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Canada. Higher education expenditures up

The higher education sector, comprised of universities and affiliated research hospitals, experimental stations and clinics, spent $11.0 billion on research and development (R&D) in 2009/2010, up 0.8% from 2008/2009.

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~	Canada. Decrease in the number of students in public schools

~	92% of Canadians have completed a high school education

~	Canada. The average salary of full-time University teaching staff up

~	Canada. Reading proficiency linked to higher income

~	UNICEF evaluates the progress of the Education in Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition Programme

~	Canada. Immigrants more likely to obtain university education than their Canadian-born counterparts

~	Canada. 12% of doctoral recipients are living in the United States

~	Canadian students have above average OECD score in mathematics and science

~	Canada. 20% off-reserve First Nations children are able to understand an Aboriginal language

~	Canada. Women with a university education less likely to have a spouse with the same education