Hey mate, stuff canada, you can drive there come to aussieland. Victorian and NSW probably have the best schools. I'm not from NSW but the University of Sydney is very good, in Vic we have Melbourne Uni and Monash Uni both considered world class (cept the food establishments). You will have to decide which best suites you based on what each university specialises in.
As far as skyline friendly, Aussie cops are probably about as tough in imports here as there but people still mod the poo out of their cars . You will see plenty of Skylines in any state in Australia but you'll definately see a GTR or two at Monash ;). Drop the crappy scubby for as much money as you can , come over here and get yourself a nice R32/33 GTR for around 15,000 - 30,000 American . With minimal mods you are looking at around 220awkw (lots of hp) with turbos cams and computer upwards of 300awkw (even more hp).