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Together, they conduct about 87% of all contracted private-sector research. They hold 80% of university patents and start-ups and 81% of university technology licenses, and receive 80% of all competitively allocated research funding. Lastly, 71% of full-time doctoral students study at U15 universities. [14]
Royal Roads University: Royal Roads University Student Association: Royal Roads University Student Association: Selkirk College: Selkirk College Students' Association: Simon Fraser University: Simon Fraser Student Society: Graduate Student Society at Simon Fraser University: Thompson Rivers University: TRU Student Union: Trinity Western University
As of the end of the 2023/2024 fiscal year, the total value of endowments at Canadian universities was over $23 billion. Some universities do not have endowments while the largest endowment for a single university - the University of Toronto - is over $3 billion.
In addition, due to the proliferation of cable television piping in signals from the United States, a number of American telethons, such as the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, attracted donations from Canada due to being broadcast there. Notable regional telethons (outside of those produced by Children's Miracle Network) include:
The practice of members of the Canadian Royal Family giving their patronage to Canadian organizations stems from that which started in the United Kingdom in pre-industrial times, when all development of the sciences and arts were under the direct control of the monarch and exercised by the foundation of colleges that today form the basis of modern universities.
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Collectively, the members of U15 represent 47 per cent of all university students in Canada, 71 per cent of all full-time doctoral students in the country, [5] 87 per cent of all contracted private-sector research in Canada, and 80 per cent of all patents and start-ups in Canada. [5] As a group, the U15 universities attract C$5.3 billion in ...
Canada portal; For-profit colleges, universities, and other educational institutions providing higher education (meaning tertiary, quaternary or in some cases post-secondary education) in Canada. Most traditional public and private universities are non-profit institutions.