Education in Canada
The United Nations addresses the impact that education can have within communities. Education has the power to beat poverty, promote gender equality, reduce child mortality, encourage environmental sustainability, and help global development. With that, the United Nations saw the issue, that there needs to be a shift in education throughout the world. In September 2012, the UN’s Secretary-General created the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) which launched a five-year program to advance the educational process for citizens. This initiative identified that there are 3 main priorities that all countries follow in order to achieve educational success in the world. These priorities are to: 1- Put every child in school, 2- Improve the quality of learning, and 3- foster global citizenship. This paper will analyze what these priorities define within education, and how they need to be enforced, and what Canada’s effort are to obtain the GEFI priorities.
Canada has a population of over 35.5 million people; therefore education throughout the country for every citizen is going to be an interesting battle, as it is for many other countries. Canada is ranked in The World Bank, as a high income: OECD, country. Even more impressing is that their school enrollment is at 99% as of 2012. Since 1998, Canada has never been below at least 97% of their student school enrollment. Therefore, this statistic is stating that the last decade of education within Canada has been successful in their enrollment rates. This information shows Canada's effectiveness of the first priority on the United Nations list, to put every child in school. With success, Canada is managing to offer educational opportunities to nearly all students.
Canada has a population of over 35.5 million people; therefore education throughout the country for every citizen is going to be an interesting battle, as it is for many other countries. Canada is ranked in The World Bank, as a high income: OECD, country. Even more impressing is that their school enrollment is at 99% as of 2012. Since 1998, Canada has never been below at least 97% of their student school enrollment. Therefore, this statistic is stating that the last decade of education within Canada has been successful in their enrollment rates. This information shows Canada's effectiveness of the first priority on the United Nations list, to put every child in school. With success, Canada is managing to offer educational opportunities to nearly all students.
Canada School Enrollment
This is a graph of the School Enrollment in Canada from 1998-2012. There is a comparison line to the average high income enrollment in gray. The ranges in Canada’s enrollment are anywhere from 97%-99%. Source- http://data.worldbank.org/country/canada
This is a graph of the School Enrollment in Canada from 1998-2012. There is a comparison line to the average high income enrollment in gray. The ranges in Canada’s enrollment are anywhere from 97%-99%. Source- http://data.worldbank.org/country/canada
The next priority that can be analyzed within Canada is to improve the quality of learning. The United Nations recognized that there are many barriers that affect the quality of learning, for instance, the shortage of qualified teachers, lack of learning materials, challenging family environments, and ineffective systems to evaluate the performance of students. Within Canada, there is no federal department of education, therefore there is also no national standard or regulations. “Canada’s Constitution Act of 1867 provides that ‘[I]n and for each province, the legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education’” (CMEC). Each province has the ability to make their individual quality of learning. With no federal involvement in the educational process of the school systems, the funding is also unavailable as well.
Canada’s provinces
This is an image of the different provinces that can be found within Canada, to show the variability that can be seen in education systems throughout the nation. Source- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Political_map_of_Canada.png/650px-Political_map_of_Canada.png
This is an image of the different provinces that can be found within Canada, to show the variability that can be seen in education systems throughout the nation. Source- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Political_map_of_Canada.png/650px-Political_map_of_Canada.png
Lastly, the UN states that the third priority needs to foster global citizenship. The United Nations states that some issues that prevent the proper global teaching are the lack of leadership on the subject of Global Citizenship, and inadequate focus on values. The Global Education First Initiative states that “education must be transformative and bring shared values to life” (2015). Canada has become part a program called the UNICEF Canada that promotes Global Classroom. This program was made to support and expand teaching and learning for global citizenship. The program understands that teachers and students need to act on social justice and human rights issue at a global scale. The UNICEF is a non-profit humanitarian organization that is global, with 36 national committees, and global citizenship is just one of their programs.
In conclusion, Canada is maintaining a successful program that monitors and promotes education within their country. Even though the federal government is not a part of the educational system, each province makes their own unique programs. These programs are what enroll 99% of the students within the country in 2012. Canada is also actively a part of many programs that help spread the awareness and teachings of global citizenship.
