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post-secondary
DCHP-2 (Jun 2016)
adj. — Education
relating to the level of higher education after high school.
Type: 5. Frequency — Although the term post-secondary is widely understood with regards to higher education, it is far more frequently used in Canada than elsewhere (see Chart 1). Currently (2016), post-secondary education refers to any formal program offered by universities, colleges, and institutes including academic, vocational, technical and continuing professional education (see CICIC reference).
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1959
An expert states that 33 percent of any age group is capable of success in post secondary education, including University, but in Canada only five percent pursue higher education.
1969
One of the most blatant ways in which the university as an institution actively perpetuates the economic and power disparities in our society has to do with the fact that access to post-secondary education in Canada is by no means universal.
1977
She charged that a report for the Ontario Economic Council on the province's educational problems by the professor, John Buttrick, has failed to address the key issue of universal access to post-secondary schooling.
1979
Institutions will list the 47,500 training programs in every post-secondary institution in Canada and permit the client to match the training needed with the careers identified in Choices.
1989
* Financing to universities and post-secondary institutions be increased in the areas of emergency planning.
1999
Founded in 1966, Provincial Artisans Inc. creates employment opportunities for people with disabilities and has provided up to $10,000 in scholarships annually to help these students fund their post-secondary education.
2009
Fifty-two per cent of those with a post-secondary degree or diploma opted for the NDP compared with 34 per cent for the Tories. Among those with a high school diploma or less, the Tories were more popular (47 per cent vs. 39 per cent for the NDP).
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