Verbatim Excerpts from reports on higher education
By Communications Staff
January 14, 2010
Building a competitive advantage for Canada
Submission of the Association of Universities and Colleges
of Canada to Finance Minister James Flaherty in advance of the
Spring 2010 federal budget. Nov. 25, 2009
AUCC recommends that Budget 2010:
• Significantly increase
investments in university research through the three federal
research granting agencies. Increases of $400 million in each of
the next two years should be followed by increases of $228 million,
$249 million and $270 million in the subsequent three years, to
greatly enhance Canada's capacity to develop the creative and
talented people, and the innovative new discoveries, products and
services needed to drive productivity;
• Invest in an
international student recruitment strategy at a level of $20
million per year for five years; and
• Expand university
education opportunities for Aboriginal Canadians by increasing
financial support to Aboriginal students, investing in university
programs and services which support Aboriginal students and
establishing a pilot project fund that will see universities
partner with Aboriginal communities to help raise K-12 completion
rates. For the first year of these efforts, $65 million in new
funding is recommended, with increases of $55 million in each of
the following four years.
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