北美洲丰富的高等教育资源一直以来吸引了大量全球留学生，随着全球新冠肺炎疫情突袭而至，美国和加拿大的国际学生人数均出现了较大幅度的下降。中国留学生也受到不小影响，尤其在单边主义抬头的局势下，中国学生留美安全受到一定影响。同时，留学加拿大的中国学生人数大幅下降，而印度留学生以极快的增速成为加拿大最大的生源国。长期来看，留学产业作为其高等教育重要资金来源，美国和加拿大开始出台便利国际学生的政策，以提振赴美、加留学吸引力。
The rich high education resources in North America have attracted a large number of international students around the world. Both the United States and Canada have experienced a significant drop in international student number Pollowing the COVID-19 outbreak. The Chinese students in the United States were also profoundly impacted，especially when their safety abroad was threatened in the context of uncertain China-US relations and rising unilateralism. In the mean time，the number of Chinese students in Canada has also decreased dramatically，while India has taken over as the largest country of origin there after years of phenomenal growth. Since international students remain a major income source for the higher education sector in the long term，the United states and Canada have started to implement more open and convenient policies for international students to regain attractiveness as top destirations.
| Keywords： | Studying Abroad in the United StatesStudying Abroad in CanadaChinese International StudentsStudying Abroad Safety |
