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University of Alberta open to more international students following Trump, Brexit
The Edmonton Journal ^ | December 3, 2016 | Juris Graney

Posted on 12/03/2016 4:04:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Once it became clear Donald Trump would become the next president of the United States, enquiries about studying at the University of Alberta began to come in.

It wasn’t a deluge of interest, says Britta Baron, associate vice-president international, but it was enough that people noticed.

And it wasn’t just prospective students putting the feelers out; Deans were also getting queries from academics and professors looking for job opportunities north of the 49th Parallel.

The climate of uncertainty swirling through the United States may not be enough to force American students to reconsider their Ivy-league aspirations, but it will, Baron says, encourage international students, who now face a Trump America with its caustic rhetoric against foreigners, to look elsewhere.

“It’s worrisome,” Baron says.

“It’s creating a sense among international students of, ‘well, maybe that’s not a good place to go and study anymore’.”

Baron says the last time this level of concern was raised about studying in the U.S. was immediately following the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center....

(Excerpt) Read more at edmontonjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: brexit; canada; college; trump

1 posted on 12/03/2016 4:04:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They are probably likely to get LESS indoctrination there than a conformatorium here.


2 posted on 12/03/2016 4:06:24 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

WINNING!


3 posted on 12/03/2016 4:06:58 PM PST by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good for them! Maybe all those celebs that said they were going to Canada and wherever else will get themselves up and go.


4 posted on 12/03/2016 4:07:53 PM PST by arthurus (Mrs Clinton is The Great Conniver.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good in about 3-4 years, there will a Canexit from the current lefty government.


5 posted on 12/03/2016 4:09:19 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Hey, whining losers,Trump will just go ahead & make things better for us without you!!!!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Every time a leftist leaves the U.S., an angel gets his wings.


6 posted on 12/03/2016 4:10:55 PM PST by Maceman (Screw the Party. Save the Country.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It wasn’t a deluge of interest . . . but it was enough that people noticed.

What? Two calls?

7 posted on 12/03/2016 4:16:58 PM PST by donna (I want to live in a Judeo/Christian country where we know that, before God, men & women are equal.)
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To: arthurus

They’ll love it kanada. Most teachers in kanada hate the US so every lib will be “at home”.

I know, I’m from BC. BTW, Alberta may be the most pro-US province as it’s the home of the PM’s who like the US. Home also of the oil sands and infamous “western separatist” movement. Think TX of the North.


8 posted on 12/03/2016 4:20:02 PM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: Maceman
DING! DING! DING!
WE Have A Winner!

Post Of The Day!

9 posted on 12/03/2016 4:27:28 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: arthurus
Maybe all those celebs that said they were going to Canada and wherever else will get themselves up and go.

I wonder how many plan to go to Mexico?

10 posted on 12/03/2016 4:31:01 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: Rurudyne

Conformatorium? What a word!


11 posted on 12/03/2016 4:45:07 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Rurudyne

People of Alberta are hard working, very industrious and quite self- sufficient. I know this because I have encountered many of them building their second homes and businesses in Mexico. I would not wish this tainted influx on them.


12 posted on 12/03/2016 4:59:40 PM PST by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another benefit of Trump’s win. The lib university snowflake enablers get the hell out of Dodge and move to Canada.


13 posted on 12/03/2016 5:07:20 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’ll get a dose of REAL winter and be on the next flight home. The 2 weeks in January where the daily HIGH is -25 will get their attention. So will the 6 hours of daylight.


14 posted on 12/03/2016 5:13:25 PM PST by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

““It’s worrisome,” Baron says. “

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No it isn’t,it’s delightful.

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15 posted on 12/03/2016 5:15:11 PM PST by Mears
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good the freeloaders will relocate to Canada. I see this as a win!


16 posted on 12/03/2016 5:41:46 PM PST by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go, lefties. It’s very cold in Canada but there is a lot of free heroin, courtesy of Red China, in Vancouver. Enjoy your slow death.


17 posted on 12/03/2016 7:26:49 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“It’s worrisome,

He who worries last worries most!!!

One mans worries are another man's relief.

I'm especially buoyed by the thought of many leftist professors locating north of the the 49th Parallel!!!

18 posted on 12/03/2016 7:30:00 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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