Synopsis:
Two Young adults from different financial backgrounds migrate to Canada to further their education. After getting admission, one of them struggled to raise the international fees and had to defer his admission, while the other student's lifestyle drastically changed after his father is involved in a major accident. Along the way, they ran into trouble with the law, now he has to fend for himself and avoid deportation.
This movie was inspired by my experience as an international student.
Initially, I thought I was the only one facing new oppositions in this new territory, I later realized that it was universal to all international students. I decided to write this story to highlight some of the struggles and challenges that international students face in Canada.
Coming to Canada as International student was a major culture shock for me and my friends. We all faced different challenges while trying to adapt to a new environment, a different school system, and a new culture. Not all international students come from wealthy families, some had to sell properties to give their child a better education in a foreign country. I plan to showcase how we struggled with managing money and adapting to the cold environment. Most of us came from countries with warm climate, I personally lost four weeks of school work due to the cold, which could be prevented if I dresses up in layers.
Two Young adults from different financial backgrounds migrate to Canada to further their education. After getting admission, one of them struggled to raise the international fees and had to defer his admission, while the other student's lifestyle drastically changed after his father is involved in a major accident. Along the way, they ran into trouble with the law, now he has to fend for himself and avoid deportation.
This movie was inspired by my experience as an international student.
Initially, I thought I was the only one facing new oppositions in this new territory, I later realized that it was universal to all international students. I decided to write this story to highlight some of the struggles and challenges that international students face in Canada.
Coming to Canada as International student was a major culture shock for me and my friends. We all faced different challenges while trying to adapt to a new environment, a different school system, and a new culture. Not all international students come from wealthy families, some had to sell properties to give their child a better education in a foreign country. I plan to showcase how we struggled with managing money and adapting to the cold environment. Most of us came from countries with warm climate, I personally lost four weeks of school work due to the cold, which could be prevented if I dresses up in layers.
CALGARY (CityNews) — A Calgary filmmaker is planning to use his skills behind the camera to share a message through film: the obstacles behind being an international student.
“So that other international students can learn, and not make the same mistakes that we made.”
From Nigeria, Emmanuel Ilondior came to Canada in 2003 to study.
He plans for the film to follow two students – one well-off, while the other pays their way on their own. “The first time away from parents, totally free. you make your own decisions. No one is watching you, so a lot of people make stupid decisions along the way.”
Issues around deportation are also faced by the characters in the movie.
International students have faced one of the hardest years on record during the pandemic. Isolation is at an all-time high, with quarantines, financial burdens, and a difficult job market with dwindling prospects only making matters worse.
Ilondior decided not to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, however.
He wanted to share the struggles that were there to begin with, to help students finish their studies even in the face of adversity.
“There have been situations where international students have had to go back home, whereas there is so much help you can get if you just reach out.”
www.660citynews.com/2021/04/02/calgary-filmmaker-details-the-experiences-of-international-students/
CALGARY (CityNews) — A Calgary filmmaker is planning to use his skills behind the camera to share a message through film: the obstacles behind being an international student.
“So that other international students can learn, and not make the same mistakes that we made.”
From Nigeria, Emmanuel Ilondior came to Canada in 2003 to study.
He plans for the film to follow two students – one well-off, while the other pays their way on their own. “The first time away from parents, totally free. you make your own decisions. No one is watching you, so a lot of people make stupid decisions along the way.”
Issues around deportation are also faced by the characters in the movie.
International students have faced one of the hardest years on record during the pandemic. Isolation is at an all-time high, with quarantines, financial burdens, and a difficult job market with dwindling prospects only making matters worse.
Ilondior decided not to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, however.
He wanted to share the struggles that were there to begin with, to help students finish their studies even in the face of adversity.
“There have been situations where international students have had to go back home, whereas there is so much help you can get if you just reach out.”
www.660citynews.com/2021/04/02/calgary-filmmaker-details-the-experiences-of-international-students/
Canada is now the world’s third-leading destination of international students, with a staggering 642,000 foreign students.
According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data, Canada’s international student population grew by 13 per cent in 2019 compared to the previous year, marking yet another year of double-digit growth. Overall, 404,000 international students saw their study permits take effect in 2019.
Canada’s international student population has grown six-fold over the past 20 years. In the last decade alone, it has tripled.
Canada’s growth is being fueled by the rise in the global middle-class population, with more students looking to pursue educational, and in some cases, immigration opportunities overseas. According to UNESCO, there are now over five million international students globally, compared with around two million in 2000.
Here at home, Canadian colleges and universities have been left with little choice but to recruit more international students in order to sustain themselves financially. Growth among the main cohort of Canadian-born students entering colleges and universities (individuals between the ages of 18-24) has stagnated over the last decade due to Canada’s low birth rate.
www.cicnews.com/2020/02/642000-international-students-canada-now-ranks-3rd-globally-in-foreign-student-attraction-0213763.html#gs.y8j2wm
