ABSTRACT
Canadian institutions of higher education have been called upon to continue to identify and address structural issues that prevent international students from achieving success. This chapter examines the lived experiences of three students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan through a narrative inquiry approach and draws attention to the exclusion the students experienced at their host university. This chapter foregrounds the experiences of students of an under-represented national profile within the imagined monolithic Chinese demographic, where students of a Chinese background are generally presumed to be from the mainland. In discussing the students’ experiences, exclusion is presented within three areas of concern – academic, social, and linguistic – and subsequently discussed from an inclusive internationalization perspective. Such a perspective emphasizes the role of social justice in promoting inclusivity and addressing complex forms of marginalization on campuses. This chapter focuses on the timely importance of inclusive internationalization, particularly for students from Asia, who presently constitute the majority of international students in Canada.
