|
|
Born in Zimbabwe, Ms. Jura arrived in Canada at age 11, living in Toronto's Rexdale neighbourhood while her parents gained Canadian training, then moving to Steinbach, Man., where her mother, a chemist, got a job. Now in her second year at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus, Ms. Jura, 18, says higher education was always the goal.  Researchers have long known, for example, that there are several factors that influence a young person's decision about higher education. How far their parents went in school, family income, where they live and academic achievement are key. But even when all these factors are taken into account, new research, based on numbers collected by Statistics Canada over several years, shows young people who came to Canada as children or are the offspring of immigrants are still far more likely than other Canadians to enroll in university. This gap is even greater when students are divided by country of origin. A study, conducted by Prof. Finnie and Richard Mueller from the University of Lethbridge, shows that while roughly 38 per cent of non-immigrant Canadians go to university, those who came as children or have parents who came from China, Africa or other Asian countries such as India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have participation rates that in some cases approach 90 per cent. The study is based on numbers from Statscan's Youth in Transition project, which has been tracking a group of young Canadians since 2000.
Set as favorite
Bookmark
Email This
Comments (2)
  written by Technology News, June 12, 2010
Wow great research work i was really looking for that
Write comment
|
| Last Updated ( Tuesday, 13 October 2009 05:04 ) |
Patricia Jura's journey to university was long and complicated, but her destination was never in doubt. 
Subscribe to this comment's feed
