Sandra Schinnerl

Associate faculty

Education & Technology programs

Sandra Schinnerl is interested in the intersections between education and immigration policy. She particularly focuses on the mobility and migration pathways of international students and the role and responsibilities of higher education institutions in their learning, cultural and career transitions. Schinnerl‘s current work looks at how higher education institutions and their organizations have influenced immigration policy in Canada over the last 25 years and the laws, regulations. She also studies the policy instruments used by national and sub-national governments to attract and encourage international students to remain in-country after completion of their studies and what that means for the nations that receive them.

Experience

Schinnerl has worked as a practitioner and senior administrator in international education for 25 years. She spent 14 years at the University of British Columbia in various international education roles, including work in study abroad, international student recruitment, international student support and international development. In 2008 Schinnerl joined Kwantlen Polytechnic University, first as the director of international programs and subsequently as the director of international students and scholars, a position she held for eight years.   Schinnerl is currently a public scholar and doctoral fellow at the Institute for European Studies at UBC, where she is a doctoral candidate in interdisciplinary studies.

Education

In progress
Doctor of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Studies

University of British Columbia

2007
Master of Education, Higher Education Studies

University of British Columbia

1992
Bachelor of Commerce

University of British Columbia

Awards

2012
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

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