In recent years, both traditional international education powers and emerging international education powers have regarded international education as an important strategic task to improve the quality of national education and generate new economic value. For Canada, the economic value of international education is fully reflected, making a huge contribution to its socio-economic prosperity. In order to promote the diversified development of Canada's education, improve the country's innovation capacity, promote global integration, and activate social and economic development, the Canadian government has launched the "New Strategy for International Education (2019-2024)" (hereinafter referred to as the "New Strategy"), which will allocate funds within five years. $147.9 million for the development of international education, aiming to encourage Canadian students to acquire new skills through study and work opportunities abroad, to promote the diversification of the source countries, fields of exchange, and study locations of international students, and to support Canadian educational institutions to continue to develop the international education market .

Enhancing the Diversity of International Education

Promote balanced regional development

At present, more than 50% of international students in Canada are from China and India, and most of them are concentrated in large cities in Canada, which fails to reflect the balanced and coordinated development of Canada's regions. In order to attract international students from a wider range of countries and regions, the "New Strategy" will implement a targeted international education market expansion strategy, which is mainly divided into the following three aspects:

First, invest a total of 24.1 million US dollars in 5 years to attract outstanding students from different countries to study in Canada. The main target countries include Brazil, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam. The target countries The scope will be dynamically adjusted according to the development strategy needs of Canadian provinces, territories, educational associations, and educational institutions and the results of relevant international student statistical data analysis; secondly, through the construction of a variety of world-class courses and teaching projects, schools in various regions in Canada will continue to improve. international reputation, thereby attracting international students to different regions and schools in Canada to receive high-level education. In addition, it focuses on promoting the diversified development of international students’ study levels and study programs, and provides international students from different countries with the professional knowledge they need urgently. For example, Chinese students mainly provide professional knowledge learning programs such as early childhood education, flight training, and elderly care for Chinese students , which mainly provides study programs in the fields of teacher training, hotel management, medical training and corporate training for Indian students. Through these strategic measures, Canada has effectively promoted the diversification of international education, produced good educational, social and economic benefits, created full employment opportunities for more regions, and solved the problems of uneven regional development and population distribution.

Encourage domestic students to study abroad

Strengthen the training of international talents

The shortage of skilled and international talents has become a talent problem that needs to be solved urgently in many countries, including Canada. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, 44% of young Canadians (15-29 years old) and 34% of employers believe that young people have sufficient skills and experience to deal with the Canadian labor market. Although many Canadian graduates have the necessary technical knowledge, they lack relevant soft skills and work experience. Periodic overseas study and work can help them acquire these skills and improve their international cross-cultural communication and cooperation capabilities. However, relatively few Canadian students choose to study or work abroad. According to a report by the Global Education Research Group, about 11% of Canadian undergraduates study abroad, which is significantly lower than the 33% in France, 19% in Australia and 19% in Australia. 16% in the United States, and most Canadian students studying abroad choose to study in traditional educational destination countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and France. The main obstacles to studying abroad are the high cost of studying abroad and the difficulty in transferring credits earned by foreign educational institutions. Although there are government programs that provide necessary financial aid for overseas students, these aids are often allocated based on grades and do not take into account differences. The unique needs of disadvantaged students, such as low-income students, Aboriginal students and students with disabilities.

In this regard, the "New Strategy" pointed out that the Canadian government will launch the "Outbound Student Mobility Plan", which will invest a total of 95 million US dollars in the next five years to promote more Canadian youth to study and work abroad, and through international educational exchanges and cooperation, gain access to The technical skills and intercultural communication skills essential to their careers and the country's economic development. The program will support up to 11,000 college students to study or work abroad, each will receive financial aid ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 per year, and half of the program funds will be used to support students with atypical and unique disabilities to give them equal access International educational exchange opportunities; encourage students to study in non-traditional overseas study destinations, especially emerging economies such as Asia and Latin America, thereby fostering new educational and economic ties between Canada and these emerging countries and regions; higher education institutions funded by the program Educational institutions will provide comprehensive support and guidance for Canadian students studying abroad, and formulate corresponding safety measures to ensure the overall safety of Canadian students studying in other countries.

