Several postsecondary organizations have reacted to the Government of Canada’s Budget 2026. University Affairs notes that the postsecondary sector is “scarcely mentioned” in this year’s budget, but recognizes that the budget proposes $437.9M in funding for Indigenous postsecondary student support, $14.9M in women’s health research, and will begin boosting research commercialization and improving technology transfer from postsecondary institutions. Colleges & Institutes Canada and Universities Canada welcomed the PSE-related initiatives put forward in the budget, with both organizations expressing a commitment to continue to work alongside the federal government towards national security and economic goals. U15 Canada said that the budget “stopped short” of providing investments and policy mechanisms that would fully use Canada’s research ecosystem to strengthen sovereignty.
