After the Gold Rush: Canada’s International Student Reckoning
This op-ed was originally published by Times Higher Education on March 11, 2026. For more than a decade, international students…
Boxi Yang
Senior Research Associate, Education & Skills
About
Boxi Yang is a Senior Research Associate with over ten years of experience in education and labour market research. She leads work on post-secondary outcomes, skills demand, and workforce alignment in Canada. Her research supports policy and institutional decision-making and has been featured in Vancouver Sun and University Affairs. She has also published op-eds in The Globe and Mail and Times Higher Education.
Boxi holds a PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University, specializing in labour and development economics.
Employment History
- Senior Research Associate, The Conference Board of Canada, (2023-2026)
- Economic Researcher, UNDP China (2016)
- Researcher, Development Research Institute, New York University (2015–2016)
Academic Qualifications
- PhD, Economics, Simon Fraser University
- MA, Economics, New York University
- BS, Economics, Beijing Jiaotong University
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