Dr. Ashika Niraula

Dr. Ashika Niraula is a senior research fellow - project coordinator at the Canada Excellence Research Chair Migration and Integration Program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her current research examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the decision-making of highly skilled migrants and international students to come to Canada. She holds a PhD degree in educational anthropology from Aarhus University in Denmark. Prior to joining Toronto Metropolitan University, Ashika worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She also taught as a sessional lecturer at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada, and Aarhus University, Denmark. She completed her MPhil degree in gender and development from the University of Bergen, Norway and a master’s degree in rural development from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.