Overview

Post Secondary Education in Canada


Our goal is to provide a detailed understanding for anyone looking to learn more about the post-secondary system in Canada. Our focus ranges from funding to industry. Learn more by clicking any of the pages in the Overview.

Section Highlights

<aside> ➡️ 📊 Organizational Mindmap — The organizational mindmap provides an introduction to the Canadian post-secondary education system. It presents a breakdown of the possible routes students can take after completing high school up to entering industry.

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<aside> ➡️ 💵 Funding — This page is a database showing the different types of funding and financial aid within the post-secondary space.

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<aside> ➡️ 🎒 Student Demographics — The student demographic varies across different post-secondary institutions and areas of study. Observing these statistics between programs provides an understanding of education choices and their career outcomes. Choosing whether to attend higher education or selecting an area of study, is a crucial decision for many young adults. This section develops on student demographics between public universities and colleges while comparing the earnings outcomes of various programs.

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<aside> ➡️ 🇨🇦 System Entities — This page focuses on the different groups and entities within the landscape of post-secondary education, looking at each group's specific motivations and positions in their respective space.

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<aside> ➡️ 🦾 Accessibility — This section focuses on defining the resources available to disadvantaged students in Canada. These groups include students with disabilities to indigenous students, displaying the varieties of financial and mentorship support available within post-secondary institutions, at the provincial, and federal levels. In order to create an equitable learning environment, reducing barriers and hardships associated with accessing education will provide greater opportunities for all students.

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<aside> ➡️ 🖥 Political Parties on Post Secondary Education — This section looks into the different political parties and each relevant party's stance on common problems within the realm of post-secondary education.

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<aside> ➡️ 💼 Industry Perspective — This section introduces the aspects required to help students transition to industry after completing their education. It also provides supporting data to explicate the various professions and respective incomes students have received in the past based on the academic route they took when completing their post-secondary education.

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<aside> ➡️ 🚀 Future of Post Secondary Education — This section shows how Canadian post-secondary education has advanced in recent years. specific highlights of these advancements are highlighted.

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About Us

We are a group of three Political Science students at the University of British Columbia with a common interest to bring forth awareness of social issues in a Canadian political context.

Created by Arya Shah, Michelle Chan, Ty Webster-Locke

POLI 405F Class at UBC 2021-2022



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