Melanie Backal grew up in the bustling capital city of Bogota, Colombia, but for college she wanted to try something new. Her parents told her she would have a chance at a better future if she went to school abroad, and she agreed. She wanted to apply to Harvard.
Then Donald Trump got elected president. Suddenly the United States didn’t seem so appealing.
"All the things he said about Latinos, and everything that’s going on there, I decided to not take a risk," said Backal, a first-year student at the University of Toronto.
The United States has long been the top destination for foreign students who go abroad for college, but a record number are now choosing Canada instead.
Read more at The Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/09/16/increasingly-foreign-students-choose-canada-over/khkot6AYt9lakpIFLTNGvM/story.html