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A Study of Covid-19 Effects on International Students in Canada


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1 Associate Professor & Associate Director, School of Public and Global Affairs, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver, Canada
     

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The study seeks to investigate the experiences and implications of Covid-19 pandemic on international students in Canada by adopting quantitative approach using the Likert scale questionnaire, completed by international students on a random sample basis. Weighted means and Fisher's exact hypothesis testing on association were used to analyze the data. The research probes how international students perceive and experience Covid-19 pandemic from the point of view of their personal, social, and schooling life during the imposed lockdown. The study reveals that the country of origin is a strong predictor of how international students perceive their social experiences. The nationality or cultural context in which they have been brought up are found to be significant in their Covid-19 experience as international students in Vancouver, Canada

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Covid-19, International Students, Personal Experience, Social Experience, Schooling Experience
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Ajay K. Garg
Associate Professor & Associate Director, School of Public and Global Affairs, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver, Canada

Abstract


The study seeks to investigate the experiences and implications of Covid-19 pandemic on international students in Canada by adopting quantitative approach using the Likert scale questionnaire, completed by international students on a random sample basis. Weighted means and Fisher's exact hypothesis testing on association were used to analyze the data. The research probes how international students perceive and experience Covid-19 pandemic from the point of view of their personal, social, and schooling life during the imposed lockdown. The study reveals that the country of origin is a strong predictor of how international students perceive their social experiences. The nationality or cultural context in which they have been brought up are found to be significant in their Covid-19 experience as international students in Vancouver, Canada

Keywords


Covid-19, International Students, Personal Experience, Social Experience, Schooling Experience

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