Languages Canada report signals “challenging times”
Language providers across Canada are concerned that visa issues, along with accommodation shortages, meant they did not recover as they would have liked from declines in business during Covid-19.
Language providers across Canada are concerned that visa issues, along with accommodation shortages, meant they did not recover as they would have liked from declines in business during Covid-19.
Canadian intled bodies are urging prospective students to move forward with study plans despite a strike by civil servants that may delay visa processing.
Languages Canada is confident that the country will revise its study and work rights policy to benefit language students financially and pedagogically.
Though staffing numbers are down, language student figures in Canada are increasing after falling by nearly 100,000 last year, from a 2018 high of nearly 160,000 students.
As Canada’s language sector begins to recover from the pandemic, it faces a new challenge – a shortage of English-language teachers.
Canadian language providers are making a coming back with new schools opening along with those that closed due to the pandemic.
Student numbers at Languages Canada member schools fell to only around a third of pre-pandemic levels, the organisation's latest report has found. But the sector continues to be optimistic about recovery.
A shortage of host families in Canada has forced some international education programs to stop accepting new students who need homestay.