Higher education in Canada

housing compound, for my father, a businessman and a construction contractor was supervising several projects for ARAMCO in the Eastern Province. It was because we lived in this close knitted community, which hosted numerous families from the US, UK, Canada and Australia who work for the very same company, that I had been keen to learn English. Understandably, as a young child I was eager to play with children my age in the local park; however, because many of those children were children of…

rates is explained by either an economic cause (left leaning), or a policy issue (right leaning.) But there are other social structures that play a contributing factor such as culture, and education level…

Research: Teenage girls with the lack of education Step 1: Why we chose this topic Lack of education has been a worldwide issue since a very long time, many people like Malala Yousafzai, have fought for the rights of education of girls. Despite many tries and determinations “121 million children worldwide do not attend school - 9 million more girls than boys. The report says an estimated 65 million girls are being denied basic education, increasing the likelihood they will live in poverty or…

to the underlying issue with todays higher educational systems; universities are obsessed with financial gain and are overlooking what truly matters: education. By focusing on “their own growth, privileges, and salaries”, universities are raising tuition costs to unreasonable prices, making it near impossible for many individuals to go to school (McMurtry, 166). He claims students are forced to become “debt-slaves” in order to attain their right to an education in todays economy (McMurtry, 166).…

struggles and economic-political ramifications. In Davis Guggenheim’s movie Waiting for Superman, he presents an exquisite expose on the effects access to education for individual families has. In Elizabeth Dutro’s critique however, she offers some strong evidence to suggest that Guggenheim’s portrayal is skewed. In addition, the US Department of Education issued a report in 2008 which catalogues the statistics on academic success. This, in addition to articles by Sandra Vergari and Susan…

A wise man once said, “The problem with our education system is not that parents do not have a choice. The problem is that inequities continue to exist.” Patsy Mink. A very sagacious man indeed. “...equity refers to the principle of fairness,” declares author Stephen E. Abbott. “Inequities occur when ….biased….or unfair situations contribute to a lack of equality in educational performances… and outcomes.” For years and years shadowed by several more years and years, educational inequities…

In China, there are only two directions, science (biology, chemistry and physics) or arts (history, geography and politics) for students to choose in upper secondary school. Moreover, most schools in China still bases on examination-oriented education system. But now there is an increasing number of alternative international schools for parents and students to choose. In international schools, there are far more subjects to choose from than regular secondary schools. Students are no longer…

much formal education, they all were “intelligent” due to the lessons they learned at work. Given my family’s own experience, I can attest to that. Throughout all of the generations of my family, half have attended a traditional university, while the others went to work or had a different experience, some even had both. In the recent decade though, my cousins and I have leaned towards traditional classroom learning because that is what was taught to us in a class. At same time,…

University ARE RESERVES LIMITING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S UPWARD SOCIAL MOBILITY Sarah Achakzai DEVS 220 – Aboriginal Studies Professor Robert Lovelace Due April 7th, 2017 Indigenous people’s standard of living, secondary education, post-secondary education, employment, and family situations on reserves are at levels on par with many third world nations. Their estimated population is close to one million with about half of that number living on reserves. This research paper…

dollar to a person in university is extremely higher than that of a high-schooler, and the fact that most professors in university don 't specifically teach in class. Thus, the all around responsibility put on a person in post secondary education is ridiculously high in comparison to that in high school. The cost of a post secondary education in Canada varies, but the average student pays upwards of $16,600 per year ("Cost of post-secondary education", 2016) for four…