A Conference Board of Canada report is raising red flags about Canada’s production of PhD graduates. While Ontario does better than most provinces (ranking second overall in Canada), the study is still cause for concern. The Conference Board gives Canada and Ontario a “D” overall in terms of the number of PhD graduates. Quebec is the only province to get […]
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Since 1992, women have made significant gains in PhD enrolment. However, in certain fields, they continue to lag behind men in employment and median salary. The recent Statistics Canada report on the career paths of Canadian doctoral graduates echoes an earlier Statistics Canada release that traced the increasing proportion of doctoral students and graduates who are women. Less than a […]
Recent Statistics Canada research on the career paths of graduates of Ontario doctoral programs shows that while most are employed, many are not in academic jobs and others are overqualified for their current positions. Of the Ontario respondents surveyed in 2007, two years after completing their studies, almost two-thirds had aspirations of becoming a university professor. […]