“A question of self-interest”: A brief history of 50 years of international student policy in Canada

This article offers a periodization of the history international student policy in Canada since 1970. It draws on archival sources at seven public post-secondary institutions British Columbia and Ontario, as well governmental discussion both provinces Federal level, scholarly writing about students within Canadian Journal Higher Education to construct this history. Four key periods are identified: emergence differential fee policies 1970s; an era institutional recruitment efforts 1980s 1990s; period active government 2000s; bifurcating priorities governments expanded their but scholars began question project Canada. The shows changes over past half-century, also reveals continuities, most notably sustained emphasis serving Canada’s perceived national interests.