Author: Marzio Pelù

CORRIERE CANADESE / Studenti internazionali, arriva la “stretta”

TORONTO – Il Canada ridurrà il numero di permessi per studenti internazionali del 35% come parte di “un tetto temporaneo di due anni alle iscrizioni straniere”, ha annunciato ieri mattina il ministro federale dell’Immigrazione, Marc Miller. Il tetto ridurrà il numero di permessi di studio approvati, nel 2024, a 364.000, mentre il limite del 2025 sarà rivalutato alla fine di quest’anno. Saranno esentati dal tetto gli studenti che si iscrivono ai master ed ai dottorati di ricerca… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

International students in Canada, here the “squeeze”

TORONTO – Canada will reduce the number of international student permits by 35 per cent as part of “a temporary two-year cap on foreign enrollments,” Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced this morning. The cap will reduce the number of approved study permits in 2024 to 364,000, while the 2025 limit will be re-evaluated at the end of this year. Students enrolling in master’s and research doctorates will be exempt from the cap. “These are the bright people we need to retain instead,” Miller said, adding that doing so will allow them to decisively confront the institutions and “bad actors” who have to pay exorbitant tuition fees to international students. (more…)

“The Magic of Giotto”: The Immersive Exhibition on the Scrovegni Chapel comes to Toronto

TORONTO – In 2021, UNESCO officially recognized the remarkable artistic and cultural value of the magnificent fourteenth-century frescoes by Giotto, depicted in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padoa. These frescoes have been included in the World Heritage List. To celebrate this significant acknowledgment, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto (IIC) is proud to present the second stop of the exhibition “The Magic of Giotto”, February 8-29, at Istituto Italiano di Cultura | 496 Huron Street, Toronto.  

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