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International students face growing mental distress in Canada, advocates warn

Turmoil amid the cost of living skyrocketting and it becoming more difficult for newcomers to find work
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Gobindbir Singh, from Khalsa Aid Ottawa poses for a photo, Thursday, March 14, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

When Gobindbir Singh describes the stress international students are under, he remembers a young man who called in tears.

Unable to pay his tuition for the upcoming semester, the student said his parents were selling their home in India and it still wasn’t enough.

He had asked friends to lend him money and tried getting an extension from the college.

Completely desperate, he turned to Khalsa Aid Canada.

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