International education stakeholders are optimistic about what the election of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, which swung to power on a platform that included a promise to “remove barriers” to students applying for citizenship, might bring for the sector.

Education institutions in British Columbia discussed the need to emphasise international student retention and the sector's role in tackling global challenges at BCCIE's annual seminar.

The British Columbia Council for International Education announced the winners of its annual international education awards at its conference in Whistler last month.

We are the only province in Canada with any entity like BCCIE. So we’re more nimble to react quickly and able to do things that government may not be able to. Because of that I think we are seen as leaders in a number of fields.

At the fifth annual Summer Seminar of the British Columbia Council for International Education (BCCIE) in Canada, pathway programmes and increasing partnerships between secondary and post-secondary institutions were discussed as being integral to the province’s sustainable growth.

Distinguished education leaders from around Canada and abroad were able to congratulate the latest winners of the BCCIE's International Education Awards this week, during a gala event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver. Winners represented private and public education sectors and were selected by a peer committee.

British Columbia in Canada is to tighten its quality requirements for post-secondary institutions and language schools. As of June 2014, all eligible institutions will be required to sign up to its Education Quality Assurance scheme (EQA), in light of upcoming changes to the International Student Programme.

The personal stories of international students in British Columbia will take centre stage in the second annual ‘StudyinBC’ contest administered by the British Columbia Council for International Education (BCCIE) to promote study in the province. Organisers are expecting at least 100 submissions this year of photos, videos and blog entries.