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Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada

International students are not to blame for Canada's housing crisis

Blaming international students for Canada's problems distracts attention away from finding genuine solutions. (Shutterstock)

At the start of the new academic school year, around 30 students at Canadore College in North Bay, Ont. held a protest to decry the lack of accommodation provided to international students.

The protesters were demanding help from the college either to provide affordable accommodations, relocation to other campuses, online classes or a refund of the tuition they’d paid.

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