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International university students face additional challenges during year of remote learning

Yuhang Liu was 13 hours ahead of his classmates, but he couldn’t keep up with them.
Winnipeg Free Press ·
Yuhang Liu, a third-year sociology international student at the University of Winnipeg, is photographed on campus in Winnipeg Monday, March 8. Liu started his remote learning school year at home in Hong Kong, but the 13-hour time zone difference was unmanageable and he returned to study in Winnipeg. (John Woods/Winnipeg Free Press)

Yuhang Liu was 13 hours ahead of his classmates, but he couldn't keep up with them.

It was mid-October and Liu's collection of empty energy drink cans in his bedroom — which, ever since he had flown home to Hong Kong during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in Winnipeg, had also turned into a lecture hall and library — had become a constant reminder of how sleep-deprived he was.

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