Education Matters

The third issue of volume 2 of Statistics Canada's online publication, Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, contains two articles.

Drawing on data from the Census and from the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, the article "Aboriginal peoples in Canada's urban areas — Narrowing the education gap" examines the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the Aboriginal population residing in 11 large urban areas over the 1981 to 2001 period. The focus is on trends in educational attainment among the Aboriginal population and how these trends compare to those observed for the non-Aboriginal population.

"Graduates of doctoral programs — Who are they and what are their post-degree plans?" reports on results from the 2003 Survey of Earned Doctorates, providing information on the labour market plans of graduates, how doctoral candidates fund their graduate studies, how much time was required to complete a doctoral degree, as well as basic data on the demographic characteristics of the graduates.

Education Matters is a free, on-line publication released every two months. A source of facts and analysis on education, training and learning, Education Matters offers quick access to the latest education indicators and in-depth research from Statistics Canada. It also links electronically to a wide variety of data, news on education, learning resources and tables, charts and analysis.

The third issue of volume 2 of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada (81-004-XIE, free) is now available online. From the Our products and services page, under Browse our Internet publications, choose Free, then Education, then Education Matters.

For more information, contact Client Services (1-800-307-3382 or 613-951-7608; fax: 613-951-9040; educationstats@statcan.gc.ca), Centre for Education Statistics.