Education for All
Everyone has equitable access to affordable, quality education, training, and learning supports.
“I’ve tried to go back to school but I can’t just live on part-time hours because it doesn’t cover my basic needs. I couldn’t buy food, I could barely pay my rent, I was struggling and then on top of it trying to keep my head above water and try to take on school was another thing. So I’m sitting here still not being able to find a proper job.” -Winnipeg, MB
“At the mission school, parents had their children taken away to school, and now the parents who were the children that were taken away have to send their children away to school [in Whitehorse, YK]. It’s still a circumstance of trauma and separation.” -Carcross, YK
“Adult high school with childcare would be a good solution, a good stepping stone that can get people out of poverty because it’s hard to get a job without your high school.” -Ottawa, ON/
| Measure | Indicator | Data Source |
|---|---|---|
| Everyone has equitable access to quality education | Differences in performance related to personal characteristics; School segregation and gap in material and staff shortage between advantaged and disadvantaged schools | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Program for International Student Assessment survey |
| Everyone has equitable access to free or affordable training and skill development of their choice | Proxy: Percentage of adults 25 years of age and older participating in education-related activities | Canadian Index of Well-Being |
| Children and youth have the supports they need to stay in school | Proxy: Percentage of 15–19 year-olds not in employment, education or training (NEET); Proxy: High school completion rate | Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-Being, CIF 8.3.1 (but for ages 15-29); Statistics Canada. Table 37-10-0170-01, CIF 4.1.1 |
| Schools support diverse learning styles and abilities | Recommendation: Percentage of neurodiverse students and students with disabilities who feel that they are well-supported at school | Gap |
| Children have opportunities for culturally relevant and land-based education | Recommendation: Percentage of children who have access to cultural, traditional, or land-based education; Proxy: Percentage of Indigenous 15–17 year-olds who speak an Aboriginal language; Model Indicator from Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-Being: Percentage of children in elementary schools that provide at least one Indigenous learning opportunity | Gap; Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-Being |
| Children and youth are taught financial literacy and budgeting in schools | Proxy: Student financial literacy proficiency levels | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Program for International Student Assessment survey |
| Post-secondary education is affordable for everyone, without the need for loans | Proxy: Percentage of graduates who owed debt to the source at graduation | Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey |
Recommendation: existing indicator and data source partially fulfill the measure.
Gap: gap for data source where it does not exist.
Magenta: existing indicator in Canadian Indicator Framework