Post Secondary Education


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This publication is composed of the summary of discussion and the papers prepared for the Nuffield Canadian Seminar. The seminar, entitled "The Costs of Post-Secondary Education in a Technological Society," was held at Cap-Rouge, near Quebec City, 25-27 June 1971. The seminar reviewed the response of developed nations to the important and difficult challenges confronting post-secondary education in this technological age. It brought together heads of post-secondary institutions and educational advisory bodies, financial and educational government officials, educational researchers, and businessmen. Approximately fifty per cent of the participants were from Canada with the remainder from Australia, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Norway, United States, West Germany, and from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. La présente publication comprend les exposés présentés lors du colloque canadien Nuffield ainsi qu'un résumé des discussions. Le colloque intitulé "Le cout de l'enseignement post-secondaire dans une société technologique" s'est tenu à Cap-Rouge, près de Québec, les 25, 26, et 27 juin, 1971. Le colloque a étudié la façon dont les nations industrialisées ont abordé les solutions aux problèmes de l'enseignement post-secondaire à notre époque technologique. II a réuni des responsables d'institutions d'enseignement post-secondaire, des conseillers en éducation, des hauts fonctionnaires des finances et de l'éducation, des spécialistes de la recherche dans le domaine de l'éducation et des hommes d'affaires. Environ la moitié des participants étaient du Canada; les autres étaient venus de l'Australie, la Belgique, la France, la Grande-Bretagne, la Norvège, les États-Unis, l'Allemagne de l'Ouest, ainsi que de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.




Canadiana


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Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes: Canada 2008


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This report on Canada contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work, and a set of policy recommendations.







Microlog, Canadian Research Index


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An indexing, abstracting and document delivery service that covers current Canadian report literature of reference value from government and institutional sources.




Post-secondary Education


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This document contains the colloquium papers which address the following topics: the challenge of change, coordination versus decentralisation, governance and accountability, open and distance education, and private sector participation. It also contains the Lloyds Bank Lecture on education for life and work in the 1990s.




Education in Canada


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Permettre aux personnes handicapées de donner leur pleine mesure, c'est réalisable


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The report discusses treatment of earned income, in-kind benefits, and speedy re-instatement of social assistance benefits for people with disabilities to bridge them from dependency on income-support programs to independence and employment. Besides recommending that people with extraordinary drug and medical expenses receive in-kind benefits regardless of income, the report calls for a re-examination of the viability of a comprehensive and universal disability insurance system.