When Yanisa Kapetch decided to leave Thailand to study digital media at a private B.C. college, she never expected it would lead to her knocking on doors and handing out flyers in support of a federal Conservative candidate.

The 25-year-old travelled to Canada to study at Pacific Link College, a private college in Metro Vancouver. In December 2024, the school course's in-class instruction was put on pause so students could work at Conservative candidate Tamara Jansen's campaign office during a federal byelection, she told CBC News.

According to email correspondence reviewed by CBC News, the volunteer campaign work was framed as a component of their digital media course, with one campus director suggesting it would even help them get permanent residency.

"We felt it didn't relate to our

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