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The Ontario government’s International Education Strategy (2015) establishes goals for international education and the hosting of students in schools. Using a critical policy lens, we focus on teachers as key to enacting these objectives local contexts. article presents findings from four groups working schools with large student cohorts. We found teacher participants were generally unaware broader vision or strategic goal presence their They it difficult meet needs this growing cohort, they faced challenge varying degrees enthusiasm. Factors that influenced enactment included personal background education, well ability collaborate work contexts professional ethos. Overall, expressed desire more information, support, development, including opportunities collaboration, regard educating