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This issue of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada contains two articles.
"Trends in the age of education infrastructure in Canada" highlights a few of the findings of a recent Statistics Canada report that analyzed trends in the age of education infrastructure over the 1961 to 2008 period for Canada and the provinces. Demographic trends, rates of participation in postsecondary education and population mobility are some of the key factors that influence investment in education infrastructure.
"Trends in University Graduation, 1992 to 2007" reports on changes over time in the characteristics of university graduates in Canada and the provinces. In 2007, graduates from two fields of study were almost exclusively female, in health and related clinical sciences and in education. With only three exceptions, women increased their share such that they accounted for more than half of graduates in all fields. The exceptions were architecture and engineering; mathematics and computer sciences; and personal, protective and transportation services.
This issue also includes a series of new tables, along with a fact sheet, entitled "School-age population living in low-income circumstances," which are part of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
The December 2009 issue of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, Vol. 6, no. 5 (81-004-X, free), is now available online. From the Key resource module of our website, under Publications, choose Education Matters.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-800-307-3382; 613-951-7608; fax: 613-951-9040; educationstats@statcan.gc.ca), Centre for Education Statistics.