At the same time, the "New Strategy" also proposes that a total of US$1 million will be invested in the next five years to consolidate the original "Canada International Experience" (IEC) program and increase the recognition of the program by Canadian youth. The Canadian International Experience program is a Canadian federal initiative that encourages Canadian youth between the ages of 18 and 35 to work and study in any of more than 30 partner countries, while encouraging youth from partner countries to work and study in Canada. However, far more foreign youth participated in the program than Canadian participants, with 80% of Canadian participants choosing France, Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand as their destinations. According to the "New Strategy", the Canadian Council for International Education will strengthen publicity to increase the recognition of Canadian youth for the "Canadian International Experience" program, and to cultivate the international vision and cross-cultural communication skills of Canadian young talents.

Simplified visa and immigration procedures

Encourage international student immigration

With the advent of an ageing age, Canada's shortage of skilled labor is becoming more and more serious, and immigration can largely contribute to net labor force growth. Immigrants to Canada are forecast to account for more than 90 per cent of the nation's net workforce growth over the next decade, up from 75 per cent today. In Canada, international students are the most concentrated group of immigrant immigrants applying for permanent residence. They are relatively young, proficient in more than one official Canadian language, and have Canadian education qualifications, which can meet the urgent need for high-skilled talents in Canada's future labor market. In 2018 alone, 53,700 international students applied for Canadian permanent residence.

In order to further promote the skilled immigration of outstanding international students to Canada, the "New Strategy" simplifies the immigration application forms and procedures while opening the international student through train business, and invests 1 million and 18 million US dollars to support the two businesses respectively. The International Student Express Service is designed to provide faster processing of study permit applications for international students from certain countries who plan to pursue post-secondary post-secondary education programs in Canada, thereby attracting more international students from target countries. At present, in China, India, the Philippines and Vietnam, the application procedures for through trains for students have been greatly simplified, and the business scope of through trains has been continuously expanded to provide more convenient and complete entry services for international students.

In addition, in terms of immigration business, the Canadian government will further simplify immigration forms, develop dynamic electronic application procedures, and provide immigration services for international citizens with immigration qualifications more widely and more conveniently, effectively meeting the requirements for visiting, studying, working or permanent residence in Canada. the growing needs of foreign citizens.

Strengthen the coordination capacity of relevant departments

Achieving effective governance of international education

In order to enhance the coordination among various departments of international education, realize the effective governance of international education, and promote the sustainable development of international education, the "New Strategy" requires the establishment of a multi-stakeholder collaborative working mechanism across the country. Under the macro-governance of the Canadian federal government, the education management departments of the provinces and territories are responsible for organizing, providing and evaluating international education programs according to their regional characteristics, and strengthening the resources input of the provinces and territories and major education stakeholders to international education. It mainly includes basic education schools, colleges and universities at all levels, language schools, non-profit organizations and the private sector, etc., and dynamically adjusts the international education strategy through a multi-stakeholder collaborative mechanism.

All stakeholders should jointly participate in broader international education affairs, such as recruiting outstanding international students from all over the world to study in Canadian educational institutions, multi-party coordination and multi-measures to encourage domestic students and young people to exchange study and work abroad; cooperate with famous foreign educational institutions. Establish a strategic partnership in international education; adopt a "going out" strategy to export Canada's advanced education and training models, curriculum systems and educational technologies to the international community. Promote the flexible, diverse and sustainable development of international education through the close coordination and highly coordinated mechanism of provinces, regions and stakeholders.

In addition, the "New Strategy" requires Global Affairs Canada's Trade Commissioner (TCS) to fully implement the International Education Strategy, and further strengthen engagement with government departments with international education stakeholders such as Employment and Social Development Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Council of Canada (IRCC). To coordinate efforts between the two countries, jointly participate in the governance of Canada’s international education affairs, closely monitor the progress indicators of international education, jointly develop a new evaluation index system for international education, and make full use of big data analysis and processing technology to regularly monitor the development of international education dynamically, so as to provide international education Decision-making provides sufficient evidence-based basis.