Date: 10/6/2016 Name: Jamie Cole
It’s been a learning curve for the last 100 years for Canadian vocational education. We have had many opportunities to develop Vocational Education with Federal funding over the past century. Unfortunately it has usually come a little too late, with failed communication between the Federal and Provincial government. Let’s have a quick paraphrased look back at its history. After the worldwide economic depression of the mid 1890’s, Canada had a realization of the shortage of skilled workers. The Canadian Manufacturers Association formed in 1887 led a campaign of being the primary force pressuring the Federal government to train skilled works and to open more schools. The Federal government had to
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When war ended, the Canadian government passed the Technical Education Act (1919). Under its terms, the federal government was to provide $10 million to the provinces, to be spent over a ten-year period, to promote technical education at the secondary school level. The federal government’s funding regulations for this program, however, were considerably tighter than for agricultural education. The restrictive provisions excluded poorer provinces, and by 31 March 1929, only Ontario had claimed its share of the federal funding. As a consequence Ontario’s vocational education programs funded under the Technical Education Act were implemented much earlier than those in some poorer and less industrially developed provinces. Almost 15 years’ easing of federal restrictions was required before all provinces …show more content…
The government removed itself from vocational training funding and left the individual provinces to pick up the entire costs. Some province did well and some did not. They had been placing all their funding towards adult training and invested in the university levels while not funding any vocational education. During the 1970’s, Canada could not compete with Europe’s industrial expansion and competitive costs. By the Federal government not training our own people and not attracting immigrant workers to Canada, we could not keep international trade in balance with other
The hardships of the war have led people to demand higher wages and better work conditions. The postpartum trauma people have gained because of the war has been considered a burden, as certain loud noises could trigger what happened through the war, which is giving them a disadvantage in finding new jobs. The outcome of the first war has put Canada in a bad
A country’s economic system decides its education system. Since China and Canada have different economic systems, China is developing on a diversified ownership economy, while Canada is running its economy by pure capitalism. It is obvious two different education systems run in those two countries respectively. And from my personal experience and some hearing from my friends, I found five main disadvantages of China’s education comparing with Canada’s education.
Moving forward, Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 commissioned federal revenue to create and support of secondary and postsecondary vocational training. Emphasis were placed on instruction in agriculture, home economics, and trades and industry. This act along with the demand for change and other outlets for education, open the doors for trades that prepared people for jobs. Legislation during this time contended that this was the best step moving forward to focus on skills to ensure people were workplace ready.
During the period of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945, Canadian women were allowed a rapid introduction into spheres of labor previously dominated solely by
With most of the men gone to the war the women had to start working in the factories. The women were essential to keep Canada’s economy flowing. But even though the women were still working Canada was still amassing massive debt; Canada could not depend on Britain for money, and the Prime Minister also decided to not raise taxes, so Canada had to borrow “Since Britain could not afford to lend to Canada, White turned to the US.” (First World War WWI), the Prime Minister also decided to borrow form the own citizens of Canada “ In 1915 he asked for $50 million; he got $100 million.” (First World War WWI). Canada’s own debt kept on increasing even reaching the amount of “... $2.46 billion.” (First World War WWI). The economy was in a dire situation, with all the debt and the massive amount of workers needed. Canad tried to relieve some of the burden by taxing companies who made over $50,000. Most factories had shut down so employment was a major issue, but with the Imperial Munitions Board (IMB) being created there were an immense amount of jobs created from this. Canada’s economic crisis had been averted for a while with the creation of the IMB there were a lot more job opportunities, but there was still the debt Canada kept on amassing form the war and the supplies that were constantly needed on the front
As in much of the world, the period 1929-1939 proved to be an extreme social and economic low for Canadians. As a result of
Canada in the 1930s was in a state of economic depression and the people, notably living in the west, were finding it difficult to secure a source of income. R.B. Bennett was elected as Prime Minister by Canadians in 1930 on the basis that he would end unemployment, but by 1932 his government was seemingly overwhelmed by the persistence of the Depression and was becoming
Canada’s economy boosted immensely after WW2. Due to Canada’s boost in the industrial economy and it’s status in WWII there were many job opportunities available. Canada’s most important sector in its economy was agriculture. Canada supplied many resources and raw materials to the war resulting in an economy boom, however they still had their debt of over $10 million dollars. The need of many supplies for the war had resulted in mass productivity of many factories across the country.
