Planning committee approves controversial Stittsville highrise project

International students who graduate from the University of Waterloo earn more, on average, than their Canadian-born counterparts, according to a new study, and transitioned to permanent residency at nearly twice the national rate.At a time when Canada’s international student program is under fire, Waterloo economist Mikal Skuterud and co-authors Joel Blitt and Ruiwen Zhang have produced research about their institution – described as “the MIT of the North” in their paper’s title – that offers ideas for getting the program back on track.The authors argue Canada should adopt a “quality...