{"id":87929,"date":"2017-02-04T02:28:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T07:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87929"},"modified":"2017-02-04T02:33:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T07:33:27","slug":"u-s-students-affected-by-trumps-travel-ban-look-to-canadian-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/04\/u-s-students-affected-by-trumps-travel-ban-look-to-canadian-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. students affected by Trump’s travel ban look to Canadian universities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. students affected by Trump’s travel ban look to Canadian universities (Photo: Blok 70\/Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER\u2014An Iranian citizen who was awarded a full scholarship last year to complete his PhD in economics at the University of Minnesota is now applying at Canadian institutions.<\/p>\n

Mahdi Ebrahimi Kahou says he watched his dream of completing his degree at one of the top universities in his field of study evaporate with a stroke of U.S. president Donald Trump’s pen.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old has been living in Minneapolis on a student visa, but Trump’s executive order barred entry to citizens of Iran and six other Muslim-majority countries on any visa category for 90 days.<\/p>\n

His common-law wife and stepdaughter live in Calgary and he’s now applying to Canadian schools including the University of British Columbia and University of Toronto.<\/p>\n

Universities Canada president Paul Davidson has said the order has had an immediate, profound effect, with the number of U.S. students applying to study in Canada next fall surging.<\/p>\n

Some universities and faculties have extended application deadlines for foreign students in order to accommodate those displaced by the U.S. order, including McGill’s graduate law department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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