The number of employed students fell by 59,000 compared with a year earlier, all in full time. At the same time, their participation in the labour force fell substantially from 75.2% to 68.6%.
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There were 226,250 full-time personnel engaged in research and development (R&D) activities in Canada in 2006, up 4.2% from 2005. Between 1997 and 2006, this number increased by 55.3%.
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In 2007, two years after graduation, loans exceeded $20,000 on average for graduates with student debt (both government and non-government) at the bachelor's and doctorate levels.
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PORT OF SPAIN - Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that Canada will invest in the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP). The program will award up to 1600 scholarships for Latin American and Caribbean students to pursue studies or research in Canada.
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About 60% of college degrees in Canada were awarded to women in 2006, continuing a long-term trend in which female graduates have outnumbered their male counterparts
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Dropout rates in Atlantic Canada's colleges and universities are overstated unless students who switch institutions, or who leave briefly and return, are taken into account, according to Statistics Canada.
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The Third European Media Forum for Young Journalists Working for Electronic Media ‘Dialogue of Cultures’ took place from 11 to 12 November 2008 at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia.
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Quebec and Alberta College Students are more likely to leave their studies as are students who come from a single parent family and those who have a dropout episode in high school, according to a study by Statistics Canada.
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Canadian full-time students in undergraduate programs paid 3.6% more on average on tuition fees in the 2008/2009 academic year compared with a year earlier, according to a Statistics Canada survey. This follows a 2.8% increase in 2007/2008.
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The Canadian Federation of Students is calling on the Conservative Party to defend its education policies in public community forums. The challenge to Conservative candidates comes after an internal memo was leaked that instructed a Conservative candidate in Manitoba to boycott a campus debate, calling universities “no fly zones”.
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