The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on motivation to stay: a comparison between Chinese and non-Chinese international students in Nova Scotia, Canada

IF 2.8 1区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.1080/1369183x.2023.2270334

Eugena Kwon, Min-Jung Kwak, Gowoon Jung, Steven Smith, Kazumi Tsuchiya, Emmanuel Kyeremeh, Michael Zhang

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Abstract

ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted international students due to unexpected changes in policies and regulations regarding their visa status and immigration, travel restrictions, and heightened scrutiny against foreigners. Such changes potentially disrupt and affect international students’ post-graduation migration plan: whether they decide to go back to their home country or stay in Canada and apply for permanent residency. This may particularly be the case for Chinese international students, the 2nd largest group of international students in Canada, due to the rise of anti-Asian racism and the stigmatization that the COVID-19 is a ‘Chinese virus’. Using ‘intellectual migration’ as our analytical framework, we pay particular attention to the experiences of Chinese international students in the province of Nova Scotia, an intellectual periphery in Canada. Drawing upon data from online surveys and focus groups, this study compares the experiences of Chinese and non-Chinese international students during the pandemic and whether these experiences have impacted their post-migration plans and their motivation to stay in Nova Scotia, Canada.KEYWORDS: COVID-19 pandemicChinese international studentsPost-graduation planNova Scotia, CanadaIntellectual migration framework Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis research has been supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC COVID PEG 1008-2020-0036).

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新冠肺炎疫情对留学动机的影响:加拿大新斯科舍省中国留学生与非中国留学生的比较

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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Multiple-

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7.80

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9.10%

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157

期刊介绍： The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) publishes the results of first-class research on all forms of migration and its consequences, together with articles on ethnic conflict, discrimination, racism, nationalism, citizenship and policies of integration. Contributions to the journal, which are all fully refereed, are especially welcome when they are the result of original empirical research that makes a clear contribution to the field of migration JEMS has a long-standing interest in informed policy debate and contributions are welcomed which seek to develop the implications of research for policy innovation, or which evaluate the results of previous initiatives. The journal is also interested in publishing the results of theoretical work.