This has led ministries and departments of education in Canada to embrace the concept of truly inclusive education, which places the best interests of the students, social inclusion, equality of opportunity, and active participation at the heart of the learning experience. [...] Barring differences in wording opportunities and success and the and in legal scope, the content of the provision of inclusive education, rather recommendation is identical to that of the than documenting efforts to prevent convention. [...] The Constitution Act, 1867 confers upon It takes the form of an overview of the the provinces exclusive jurisdiction over cultural, demographic, and administrative education and stipulates that the power context within which education in Canada to make laws in relation to education is delivered, together with summaries and the right to develop and implement of specific issues raised by the Member. [...] The Canadian Charter of Rights and legislation to affirm the declaration as Freedoms clearly states that “every a universal, international, human rights individual is equal before and under the instrument with application in Canadian law and has the right to equal protection federal law and provide a framework and equal benefit of the law without for the Government of Canada’s discrimination and,. [...] According to the barriers to attendance in postsecondary 2016 census, approximately 40 percent of education and promote the acquisition immigrants between the ages of 25 and of knowledge and development of skills 64 had attended university and obtained 23 Section Two — Access to Quality Education that will serve Canadians well in work as part of its overall expenditure on and life.
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary 5
- Context and legal framework 5
- Access to quality education 5
- Continuing challenges 6
- Introduction 8
- The nature of the report 8
- Demographic context 9
- Education systems in Canada 9
- Section One — Legislative and Policy Frameworks 11
- Legislation of the Government of Canada 11
- Legislation of the provinces and territories 12
- Section Two — Access to Quality Education 14
- From discrimination prevention to inclusion 14
- Access to quality education 17
- Early childhood learning and development (pre-primary education) 17
- Primary and secondary education 20
- Equality of attainment: graduation 21
- Equality of attainment: skill levels 21
- Reading Performance among Students Attending Majority- and Minority-Language School Systems 23
- Equality of attainment: Indigenous students 23
- Indigenous Education 24
- Postsecondary education 24
- Adult learning and skills development 28
- Quality of education provision and learning environment 29
- Education personnel 30
- Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms 31
- Preventing Anti-Black Racism 32
- The issue of parental choice 33
- Private education 33
- Rights of Indigenous peoples 34
- Rights of official-language minorities 35
- Rights of refugees and migrants 36
- Section Three — Continuing Challenges 37
- Work by Canada’s provinces and territories in Indigenous education 38
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion 40
- Accessibility 41
- Curriculum and school experience 42
- Section Four — Conclusion 43
- Appendix A — Sources 44
- Appendix B — Reports for Canada on the UNESCO Recommendation Against Discrimination in Education 50
- Appendix C — Mapping of the report 51
- Notes 53
