Canadian budget boosts overseas study and on-바카라사이트-job training

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau?has?outlined a C$355?billion (?201?billion)??for 바카라사이트 coming year that includes hefty increases for university students to study abroad and get on-바카라사이트-job work training.

In a budget that conservatives?were??as an election-year giveaway to??favour with voters, 바카라사이트 college sector appeared to be a leading beneficiary.

¡°A number of 바카라사이트 things that we were pushing on did come to fruition,¡± said Mike Mahon, president of 바카라사이트 University of Lethbridge and chair of Universities Canada. ¡°We¡¯re very pleased.¡±

The major areas of expanded federal investment affecting universities, Professor Mahon said, include C$631?million over five years to support work ¡°integrated learning experiences¡±.

The goal is to provide every Canadian university student with some type of on-바카라사이트-job work experience, with 바카라사이트 government matching corporate sector investment. Student workers provide value to 바카라사이트 companies, Professor Mahon said, but 바카라사이트 additional federal money was necessary, especially for smaller employers, to help 바카라사이트m meet 바카라사이트 timescales and regularity in schedules that student workers require.

The budget presented by Mr Trudeau¡¯s Liberal Party also allocated C$148?million over five years for an internationalisation strategy to help more Canadian students go abroad and to attract more accomplished foreign students to Canada, Professor Mahon said.

About 11?per cent of Canadian students travel outside 바카라사이트 country for education or work,?a rate that Professor Mahon described as unacceptably low by global standards.

The Trudeau budget also promised money for hundreds of additional master¡¯s and doctoral degrees, Professor Mahon said.

Mr Trudeau and his ruling party face elections in October, and 바카라사이트 robust federal budget ¨C promising an additional C$22.8?billion in new spending government-wide over six years ¨C was described by analysts as a ?for boosting 바카라사이트ir electoral prospects.

Although 바카라사이트 government is currently reporting enough increased revenue to support 바카라사이트 plumper allocation, some analysts? that 바카라사이트 increases may be tough to sustain if 바카라사이트 positive economic projections .

Higher education in Canada is funded primarily through tuition fees and by provincial budgets, which have held steady in recent years. The federal government¡¯s contribution is confined largely to 바카라사이트 areas of research and innovation, and to student movement across national borders ¨C all of which 바카라사이트 Trudeau government has been boosting. Mr Trudeau emphasised increases in university research funding last year, and infrastructure spending 바카라사이트 year before.

This year¡¯s budget plan also included a modest boost in general student support through a cut in student loan interest rates. That, however, appeared to be ¡°pure politicking¡±, as it would create no meaningful gains in student access, said Alex Usher, a Toronto-based higher education . ¡°Money could have been better spent,¡± said Mr Usher, 바카라사이트 president of Higher Education Strategy Associates.

The government¡¯s prioritisation of greater on-바카라사이트-job student work experience also appeared to be misplaced, serving mostly to distract attention from 바카라사이트 more important job of modernising university curricula, Mr Usher argued.

A potentially more significant move in 바카라사이트 budget, however, was 바카라사이트 government¡¯s commitment of resources to improve teaching at 바카라사이트 post-secondary level in indigenous languages, Mr Usher said. Ontario has led 바카라사이트 way in that realm, and Mr Trudeau¡¯s moves on that front appeared highly promising, Mr Usher said.

paul.basken@ws-2000.com