In conclusion, Canada is maintaining a successful program that monitors and promotes education within their country. Even though the federal government is not a part of the educational system, each province makes their own unique programs. These programs are what enroll 99% of the students within the country in 2012. Canada is also actively a part of many programs that help spread the awareness and teachings of global citizenship.
Sources:
About the Global Education First Initiative. (2015). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.globaleducationfirst.org/about.html
Canada. (n.d.). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://data.worldbank.org/country/canada
CMEC. (n.d.). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.cmec.ca/299/Education-in-Canada-An-Overview/
Education for All (EFA). (n.d.). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/efa/
UNICEF Canada. (2015). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.unicef.ca/en/about-unicef
About the Global Education First Initiative. (2015). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.globaleducationfirst.org/about.html
Canada. (n.d.). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://data.worldbank.org/country/canada
CMEC. (n.d.). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.cmec.ca/299/Education-in-Canada-An-Overview/
Education for All (EFA). (n.d.). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/efa/
UNICEF Canada. (2015). Retrieved October 23, 2015, from http://www.unicef.ca/en/about-unicef
Government
Economic System
According to the World Fact Book, Canada’s exports consist of: Motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, chemicals, plastics, fertilizers, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, and aluminum. Some of the resources that can be found in Canada are metals, coals, and wood. These resources can be used to make different items including jewelry, household items, framing for houses, etc. Wood and metal are the basis for almost all building. These goods are produced through mining and tree cutting. Many different people throughout the world will use these goods. When it comes to resources like metal and wood, people in other countries that are unable to provide those resources are now in need of them. For instance, Canada’s top trading export with China is wood pulp, and there top export to the UK is gems, precious metals, and coins. These goods will be exported to other countries due to Canada’s international interdependence.
Canada is considered a market-oriented economic system; this is the same as the United States. This type of economy is considered a capitalistic economy, meaning that operation is voluntary and that is not controlled by government, a free market. A market economy is run off of supply and demand from the consumers. The GDP per capita (PPP) for Canada is estimated to be $44,800 in 2014. The Industrial Production Growth Rate of Canada in 2014 was estimated to be 2%. This ranked the country at 132 out of 198 countries. The United States currently ranked at 103, with the top country being Sierra Leone with a growth rate of 88.5%. This shows that the country is still slowly advancing in industrial production, but with such a low growth rate, this supports the countries large import of resources. The main labor force in Canada making up 76% of the economy is services. This shows the necessities of the country and the demand of consumers. There is a smaller need for manufacturing (13% of labor force occupation) due to imports rather than in country manufacturing. Also the economy is well established by having only 6% of the occupation consisting of construction. Canada’s unemployment rate was 6.9% in 2014, ranking at 72, out of 204. Zimbabwe is ranked 2014 with a unemployment rate of 95%, the United States was estimated to have a 6.2% unemployment rate. This ranking could be a direct response to the outsourcing of resources and production to international countries.
Canada is considered a market-oriented economic system; this is the same as the United States. This type of economy is considered a capitalistic economy, meaning that operation is voluntary and that is not controlled by government, a free market. A market economy is run off of supply and demand from the consumers. The GDP per capita (PPP) for Canada is estimated to be $44,800 in 2014. The Industrial Production Growth Rate of Canada in 2014 was estimated to be 2%. This ranked the country at 132 out of 198 countries. The United States currently ranked at 103, with the top country being Sierra Leone with a growth rate of 88.5%. This shows that the country is still slowly advancing in industrial production, but with such a low growth rate, this supports the countries large import of resources. The main labor force in Canada making up 76% of the economy is services. This shows the necessities of the country and the demand of consumers. There is a smaller need for manufacturing (13% of labor force occupation) due to imports rather than in country manufacturing. Also the economy is well established by having only 6% of the occupation consisting of construction. Canada’s unemployment rate was 6.9% in 2014, ranking at 72, out of 204. Zimbabwe is ranked 2014 with a unemployment rate of 95%, the United States was estimated to have a 6.2% unemployment rate. This ranking could be a direct response to the outsourcing of resources and production to international countries.