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Canada spends an average of about 5.3 percent of its GDP on education. [29] The country invests heavily in tertiary education (more than US$20,000 per student). [30] As of 2022, 89 percent of adults aged 25 to 64 have earned the equivalent of a high-school degree, compared to an OECD average of 75 percent.
In 1957, Charles Phillips divided the history of public schooling in Canada into four periods or stages: The first was characterized by church-controlled education and lasted from the early 1700s through to the mid 1800s. Stage two, which extended to the late 1800s, saw the introduction of more centralized authority, universal free education ...
Joseph Ryerson (father) Sarah Stickney (mother) Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 – 19 February 1882) [1] was a Canadian educator, author, editor, and Methodist minister who was a prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system. [2][3] Ryerson is considered to be the founder of the Ontario public school system.
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 ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 34 subcategories, out of 34 total. Education in Canada by populated place (80 C) People by educational institution in Canada (5 C) Education in Canada by province or territory (18 C) Education in Canada by subject (5 C)
The Campus Alberta Open Educational Resources (ABOER) Initiative was a 3-year $2 million government-funded initiative designed to assist with reducing the costs of a post-secondary education for students; and to provide students and faculty members with flexibility, offering updated, relevant content for learning.
Ratna Ghosh CM OQ FRSC is a Canadian academic and education scholar. She is a Distinguished James McGill Professor and Sir William C. Macdonald Professor of Education at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where she previously served as the Dean of the Faculty of Education from 1998 – 2003. [1]
Education in British Columbia comprises public and private primary and secondary schools throughout the province. Like most other provinces in Canada, education is compulsory from ages 6–16 (grades 1–10), although the vast majority of students remain in school until they graduate from high school ( grade 12 ) at the age of 18.