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Higher education for Indigenous peoples in Canada can be considered on a spectrum ranging from Indigenous to general programs and institutions. At one end, some institutions are specifically intended for Indigenous people, located in predominantly Indigenous communities, controlled by First Nations band governments or dedicated non-profit boards, and/or accredited by Indigenous bodies (often ...
The largest student organization in Canada, The Canadian Federation of Students first appeared in 1981 along with its services branch, the CFS-Services, with its mandate to work for high quality, accessible post-secondary education at the federal level and provincial levels. CFS provides students with an effective and united voice, provincially ...
No certificate, diploma, or degree High school certificate or equivalent Apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma College, CEGEP, or other non-university certificate or diploma University certificate, diploma, or degree Total Ontario Population 13.6% 25% 8.8% 22% 30.7% Ontario Indigenous Population 28.1% 24.2% 12.5% 23.4% 11.8%
In Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, schools are now set up as elementary schools with grades K-5, middle schools with grades 6–8, and high schools with grades 9–12; however, high school graduation requirements only include courses taken in grades 10–12. In Saskatchewan Elementary school is most often from K–8 and high school from 9–12.
For example, an English department in a high school could develop a media literacy presentation for the grade 9 culminating activity worth 10% of the students' final grade. The other 20% of the students' grade will be demonstrated with a written examination responding and applying a literary analysis to a sight-passage.
Tuition limited school attendance to the wealthy, which could be argued to be the basis of private school tuition in Canada. Upper Canada College (UCC) is one of the best known private secondary schools in Canada. This is because the school has managed to continue educating Canada's social and economic elite, due to rising tuition costs. [19]
The list of Canadian school districts has been split by province and territory: List of school authorities in Alberta; List of school districts in British Columbia
Higher education in Quebec differs from the education system of other provinces in Canada. Instead of entering university or college directly from high school, students in Quebec leave secondary school after Grade 11 (or Secondary V), and enter post-secondary studies at the college level, as a prerequisite to university.