Canada welcomed more than 400,000 new international students at all study levels in 2019, with Indian enrolments seeing significant growth in new permits issued.

A program offering international work experience to indigenous students, an industry leader, a rising star and a marketing wizard were recognised in the British Columbia Council for International Education Awards.

A major investment in international education was included in the Canadian federal budget 2019, released on Tuesday, with a focus on supporting the new International Education Strategy and outward mobility.

Another education partnership has been sealed between Canada and Mexico, with an MoU signed by BCCIE and the Asociación Mexicana para la Educación Internacional.

Two-way mobility of college students and staff between Vietnam and British Columbia will be facilitated by a new partnership forged between BCC and VACC.

The Canadian Bureau for International Education signed a series of Memoranda of Understanding to renew its collaboration with provincial bodies across Canada.

The BCCIE handed out six awards to international education professionals and experts from British Columbia at its summer conference held in Vancouver in June.

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.