Chinese Visa Students

Lisa spent months investigating the system bringing international students to Canada following the disappearances of several Chinese visa students from Vancouver and Toronto who went missing after receiving scam calls. The series resulted in several follow up stories spanning several years. The original series was nominated for a 2019 CAJ community reporting award.

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ORIGINAL SERIES​
​Part 1: 'You'll get a dead body': Father 'distraught' over daughter's fake kidnapping ​

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​Part 2: Experts say young foreign students left vulnerable by unregulated system 

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​Follow-up: 'We are very, very cheap labour': Families hosting visa students say York board not paying enough

​The Investigators: Behind-the-scenes conversation 

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