Cornelia Li | The Walrus

Illustration of a university campus. On one side, students relaxingly speak to each other and work at computers in the sun. On the other side, in the shadows, are overcrowded ladders of students climbing in through windows.

Education / September/October 2021

The Shadowy Business of International Education

August 18, 2021May 29, 2022 - by Cornelia Li

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it

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Illustration of two people wearing leopard-print jackets and running down the aisles of a supermarket. The woman is pushing a cart.

COVID-19 / June 2020 / Science

Your Brain on COVID-19

May 6, 2020June 18, 2020 - by Cornelia Li

Fear, denial, panic buying: why our minds are not designed to process threats like the coronavirus pandemic

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Three women stare across a sea at a group of businesspeople in front of a cityscape on the opposite shoreline

November 2019 / Society

When Canada’s Immigration Policies Pull Families Apart

November 5, 2019June 12, 2020 - by Cornelia Li

After years of training in Canada, my dad still had to go back to South Korea to get the job he deserved

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