Interesting that you mentioned the difference between U.B.C. and Simon Fraser (at least in the old days) since I, in fact, went to S.F.U.   
Since education has become a commodity that can be exported and the universities actively pursue the importation of "foreign" students, the climate on campus has certainly changed. Don't get me wrong. I lived in residence with many foreign students who became life-long friends and my children and their children have grown-up together. However, as an immigrant myself, I can say that it takes many years of residency before you feel that you have the right to speak out.

U.B.C. is often referred to as the University of a Billion Chinese.
How easy it is for U.B.C. to push forward the corporate agenda when foreign students feel that they do not have the right to speak out, when lower class students are denied the opportunity to attend, and when the remaining students are, in fact, the sons and daughters of the upper classes. Whose left to protest anything?

The very same thing can be said about any place with a very high immigrant population.

Funny though - one of the reasons I came to this country was that I felt that the multi-cultural policies of Canada provided the best opportunity for world peace.