confronting the challenges of responding to rising demand for higher education and research caubo...
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Confronting the challenges of responding to rising demand for higher education and research
CAUBOJune 20, 2005
The fastest growing occupations require the most education
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Natural and Applied Sciences
Professional Occupations in Business and Finance
Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport
Social Science, Education, Government & Religion
Sales and Service Occupations
Health Occupations
Management Occupations
Trades & Transport, Primary, Mfg & Processing
All Occupations
Growth in full-time employment, 1990 to 2004 Proportion with a university degree, 2004
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2004
Provincial operating evenues, when adjusted for inflation, have risen strongly
over the past seven years
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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ns
Source: AUCC using data from Statistics Canada
Expectation / requirement to grow enrolment
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
500,000
550,000
600,000
650,000
700,000
750,000
800,000
850,000
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rolm
ent
Source: Statistics Canada data and AUCC projections
Universities are using those resources to respond to growing enrolment demand
Almost 130,000 in three years –well beyond halfway to the 2011 projection
Trends projections
Contributions of the last eight federal government budgets to the foundations of university research
Human Resources
Canada Research Chairs
Graduate studies - 4,000 scholarships by 2007-08
Indirect Costs of Research
One-time support (2001)
Permanent support
2003-04 and beyond
InfrastructureCanada Foundation for Innovation
$500 million for research hospitals
Direct Costs of ResearchRestoration of granting agencies funding to1994 level
Annual increases to granting agencies budgets since 1998
Strong signals that PSE is rising on the political agenda
• Major space increases in Ontario, B.C. and Alberta in response to rising demand
• CMEC: Fall 2004 and Spring 2005– Provinces need to address Aboriginal education and PSE
capacity/ infrastructure issues
• Provincial reviews of PSE– NB, Newfoundland and Québec– Rae in Ontario – calls for greater federal investment
• Council of the Federation – “the restoration of higher education as key to our future.”
• Dedicated PSE transfer - Liberal and Conservative conventions• Layton Budget and McGuinty deal
Since 1997, all sectors have increased their investments in university research
Source: Statistics Canada, Estimates of Canadian research and development expenditures
Provincial Governments
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500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002p 2003p
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Private Sector
Not-for-Profit Foreign
The majority of recent federal investments in university R&D have been over the last 3 or 4 years – more time is required to realize the returns on these investments
Canada Research Chairs
Beginning offederal reinvestment in research
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Indirect costs – one-time payment
1999-00
$200 $225
GRANTING COUNCILS
CANADA FOUNDATION FORINNOVATION
INDIRECT COSTS
CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS
GENOME CANADA
Genome Canada
$349
1997-98 1998-99 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
$13
$27
$683
Total
$59 $103 $146
$114 $325$231$183
$43 $60 $83
$768 $1,314$1,196$1,069$953$868
Total
Millions of current dollars
Source: AUCC estimates
$425
$188
$321
$6,850
$9 B$2,117$1,683$1,603$1,151$982$795$683
$1,231
$2
Indirect costs – permanent program
Support for R&D represents a long-term investment in Canada’s future
“Breakthroughs don’t happen by chance, they happen through sustained and dedicated effort. Research today is the source of new jobs tomorrow.”
Finance Minister Paul Martin, Budget Speech, 2001
“You have to recognize that the more basic the research, the longer-term the payoff is; so if people get into a mindset that you have to get a rapid return on your money, you're just not going to. That's not the nature of research, but it's critically important.”
Industry Minister David Emerson, House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, 2004
“We should not look for short-term payback for that $13 billion we have invested…”
National Science Advisor Dr. Arthur Carty, House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, 2004