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NEWS NORTH AMERICA

by Matthew Knott, News Editor
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Canada changes post-study work Quebec sets student
eligibility for college degree graduates application limits for 2025/26
TERTIARY LANGUAGE SECONDARY TERTIARY ASSOCIATED
IPost-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) T he government of Quebec has announced
mmigration, Refugees and Citizenship
cap levels for the 2025/26 academic year.
Canada (IRCC) has made an update to
It passed legislation in December that
eligibility for public college students, gave it the power to control international
meaning that all those completing degree student numbers by a range of factors, includ-
programmes will qualify. ing region, level of study, type of institution
From November 2024, IRCC introduced changes to the Post- and study programme, measures it said were
Graduation Work Permit scheme with a requirement for all appli- needed to reduce pressure on housing supply.
cants to demonstrate minimum language skills and a stipulation The government has now announced a one-
that non-degree university students and public college students year decree for a total of 124,760 applications
would need to graduate in an eligible study field. that can be received from February 26, 2025,
However, IRCC has now adjusted settings so that graduates of a until February 26, 2026 – down 20 per cent
college-based degree programme are no longer required to study compared with applications processed in 2024.
in one of the eligible fields to qualify for PGWP. The limit by the government of Quebec is
Those students must prove language skills with a minimum also substantially lower than the allocation of
of Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) 7 in English or French 162,742 applications set for the province by the
equivalent. Read more at: bit.ly/4hGcLdW federal government in its national caps for 2025.
At university level, a maximum of 63,299
applications can be received in 2025/26, which
Harrow School to open the government said was a similar level to 2024.
in New York For private schools, the government will
accept a maximum of 32,261 applications, a drop
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of 28 per cent, and at public college (CEGEP)
K-based Harrow School is level, a maximum of 29,200 applications will be
opening a school in New York considered, a decrease of almost 20,000 com-
Ufrom September 2025, which will expand to welcome pared with 2024.
international boarding students from January 2026. The Fédération des cégeps https://
Harrow International School New York www.harrownewyork.com fedecegeps.ca, said, “By restricting access
is set on a 170+ acre waterfront campus on Long Island, where a to CEGEPs for international students, we are
US$100 million renovation is taking place. affecting a network that contributes in an
The school said it was building on the 450-year history of essential way to the educational and economic
Harrow School, which was established under Royal Charter from vitality of Quebec. For many institutions, the
Elizabeth I. “We are honoured to introduce Harrow’s distinguished presence of this student population is essential
educational tradition to the United States,” said Matthew E. to maintaining critical study programmes.” Read
Sipple, Founding Principal. Read more at: bit.ly/3FL6yAf the full story at: bit.ly/4kZoaZd

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