International students in Cape Breton get help booking vaccine appointments The Cape Breton University Students' Union is helping international students who want a COVID-19 vaccine appointment by calling in on their behalf. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jun 26, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: June 26 International students at Cape Breton University who face language barriers and other issues trying to secure appointments for a COVID-19 vaccine are getting help from the students' union.(Tom Ayers/CBC) The Cape Breton University Students' Union is helping some international students by booking COVID-19 vaccine appointments for them. Students from other countries are not issued a health card until they have been in Nova Scotia for 13 months, so they cannot book an appointment online.