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 Canada!!  Interested because of family history  Curious about a different country that is still connected to North America  Considered going to college there chocomize.com

 Rich in natural resources  Self- governing since 1867  Retaining ties to British crown  Parallels U.S. economically & technologically  Political challenges in health care, education, social services, & economics eia.gov

 Northern North America  Bordering Atlantic Ocean on East, North Pacific on West, & Arctic on north  Area: 9,984,670 sq. km  Climate: temperate in south to subarctic & arctic in north tallpuppet.com

 Natural Hazards: permafrost in north threatens development & result in cyclonic storms east of Rocky Mountains  Environmental issues: air pollution & acid rain damage forests and lakes  Second largest country in world after Russia  Languages: English (58.8 %), French (21.6 %), other (19.6 %)

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 Canada & U.S. argue over how to divide Beaufort Sea  U.S. helps to intensify security measures for controlling movement of people, transport, and commodities  Illicit producer of cannabis (hydrophonics technology) cannabisnowmagazine.com

 School year from September to June  Mandatory to age 16  Funded at federal level, provincial, or territorial level  Schools taught in both French and English

 Provincial government separated into individual ministries  Ministries oversee smaller bodies (boards of education)  District school boards oversee individual schools  10 provinces and three territories  Public, private, & home-schools

 Provinces separated into districts  School boards in each district  No federal department of education  Different delivery and assessment  Differences among jurisdictions: 1. Geography 2. History 3. Language

 Kindergarten: no required or available in some areas  Elementary: grades 1 through 6  Middle School: 7 to 8  High school: 9 to 12 th  Ends with program to prepare students for university or technical field

 Boomer generation (1947 to 1966) left schools empty & house prices crashed  Teachers are demanding higher salaries & signing bonuses  Education is raising in price  1990s ~ too old to start families, births declined= schools closing

 Language Programs  English and French offered as second language  Offered at all school levels and universities

 Schools can be secular  Christian  Catholic  Separate school boards for religious and non-religious schools

 World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning  Disability and Health  Health education factors  Help those with disabilities and chronic conditions

 Study to understand how urban-residing adolescents act on goals and strategies with their social supports to facilitate career development  Safe future  Finishing school  Highest levels of per capita educational attainment  Supply and demand of higher education

 National interest in postsecondary education expansion  No incentive to consider national well- being  Negotiation of bilateral agreements between individual provinces

 Voluntary student mobility between provinces  Ex: Ontario students studying at McGill University  Increase in postsecondary enrollment & system expansion

 Solution would require students to move  Ontario or Alberta to New Brunswick or Nova Scotia  Personal & economic benefits could possibly increase with a greater work force  Boom and bust cycle associate with predictable demographic trends continues to wreak havoc on system

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Marshall, S. K., Young, R. A., Stevens, A., Spence, W., Deyell, S., Easterbrook, A., & Brokenleg, M. (2011). Adolescent Career factbook/geos/ca.html System.cfm n.asp?preference=canada and-schooling/overview Projects/Canadian-Programs/Pages/Canadian- Programs.aspx