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Canadian, West African researchers get support to tackle national and global challenges
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Michael Houghton’s Nobel Prize win shows Canada’s strength in biotechnology
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Celebrating Michael Houghton, 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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National program expands to help Canadian researchers gain recognition
Facts and stats
Impact of Canada's universities
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1.4Mstudents at Canadian universities in 2019
There were about 1,090,000 full-time and 266,000 part-time students in 2019.
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1.8Mnew jobs
Between March 2009 and March 2019, 1,794,500 new jobs were created for university graduates, twice as many as those created for graduates of all other types of postsecondary education combined.
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$38Benterprise
As a $38 billion enterprise in direct expenditures, universities are significant drivers of economic prosperity. They provide employment for close to 310,000 people.