Dr. Yvonne Su, assistant professor in the Department of Equity Studies and Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University, has written an article for The Conversation about the ways in which international students are facing discrimination in Canada because of the 2024 announcement which capped international student numbers. She says that as a result of the government decision to cap the number of international students in Canada, international students are experiencing discrimination and violence towards them, while the government avoids important conversations about underlying societal and systemic problems.
Dr. Su is a specialist in forced migration, climate change-induced displacement and queer migration. She has worked extensively with vulnerable communities in Southeast Asia and Latin America and the Caribbeans including refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, trans sex workers, indigenous communities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ folks.