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We are at a critical moment for Canada and this budget missed the mark on investing to secure Canada’s future prosperity.
March 30, 2023 Statement

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  • $40B
    enterprise

    As a $40 billion enterprise in direct expenditures, universities are significant drivers of economic prosperity. They provide employment for close to 410,000 people.

    Source: Statistics Canada, Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey 2019/2020, and Universities Canada survey on employment 2021.
  • 1.4M
    students at Canadian universities in 2022

    There were about 1,116,000 full-time and 299,000 part-time students in 2022.

    Source: Universities Canada 2022 Fall enrolment survey, AAU 2022 Fall enrolment survey, COU 2022 Fall enrolment survey and BCI 2022 Fall enrolment survey.
  • 2.1M
    new jobs

    Between March 2012 and March 2022, 2,169,700 new jobs were created for university graduates, three as many as those created for graduates of all other types of postsecondary education combined.

    Source: Universities Canada approximation based on Labour force survey data, 2022.
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Presidents' perspective

Equity, diversity and inclusion: the challenge to lead

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Text on screen: [Equality, diversity and inclusion: the challenge to lead]

Annette Trimbee, president, University of Winnipeg:

Universities should be leading on a lot of these issues because we have this incredible passion and energy and expertise in our students and our faculty and our staff, and that’s really what we bring to the table. So we’re challenged every day, and I think our students, our faculty, and staff can definitely show us the way, and we just have to let them. It really is, to use a phrase from Rick Hansen, a time to “measure up”. Universities need to set stretch targets, we need to develop action plans, we need to measure progress, and we need to be held to account.

Text on screen: [Universities Canada/Universités Canada logo. The Voice of Canada’s Universities. univcan.ca]

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