International students face uncertainty as universities switch to online classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A student walks past St. John's College at UBC in Vancouver, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardVANCOUVER -- Zohra Shahbuddin says she was thrilled when she received a letter of admission in April from the university of her choice in Canada.
She is weighing whether to enrol this fall or put off coming to Canada from Pakistan until next year."It's been almost two months now and I've been thinking about it everyday and still cannot make a decision," she said in a phone interview. International students will also be allowed to work more than the maximum of 20 hours per week while classes are in session, provided they are working in an essential service, such as "health care, critical infrastructure, or the supply of food or other critical goods," she said.
The university will not know enrolment numbers until September because most students who are offered and accept admission sometimes opt out for a variety of reasons, he said. Mutee Ur Rehman, who's been admitted to York University in Toronto for a PhD in electrical engineering, said he is worried about doing the laboratory component of his program over the internet.
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