Canada is the most educated nation!

[D1gger]

In Canada, 50 percent of the adult population has completed tertiary education, easily the highest rate in the OECD. Each year, public and private expenditure on education amount to 2.5 percent of GDP, the fourth-highest rate in the world. Tertiary education spending accounts for 41 percent of total education spending in the country. In the U.S., the proportion is closer to 37 percent. In Israel, the rate is 22 percent. In Canada, nearly 25 percent of students have an immigrant background.

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_ne...nada-tops-list-of-the-most-educated-countries

I am so smart! S-M-R-T... I mean S-M-A-R-T!

 

[KeithTalent]

Yeah I saw this yesterday. I was actually at a luncheon on Tuesday and one of the speakers broke out some statistics saying that BC is the best Province in this regard, though we apparently need more grad students.

KT

 

[slayernine]

Representing the educated half of Canada.

😀

 

[Phoenix86]

You guys must give a lot of blood!

 

[Rhezuss]

gaga googoo from QC!

 

[Scouzer]

Herpaderp represent!

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

 

[Pocatello]

There must be a lot of Asians in Canada.

 

[silverpig]

Yeah I saw this a few days ago too. We do have quite a bit of student debt, but it doesn't seem as bad as the US.

The odd thing is we apparently have the highest skilled workforce, but don't really lead in industries that require skilled labour.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

What lumber jacks?

 

[CanOWorms]

Canadians will probably go bonkers with nationalism, but completing a university degree isn't necessarily a good metric to use with others, especially since Canadian universities aren't well regarded in most of the world.

 

[KeithTalent]

Canadians will probably go bonkers with nationalism, but completing a university degree isn't necessarily a good metric to use with others, especially since Canadian universities aren't well regarded in most of the world.

Well considering the relatively moderate population here, our universities actually rank quite favourably around the world.

KT

Edit: oh wait, aren't you the asshole who just shits on Canada for everything for some strange reason? :hmm:

 

[CanOWorms]

Well considering the relatively moderate population here, our universities actually rank quite favourably around the world.

KT

I'm not saying that they're horrible. I'm just commenting on the use of that data statistic without more fine-grain analysis.

Edit: oh wait, aren't you the asshole who just shits on Canada for everything for some strange reason? :hmm:

No, I'm the person who posts against Canadian ultranationalists assholes who praise Canada for everything for some strange reason (not that it is going on in this thread).

 

[KeithTalent]

I'm not saying that they're horrible. I'm just commenting on the use of that data statistic without more fine-grain analysis.

Well as I said I think they rank quite favourably in many world University rankings (UofT, UBC, and McGIll show up quite often) which is not bad, again considering our population size.

KT

 

[IAteYourMother]

Why does Canada have such a small population given its relative wealth/prosperity, healthcare, and political stability? I get that it's fucking cold, but given its positives, I'd expect it to have more people than other fucking cold countries

 

[CanOWorms]

Well as I said I think they rank quite favourably in many world University rankings (UofT, UBC, and McGIll show up quite often) which is not bad, again considering our population size.

KT

You can compare Canada to California since they have similar population sizes, but it's not even close in regards to the quality of the universities (perhaps this will change with California's budget issues).

I'm not sure what population size has to do with it though.

 

[KeithTalent]

Why does Canada have such a small population given its relative wealth/prosperity, healthcare, and political stability? I get that it's fucking cold, but given its positives, I'd expect it to have more people than other fucking cold countries

Because a shit tonne of the land mass in nearly uninhabitable, Manitoba for instance.

KT

 

[IAteYourMother]

Because a shit tonne of the land mass in nearly uninhabitable, Manitoba for instance.

KT

So what? Population density can increase, and there's plenty of land mass that could be easily habitable with the appropriate infrastructure. It's not like the land that is "habitable" is exactly jam packed.

Canada's birth rate is very low, which seems reasonable since we know that Canadians are highly educated, but is it difficult to immigrate to Canada? I would just think there would be more immigrants given the positives Canada has going for it, although I guess not bordering Mexico is a big reason.

 

[KeithTalent]

So what? Population density can increase, and there's plenty of land mass that could be easily habitable with the appropriate infrastructure. It's not like the land that is "habitable" is exactly jam packed.

Canada's birth rate is very low, which seems reasonable since we know that Canadians are highly educated, but is it difficult to immigrate to Canada? I would just think there would be more immigrants given the positives Canada has going for it, although I guess not bordering Mexico is a big reason.

This is one of the easiest places in the world to immigrate to and they are trying to make it easier for educated peoples, but I think our birth rate is so low it does not get fully compensated for by immigration.

KT

 

[Exterous]

This is one of the easiest places in the world to immigrate to and they are trying to make it easier for educated peoples, but I think our birth rate is so low it does not get fully compensated for by immigration.

KT

Interesting. So all we have to do is wait for you guys to die out and we can annex the 3 square miles of habitable land Canada has! (And get a free tank!)

 

[Imp]

Great! People can get jobs then!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...obless-rate-hits-9-month-high/article2325201/

 

[silverpig]

This is one of the easiest places in the world to immigrate to and they are trying to make it easier for educated peoples, but I think our birth rate is so low it does not get fully compensated for by immigration.

KT

We do have a cap on the number of immigrants we let in though.

 

[silverpig]

You can compare Canada to California since they have similar population sizes, but it's not even close in regards to the quality of the universities (perhaps this will change with California's budget issues).

I'm not sure what population size has to do with it though.

Not saying this is a definitive list or anything, and rankings are subjective, but that's what we're talking about anyways:

http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011

11 Stanford
12 Caltech
17 McGill
21 UC Berkeley
23 U of Toronto
34 UCLA
51 UBC

Not quite as good, but "not even close" doesn't apply.

In Canada, there's no Stanford or Harvard, but going to the "best" university is only marginally better than going to an "okay" one. The top isn't as high, but the bottom isn't as low.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Most educated because they know they cant leave and migrate south to warmer weather without an advanced degree.

My theory at least........

 

[slayernine]

You guys must give a lot of blood!

I'll never give up my life juice. Has nothing to do with my phobia of poky things.