StatCan releases dataset on postsecondary students by Indigenous identity, racialized group

Statistics Canada has released a new dataset on students from Canadian colleges and universities by Indigenous identity and racialized group. The dataset is derived from StatCan’s Postsecondary Student Information System and the Census of Population, and includes students from the 2014 to 2023 cohorts. Users can explore these tables to view data related to Canadian […]

The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) has released their AI Task Force’s report: Charting a Path Forward for Ontario Universities in the Age of AI. The report addresses four pillars: Preparing students and the workforce for an AI future, partnering with industry to advance AI adoption, advancing the responsible use of AI, and building public […]

Statistics Canada has released the initial results of the Full-time University and College Academic Staff System for 2025/26, which includes data from 78 of 109 public degree-granting institutions. The release includes counts and salary data for full-time teaching staff at these universities. An analysis of the data by CTV News revealed that on the highest […]

A new study released by University of Toronto researchers Seerat Gill, Elizabeth Buckner, and Glen A Jones examines the “rise and fall” of public college-private partnerships (PCPPs) in Ontario. The authors examine the role of colleges in the province and the history of PCPPs since their creation in the early 2000s. They note that despite […]

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) has released a report on youth employment in Canada. The report outlines the labour market conditions for youth, the factors potentially contributing to high youth unemployment rates, and the risks that youth unemployment poses […]

In an article for the Canadian Journal of Higher Ed, Emma Harden-Wolfson (McGill University) and Yvonne Zhang (McGill) share their analysis of the IRCC’s approach toward international students. Drawing on IRCC announcements between 2022 and 2025, the authors outline how the IRCC emerged as an important actor in education policy and foreign policy. However, they […]

The Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer (ONCAT) has released a report on the factors influencing students’ mobility decisions in Ontario. With students increasingly following indirect, nontraditional pathways, ONCAT conducted a survey and interviews to better understand the information sources that students used and the factors that influenced their decision-making processes. The study found that […]

Nearly three in four cégep teachers have changed their methods of student evaluation in response to AI plagiarism, according to a new study by Dr Lisa Giachini (Cégep Édouard-Montpetit). In her study surveying 345 teachers across 27 cégeps, Giachini found that while 49% of teachers had adopted stricter measures like increased penalties or in-class tests […]

Researchers are calling for action to address homelessness among postsecondary students. A report published in 2025 by the Post-Secondary Student Homelessness Research Network drew on a literature review and interviews with staff and students from five institutions—Nova Scotia Community College, Lakehead University, Red Deer Polytechnic, the University of Alberta, and the University of New Brunswick—to […]

In an open-access article for Teaching in Higher Ed, Collins Fleischner (Australian Catholic University), Karen Maras (University of New South Wales), and Stephen Marshall (UNSW) summarize the scholarship on education-focused academic roles. The authors write that these roles, which are focused on teaching and educational leadership, have emerged as part of a broader international trend […]