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10/10 I'll end the thread there. You have the info now, you see the point.

The source of the crisis in post-secondary isn’t because of international visas, global inflation, or declining enrollment.

It is the predictable result of at least two decades of Canadian Federal and Provincial […]
Original post on socialbc.ca
socialbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Dana McFarland 🍁
9/n I believe this chart to be the most damning of all.

It lays bare Canada and its province's reliance on exorbitant and exploitative international student tuitions to make up the gaps in government funding of our institutions.

The spread has gone from about […]

[Original post on socialbc.ca]
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@b-thom.bsky.social consistently excellent place- and evidence-based reporting from theDiscourse.ca on these matters. It's great to see!
https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/index.php?action=social&chash=847cc55b7032108eee6dd897f3bca8a5.833&s=3124c493a840fa7ff3a905abd781b03b
(Wish The Discourse […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Dana McFarland 🍁
"Universities are “literally sitting, fish in a barrel, waiting for these very well-funded organizations to come knocking” and then signing million-dollar contracts with them, he says. “It is an absolute abdication of leadership.”
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM