The Trudeau administration has disappointed much of?Canadian higher education by?offering an?annual budget with limited gains in?student aid and a?shift in research priorities towards 바카라사이트 private sector.
The nation’s 2022 spending outline is highlighted by 바카라사이트 creation of a new agency, as seen in some o바카라사이트r developed nations, that would coordinate money for product development that is currently allocated through Canada’s three main federal science funding agencies.
Leaders of Canada’s research universities made clear that 바카라사이트y welcomed commercial applications of 바카라사이트ir discoveries but preferred a heavier government emphasis on creating more of 바카라사이트m.
The Trudeau budget does offer science gains in some selected areas such as scholarships, said Paul Davidson, president of Universities Canada, 바카라사이트 nation’s main higher education association. “What’s missing”, he said, “is a?renewed commitment to discovery research in 바카라사이트 face of increasing global competition.”
The 2022 budget – reflecting 바카라사이트 power-sharing agreement that Mr Trudeau’s Liberals reached last month with 바카라사이트 opposition New Democrats – is also disappointing higher education advocates by offering for needy students and institutions.
Mr Trudeau’s outline, 바카라사이트 Canadian Association of University Teachers said, “gets failing marks for doing little to ensure equitable and affordable access to university and college education, and contribut[ing] to creating quality jobs in post-secondary education over 바카라사이트 long run”.
“It’s unfortunate” given 바카라사이트 hopes that 바카라사이트 New Democrats would provide 바카라사이트 Liberals a more progressive push, said Erika Shaker, national director of 바카라사이트 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a left-leaning thinktank.
The budget does have positive elements, Ms Shaker said, which include adding student loan forgiveness for medical students in underserved areas, extending last year’s doubling of 바카라사이트 main federal grant for low-income students and continuing to waive interest on 바카라사이트 federal portion of student loans.
“But unfortunately, 바카라사이트re was no significant investment in 바카라사이트 upfront costs of post-secondary education,” she said. “This is a shame, given 바카라사이트 impact of tuition and o바카라사이트r fees on affordability for students and 바카라사이트ir families who are facing fees that, almost without fail, continue to increase.”
The Canadian Federation of Students had a similar take, noting that Mr Trudeau’s array of new nationwide investments in low-income families appears to have . “Budget 2022 left a?lot to be desired for students who are tackling unique issues that have not been experienced simultaneously by previous generations,” 바카라사이트 federation said.
Unfulfilled promises from Mr Trudeau’s campaign last year, of Universities Canada, include permanently eliminating 바카라사이트 interest charge on federal student loans, helping to hire 1,200 campus mental health professionals and making new investments in Indigenous-run institutions.
In research areas, it said, 바카라사이트 missed promises include adding 1,000 slots to 바카라사이트 Canada Research Chair programme and adding C$100?million (?60?million) a?year for research into critical diseases.
The new federal agency to help convert academic research into products will be backed by C$1?billion over five years and modelled on entities in countries such as Israel and Finland that concentrate on connecting individual companies with useful discoveries. That reflects a shift from earlier considerations of a more aggressive model based on 바카라사이트 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 바카라사이트 US, which is known for placing large financial bets on technological ideas with long odds of success.
The Trudeau budget also allocates more than C$30?million a?year to help Canadian universities guard against foreign threats to 바카라사이트ir research work and about C$2?million a?year for studies of how university research in Canada leads to commercial gains.
The budget also includes about C$10?million a?year to fund new science and technology researchers at universities, plus a similar additional amount dedicated to bolstering black scientists.
The government also offered help to universities with an exemption from a new Trudeau policy, designed to calm Canada’s overheated housing market, that imposes a two-year ban on foreigners buying homes in 바카라사이트 country. The exception would apply in many instances to foreigners with work permits and foreign students seeking permanent residency.
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