Census 2016: Canadians, including recent immigrants, are among most educated in the w

[chuckChuck]

The employment rate for immigrants is only slightly less than other Canadians. Since many of the immigrants will be coming with a wide range of degrees and certificates in business, computer science, engineering, agricultural science, and various trades etc. I would think that that they would be finding employment and making a valuable contribution.

No doubt there are some degrees that have less value in the workforce. But faced with hiring someone with a college or university degree vs someone with only a high school diploma it is pretty obvious that completing any post secondary program indicates more life experience and a higher skill level than high school alone.

Even if you only have an arts degree it is a whole lot easier and faster to go back to school and complete another degree in a field where there are more opportunities.

Most people will not work in their field of study and will change careers and jobs multiple times in their lives.

It is hard to argue that we would be better off with less education and less educated immigrants. But on agriville that seems to be the case. LOL

[MBgrower]

Big difference between a doctor and a women studies graduate.


A laywer and a guy with a BA in classic Greek literature.


A dentist and a political studies graduate.


Get hwere I'm going?

... and its always the artys fartys that are protesting for free university tuition. not many engineering, science, med students in those protests. government should prioritize education, better fund the sciences, and jack up the rates on liberal arts, and legal degrees.

[furrowtickler]

... and its always the artys fartys that are protesting for free university tuition. not many engineering, science, med students in those protests. government should prioritize education, better fund the sciences, and jack up the rates on liberal arts, and legal degrees.

Absolutely true 👍

[Klause]

The employment rate for immigrants is only slightly less than other Canadians. Since many of the immigrants will be coming with a wide range of degrees and certificates in business, computer science, engineering, agricultural science, and various trades etc. I would think that that they would be finding employment and making a valuable contribution.

No doubt there are some degrees that have less value in the workforce. But faced with hiring someone with a college or university degree vs someone with only a high school diploma it is pretty obvious that completing any post secondary program indicates more life experience and a higher skill level than high school alone.

Even if you only have an arts degree it is a whole lot easier and faster to go back to school and complete another degree in a field where there are more opportunities.

Most people will not work in their field of study and will change careers and jobs multiple times in their lives.

It is hard to argue that we would be better off with less education and less educated immigrants. But on agriville that seems to be the case. LOL

Stats are fake.


Plus as an immigrant... I can tell you while they are employed many immigrants are not employed in their field... Like the gravel hauler I knew from India. Super nice guy had a degree in advanced propulsion technology and was hauling gravel because Canada didn't recognize his credentials.


Just like my Mom... Qualified enough to be 2nd in logistics at a major German shipping company in Argentina... Told here her diploma doesn't mean anything.


Education is awesome. Indoctrination is not... Liberal arts are socialist indoctrination, white guilt courses. Ends up with a military dictatorship that has to "dispatch" all the "activists".


Education is important. People need to be smart have a free will and critical thinking skills. Wether that comes from a university, high school, trade school, or the school of hard knocks it doesn't matter.

My wife and I love books... We have a huge collection. Classics, fiction, science, medicine, soil, physics... Always something new to learn and discover.

[Horse]

I think the trouble here is the educators, the system is set up to make sure everyone takes 3X as long as it should for any degree.
When you come out of high school you have to up grade for 2 more yrs then you go to college and you can't set up a coruclium to study ,you go for 3 mo then wait 6 to get next course, and on it goes.
In Holland and I think Scotland (ask grass) they are given an accesment and go into more vocational training and come out of 12/13 ys with a
n equivalent of 3 Rd yr apprenticeship, and they can move from 1 vocation to another if feel not suited for current one. This system is screwed and needs an overhaul, but no one complains because they might have to put up with their little darlings and loose out on employment income.

[furrowtickler]

I think the trouble here is the educators, the system is set up to make sure everyone takes 3X as long as it should for any degree.
When you come out of high school you have to up grade for 2 more yrs then you go to college and you can't set up a coruclium to study ,you go for 3 mo then wait 6 to get next course, and on it goes.
In Holland and I think Scotland (ask grass) they are given an accesment and go into more vocational training and come out of 12/13 ys with a
n equivalent of 3 Rd yr apprenticeship, and they can move from 1 vocation to another if feel not suited for current one. This system is screwed and needs an overhaul, but no one complains because they might have to put up with their little darlings and loose out on employment income.

Good point ... but it’s not the educators, it’s the pin heads that are developing the education system.

[SASKFARMER3]

And thats why most are driving trucks for a living. I some how dont believe that stat.