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"This new strategy is an enormously valuable contribution to a critically important discussion."—Geoffrey Plant, Special advisor to the Premier and Advanced Education Minister for Campus 2020, Plan for British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education System
“The Canadian Council on Learning today released a call for a comprehensive strategy for producing and disseminating data and information tailored to the different needs of prospective students, their families, educational researchers, government policy makers and post-secondary institutions across Canada. There are currently several ongoing reviews of the information required to meet the needs of various users. The CCL report will help to bring people together to discuss short and longer term priorities for a data strategy in Canada, including the level of additional investments required to support data collection through agencies like Statistics Canada. AUCC welcomes the call to develop a new information strategy and looks forward to participating in its development.”—Claire Morris, President and CEO, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
"The Association of Canadian Community Colleges welcomes this initiative of CCL to identify a pan-Canadian data strategy for PSE. Good reliable data on our post-secondary system and, in particular, on our colleges and institutes is critical to sound public policy and good labour-market decisions."—Gerry Brown, President of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges
“As the leader of one of Canada’s foremost universities I need better information in terms of student enrolment, demand and capacity to help me allocate resources and provide our students with the highest-quality education possible. In a global environment, Canadian universities also need to know how they perform compared to other countries. CCL’s data strategy is a welcome initiative that will support better investments in post-secondary education—by students, governments, and universities themselves.”—David L. Johnston, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Waterloo
"CAUT welcomes this important initiative. As the CCL report makes clear, we have only an incomplete picture of post-secondary education in Canada. There are virtually no data on colleges and significant gaps in our understanding of the characteristics of academic staff at universities. There is no reliable information on the number of part-time staff or the number of Aboriginal professors and other equity-seeking groups. These data gaps make it very difficult for policy-makers, administrators, and academic staff associations to develop effective and appropriate policies and practices."—James Turk, Executive Director, Canadian Association of University Teachers
"Reliable and sufficient data is essential to sound decision-making. That's true whether you're a student investing in your future or a policy-maker investing in the country's future. And that's what post-secondary education is—an investment in our future."—Dr. Robert G. McCulloch, President and CEO, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
“Accessible, up-to-date information is an essential piece of the puzzle for those looking to evaluate and improve upon their performance. This is especially true when it comes to universities and colleges, where students have come to expect the best quality education for their money. The new data strategy put forth by the Canadian Council on Learning will help address the information gap that exists in Canada’s PSE sector; a long-standing issue that has stopped us from getting a clear picture of our overall performance. It is the kind of forward-thinking initiative that will benefit us all; including those involved in colleges and universities, the private sector, government and individual Canadians.”—Leslie "Skip" Triplett, President and CEO, Kwantlen University College
"Good information is the basis of good decision-making. A skilled and adaptable workforce is crucial to Canada's success, and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce supports the Canadian Council on Learning's efforts towards a strategy to provide comprehensive, pan-Canadian data on post-secondary education."—The Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
“Most of the jobs being created in Canada require post-secondary education. So we need to ensure the best quality results possible. But it is difficult to improve what you can't measure. Data are available from some institutions and, for some matters, from some provinces. But on many critical issues we do not have consistent, national information. CCL will make a vital contribution if it can close this data gap.”—Don Drummond, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group
“In today’s rapidly changing knowledge economy, it’s difficult to meet the ever-increasing demand for well-qualified workers. An effective post-secondary education sector is critical to the development of the skills and knowledge needed in the 21st-century workplace. The Canadian Council on Learning’s proposal for a strategy to collect information on post-secondary education on a national basis will help the manufacturing sector to understand better the numbers and qualifications of people being prepared for the labour market and to identify where skills gaps may exist—enabling us to address issues before it is too late.”—Jayson Myers, President, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
"The huge sums that Canadians invest in post-secondary education are critical to our country's future economic strength and quality of life. If we do not have good information, we cannot possibly make the best decisions about how and where to invest—and all of us will pay a stiff price for that lack of knowledge."—Thomas d'Aquino, Chief Executive and President, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
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