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Welcome to the Women in Academia Project HEQCO is pleased to announce the release of a multi-part research project designed to explore current and historical gender disparities among faculty in Ontario universities. Despite advocacy efforts, collective bargaining, targeted funding and legislation, gaps in representation, promotion and earnings for women academics persist. These inequalities are especially […]
How many Ontario students applied to the province’s colleges and universities during the last decade? How many enrolled? How many graduated? Find the answers to these and other good questions in Quick Stats, a compendium of data on Ontario’s postsecondary system. Note: All visualizations begin in 2013 and go up to the most recent year […]
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Author: Hagar Effah When applying to postsecondary education, students and parents can find themselves grappling with the weighty decision of selecting the right program. We often assume that this important decision will open the door to a singular occupation that will determine the future of our entire career. However, the reality is that most careers […]
The Indigenous Knowledge Implementation Packsack: A Handbook for Embedding Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Your Teaching was written by the Negahneewin Research Centre at Confederation College. New HEQCO resource offers guidance on incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into postsecondary teaching practices. Since the publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action in 2015, many […]
Understanding the Regulatory Landscape of Private Career Colleges was written by Seerat Gill, Elizabeth Buckner and Glen A. Jones, University of Toronto, for HEQCO’s Consortium on International Education. Providing insights into career colleges – an understudied aspect of Ontario’s postsecondary sector Private career colleges (PCCs) constitute a significant yet understudied aspect of the postsecondary sector […]
Authors: Ken Chatoor, Elizabeth Agoe and Amy Kaufman Earlier this year, HEQCO published an evaluation of the mental health support system in Ontario’s postsecondary institutions (PSIs). Based on a series of interviews with institutional staff and community partners, as well as scans of services and strategies, we reported that PSIs are struggling in a variety […]
Public College–Private Partnerships: Lessons Learned for Ontario’s Postsecondary Education System was written by Julia Colyar, Alexandra MacFarlane and Sarah Brumwell, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. Programming at Public College–Private Partnerships was misaligned with Ontario’s labour market needs In Ontario, much of the recent growth in international students was driven by enrolments at public colleges […]
Author: Sophie Lanthier Work-integrated learning (WIL) and other forms of experiential learning (EL) offer several well-documented benefits for students, postsecondary institutions (PSIs) and employers. Students who learn in a workplace environment can apply classroom learning and develop employability skills. When WIL programs are aligned with industry needs, they address skills shortages and support postsecondary students’ […]