Laurel PayzantEnglish/ Secondary Education Major

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Introduction Canada!! Interested because of family history Curious about a different country that

is still connected to North America Considered going to college there

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Background Rich in natural resources Self- governing since 1867 Retaining ties to British crown Parallels U.S. economically &

technologically Political challenges in health care,

education, social services, & economics

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Geography Northern North America Bordering Atlantic Ocean on East,

North Pacific on West, & Arctic on north Area: 9,984,670 sq. km Climate: temperate in south to

subarctic & arctic in north

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Continued… Natural Hazards: permafrost in north

threatens development & result in cyclonic storms east of Rocky Mountains

Environmental issues: air pollution & acid rain damage forests and lakes

Second largest country in world after Russia

Languages: English (58.8 %), French (21.6 %), other (19.6 %)

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International Disputes Canada & U.S. argue over how to

divide Beaufort Sea U.S. helps to intensify security

measures for controlling movement of people, transport, and commodities

Illicit producer of cannabis (hydrophonics technology)

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Overview of Education System School year from September to June Mandatory to age 16 Funded at federal level, provincial, or

territorial level Schools taught in both French and

English

Canadian Education System

Provincial government separated into individual ministries

Ministries oversee smaller bodies (boards of education)

District school boards oversee individual schools

10 provinces and three territories Public, private, & home-schools

Regional Differences

Provinces separated into districts School boards in each district No federal department of education Different delivery and assessment Differences among jurisdictions:

1. Geography 2. History3. Language

Set Up of School System

Kindergarten: no required or available in some areas

Elementary: grades 1 through 6 Middle School: 7 to 8 High school: 9 to 12th

Ends with program to prepare students for university or technical field

Demographic Change

Boomer generation (1947 to 1966) left schools empty & house prices crashed

Teachers are demanding higher salaries & signing bonuses

Education is raising in price 1990s ~ too old to start families, births

declined= schools closing

Helping Projects

Language Programs English and French offered as second

language Offered at all school levels and

universities

Religious Affiliation Schools can be secular Christian Catholic Separate school boards for religious

and non-religious schools

Health Promotion World Health Organization’s

International Classification of Functioning

Disability and Health Health education factors Help those with disabilities and chronic

conditions

Adolescent Career Development in Urban- Residing Families

Study to understand how urban-residing adolescents act on goals and strategies with their social supports to facilitate career development

Safe future Finishing school Highest levels of per capita educational

attainment Supply and demand of higher

education

Predictions about Future

National interest in postsecondary education expansion

No incentive to consider national well-being

Negotiation of bilateral agreements between individual provinces

Continued…

Voluntary student mobility between provinces

Ex: Ontario students studying at McGill University

Increase in postsecondary enrollment & system expansion

Future 3

Solution would require students to move

Ontario or Alberta to New Brunswick or Nova Scotia

Personal & economic benefits could possibly increase with a greater work force

Boom and bust cycle associate with predictable demographic trends continues to wreak havoc on system

Works Cited

Kirby, D. (2011). Strategies for widening access in a quasi-market higher education environment: recent developments in Canada. Higher Education, 62(3), 267-278. doi:10.1007/s10734-010-9386-7

Lester, J. (2011). Use of Adjunct Faculty in Delivery of Distance Education in ALA- Accredited LIS Master's Programs in the U.S. and Canada. Journal Of

Education For Library & Information Science, 52(3), 212-237. Howard, D., Nieuwenhuijsen, E. R., & Saleeby, P. (2008). Health promotion and

education: Application of the ICF in the US and Canada using an ecological perspective. Disability & Rehabilitation, 30(12/13), 942-

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