despite having initial plans to go home to China for the winter break and see her family, Annabel Zhu, ArtSci ’21, told The...

Queen’s begins welcoming international students back to Kingston

Written on November 6, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Following months of COVID-19 travel restrictions, Queen’s has begun welcoming international students back to Kingston. The Canadian government began easing travel restrictions on Oct. 20 for international students at select learning institutions across the country. These institutions were required...

Pandemic’s impact on international enrolment threatens revenue stream at Canadian universities

Written on October 22, 2020. Posted in News.

Statistics Canada (StatsCan) released a report on Oct. 8 to show how Canadian post-secondary institutions haven’t escaped the economic impacts of COVID-19. Many of the impacts on revenue stem from uncertainty about international student enrolment. In 2020-21, the average annual international undergraduate...

Queen’s denying many international students employment during COVID-19

Written on October 22, 2020. Posted in Features.

A note on the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) site reads that those “who can not travel to Canada for the fall will not receive a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Research Assistant (RA) position.” The International Students Working Group (ISWG) is determined to reverse this decision, which it says is...

Queen’s has provided more than $2.7 million in emergency funding to students during COVID-19 crisis

Written on May 16, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s has provided more than $2.7 million in emergency bursary funding for students who have experienced unexpected financial struggles due to COVID-19. The University is offering this supplemental bursary to help students handle immediate and short-term, extenuating, and unplanned financial challenges...

Queen’s plans to maintain tuition fees for remote learning, anticipating loss of international tuition

Written on May 15, 2020. Posted in News.

As Queen’s plans for a semester of remote learning, it also intends to maintain regular tuition fees for the fall term. Mark Green, provost and vice-principal (academic), told the Board of Trustees at a meeting on May 8 that the University expects tuition fees for online courses to remain the same...

Queen’s accepts language-learning platform Duolingo as proof of English proficiency

Written on May 6, 2020. Posted in News.

As Queen’s continues to pursue enrollment targets for the 2020-21 year, the University is now accepting the Duolingo English Test (DET) to fulfill English proficiency requirements for incoming students. Duolingo, the popular language-learning platform that created the DET, is now a language certification...

International students stranded in Kingston

Written on April 30, 2020. Posted in News.

As countries close their borders to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many international students are facing the possibility of an unplanned summer in Canada. At Queen’s, international enrolment accounts for 14.8 per cent of the full-time student population, with individuals coming from more than 123...

International, first-generation student enrollment at risk due to COVID-19

Written on April 28, 2020. Posted in News.

As Queen’s continues to admit the class of 2024, they’re also monitoring the impact COVID-19 will have on actual enrolment in the fall. In a report to senate on April 14, the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) acknowledged the context of enrolment has shifted “dramatically” as a consequence...

Report finds food insecurity among female-identified graduate students, international students

Written on February 7, 2020. Posted in News.

Female-identified graduate students with family responsibilities are the most likely to experience food insecurity at Queen’s, a recent report found. The Food Insecurity Working Group, established by Interim Provost and Vice-Principal Tom Harris last June, spent the fall term reviewing data and practices...

Students from Wuhan organize to send medical supplies home

Written on January 28, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s students Hedi Zhou, LifeSci ’21, and Yaxuan Li, BEd ’20, spent Christmas break with their families in Wuhan. A month later, they’re gathering medical supplies to send back home. The City of Wuhan, China, was put on lockdown on Jan. 23 amidst an outbreak of coronavirus. More than nine million...

Explainer: international tuition fees rise to offset domestic cuts

Written on October 28, 2019. Posted in News.

Following the provincial government’s directive that domestic tuition fees at publicly assisted universities be reduced by 10 per cent from the 2018-19 levels, the University increased some international tuition fees by up to five per cent per year to counteract the loss. The Ontario government...

Japan, Korea and China tell students lose pot or face legal risk

Written on November 16, 2018. Posted in News.

China, South Korea, and Japan want their international students to just say no. The countries’ embassies have issued a warning to exchange students, advising them to refrain from smoking cannabis after its legalization in Canada last month. The countries still prohibit the substance’s consumption,...

Saudi medical students to remain at Queen’s

Written on August 28, 2018. Posted in News, University.

Saudi Arabian medical students training at Queen’s will be allowed to complete their studies, according to a statement from the University. After the recent diplomatic fallout between Canada and Saudi Arabia, the latter withdrew more than 15,000 international students who were studying in Canada. Of...

Queen's to lose 79 Saudi students

Written on August 14, 2018. Posted in News.

After recent diplomatic tensions between Canada and Saudi Arabia, 79 international students studying at Queen’s will be returning home before the fall term begins. The students are spread across undergraduate, graduate, School of English, executive education, and postgraduate medical training programs....

Queen’s sees significant rise in international students this academic year

Written on October 27, 2017. Posted in News.

In the first Board of Trustees meeting of this school year, Principal Daniel Woolf pointed to a substantial increase in the amount of international students studying at Queen’s. According to Woolf, Queen’s welcomed roughly 560 international students this year; a sharp rise since 2013-14, when only...

Campus leaves international grad students vulnerable

Written on March 11, 2016. Posted in Features.

In her home country, Samantha* was a good student with a burgeoning social life — but when she arrived at Queen’s for her graduate studies, she found herself falling behind. She said she spent all her time working to bridge the curriculum gap between her home university and Queen’s, as well as adjusting...

Welcome international students

Written on September 25, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

Recruiting students from around the world is vital to Queen’s progress — but we aren’t prepared. When I travelled home to India this summer, I was asked a ton of questions about my studies. But, the question that stood out the most was one posed by my relatives: Is Queen’s a good school? It goes without...

Queen’s sets global goals

Written on September 15, 2015. Posted in News.

The University has released its first Comprehensive International Plan to provide a game plan for Queen’s to improve its global reputation and international partnerships. The document is part of Queen’s Strategic Framework, which was initially released in 2014. It comes “The Third Juncture” in 2012,...

Campaign for classmate

Written on September 20, 2011. Posted in News.

In an attempt to keep student George Evans in law school, a group of his classmates are fundraising $19,000. Evans, JD ’14, is an international student from Nassau, Bahamas. This year, he faced a series of financial struggles that forced him to drop out of Queen’s. “It has really just been one thing...

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