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Beckstead, Desmond and Guy Gellatly. 2006. Innovation Capabilities: Science and Engineering Employment in Canada and the United States. Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 11-622-M – No. 011. The Canadian Economy in Transition Series Research Paper. Ottawa.

Bussière, Patrick, Tamara Knighton and Dianne Pennock. 2007. Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study: The Performance of Canada’s Youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics. 2006 First Results for Canadians Aged 15. Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 81-590-X. No. 3. Ottawa.

Bussière, Patrick, Fernando Cartwright, Robert Crocker, Xin Ma, Jillian Oderkirk and Yanhong Zhang. 2001. Measuring Up: The Performance of Canada’s Youth in Reading, Mathematics and Science. OECD PISA Study: First Results for Canadians Aged 15. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 81-590-X. No. 1. Ottawa.

The Conference Board of Canada. 2013. Percentage of Graduates in Science, Math, Computer Science, and Engineering. Ottawa.

Diekman, Amanda B., Elizabeth R. Brown, Amanda M. Johnston and Emily K. Clark. 2010. “Seeking congruity between goals and roles: A new look at why women opt out of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers.” Psychological Science. Vol. 21, no. 8. p. 1051-1057.

Ferguson, Sarah Jane and John Zhao. 2013. Education in Canada: Attainment, Field of Study and Location of Study. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 99-012-X2011001. 2011 National Household Survey Analytical Document. Ottawa.

Hango, Darcy. 2013. Ability in Mathematics and Science at Age 15 and Program Choice in University: Differences by Gender. Statistics Canada Catalogue Number 81-595-M – No. 100. Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics Research Papers. Ottawa.

Kane, Jonathan M. and Janet E. Mertz. 2011. “Debunking Myths about Gender and Mathematics Performance.” Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Vol. 59, no. 1.

Mishagina, Natalia. 2012. The State of STEM Labour Markets in Canada: Literature Review. Project Report 2012RP-08. Montreal. CIRANO.

Montmarquette, Claude, Kathy Cannings and Sophie Mahseredjian. 2002. “How do young people choose college majors?” Economics of Education Review. Vol 21, no. 6. p. 543-556.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2012. Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now. Paris. OECD Publishing. 352 p.

Statistics Canada. 2013. Variant of CIP 2011 – STEM groupings.

Summers, Lawrence. 2005. Remarks at NBER Conference on Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce. January 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University.

Turner, Sarah E. and William G. Bowe. 1999. “Choice of major: The changing (unchanging) gender gap.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Vol. 52, no. 2. January. p. 289-313.

Van De Werfhorst, Herman G., Alice Sullivan and Sin Yi Cheung. 2003. “Social class, ability and choice of subject in secondary and tertiary education in Britain.” British Educational Research Journal. Vol. 29, no. 1. p. 41-62.

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