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Investigating The Experiences Of Queer International Students, Elizabeth S. Patrick
Investigating The Experiences Of Queer International Students, Elizabeth S. Patrick
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There is a great deal of academic literature reporting homophobic discrimination against queer students in higher education. However, queer international students, who have potentially experienced different cultural constructions and understandings of sexualities based upon their cross cultural international studies, have received little to no attention in academic literature. This is significant considering the increasing number of international students studying in Canadian universities. In light of this, this research examines the self-described experiences of seven queer international students attending one Canadian university in order to investigate their experiences as queer identifying subjects. Drawing on their voices, it also attempts to examine …
A Critical Policy Analysis Of Internationalization In Postsecondary Education : An Ontario Case Study, Ali Khorsandi Taskoh
A Critical Policy Analysis Of Internationalization In Postsecondary Education : An Ontario Case Study, Ali Khorsandi Taskoh
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Using a case study approach, I investigate a very timely and significant policy issue regarding postsecondary education. While internationalization seems to be ubiquitous in universities’ policy rhetoric and statements in the Canadian context, specifically in Ontario, it is unclear what values drive internationalization and how they influence policies and initiatives at a public university in Ontario. Relying on Easton’s approach of policy as the ‘authoritative allocation of values’ and drawing on critical policy analysis, I perceive policy as ‘the practice of values’. The critical policy approach and the centrality of values in analysis require a consideration be given not only …