By the 1840s, Canada’s economy was still largely agrarian, even though the two key ingredients for industrialization—an available labour force and a transportation infrastructure—were in place.
The Post-9/11 Bill offers much more than an academic, classroom-based education. It also provides opportunities for hands-on veterans and service members who want skill-based training. This is important because veterans and service members are allowed to attend technical schools for short-term degrees that will help them find gainful employment. For starters, the Post-9/11 Bill applies to the technology fields of network, computer and audio/visual (AV) repair. Those who are mechanically inclined may study truck driving and diesel and aviation mechanics. Construction related job programs include electrician, HVAC repair and high-pressure welder. Even gun smithing, tool making, barber school and emergency medical technician (EMT) training are included.
In 1919, World War I had finally come to an end, leaving most of the world in a post war depression. However, in countries like Canada, the decade ahead would be filled with amazing growth and change in many ways. The 1920s were an exciting time in Canada because of the economic prosperity, technological, social and cultural revolutions and growing political responsibility and change in policy that country experienced. These economic, social and political changes really made the 1920s in Canada “roar”.
Canada’s economy was once solely reliant on the exportation of raw materials, such as furs and timber, to Great Britain and Western Europe. Aside from this exportation of raw materials, Canada was largely agricultural in nature. By the time of Confederation, fifty-percent of labour remained agriculturally based (Krahn, Lowe, Hughes, 2008). Changes occurred around 1900; the industrial era replaced the once mainly agricultural and small-scale local production of times past by way of new technologies in the form of electricity, steam powered engines, railways, water wheels, etc. These tools allowed for the re-organization of work from piecework and compensation, based on individual output, to one of large manufacturing plants, high-production, specialized workers, and hourly pay. This industrial era has now morphed into one of new technologies and new careers; careers based in services. The dominance of a service-based economy is prevalent as around 75% of all employment in Canada was in services circa 2005(HRSDC,
Canada is currently sitting at a population of over 30 million people and is ranked 11th in the world in terms of exports (Canada: Economic Freedom, 2017). The economy in the country seems to be thriving very well with many skilled workers and plenty of jobs for most individuals in the civilian labor force. For the most part, Canada has always done pretty well in terms of having a successful economy. Starting in the early 50s Canada was thriving primarily off of the waterways unlike today the country thrives off selling petroleum, cars, and other things other countries need and want. Although this shift from a farm based economy too much more industrialization did not happen until after the Great War, it wasn't until the 1920s until Canada
The skilled trades in America have long been the icon of the working class. Every day millions of people rely on them yet few are ever recognized for the work they accomplish. Without the trades, there would be no office buildings, as well as no plumbing, or electricity, there are plenty more, however, that’s just to list a few. The reason for the project was for personal interest in the trades and the love for hard work over an office setting. In the paper, the lack of skilled trades and the effects that may take place are investigated further. The trades have long been what America was built on, but what’s happening to the future of them, and why fewer students are joining the workforce right out of high school. The push for college has damaged
The Generation Jobless documentary has enlightened me on how bad the after graduation unemployment situation is in Canada. There are more cons than there are pros in the unemployment situation. Some of the positive parts of the graduation unemployment are, the places that help graduates finds jobs, that they graduated with a degree in something, and that they put themselves up higher on the education ladder. Just a few of the cons are underemployment, pointless debt because graduates can’t find jobs in their fields, server jobs are the only jobs graduates can find, and graduates are let go faster than others that have more experience. I feel that Canada needs to do something fast about this issue because they have one of the highest unemployment rates for graduates in OECD countries. There are very few pros in the unemployment situation in Canada.