Finance committee  Maybe I'll take a quick 30 seconds to explain open education resources a little better. Traditionally, we look at learning materials as textbooks. Textbooks come from publishers. They have authors. Those authors are compensated for their work. In an academic setting, whether it

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  I cannot confirm that.

Finance committee  Currently, we are trying to help students in terms of loans and grants. I'm focusing on those who need them most. At this point, we've seen really encouraging models come forward in Ontario and New Brunswick, and I'm under the impression that Alberta as well is putting on trial t

Finance committee  Absolutely. I am a registered nurse myself, as well as a student returning back to post-secondary, so I've seen the impact this can have first-hand. Speaking specifically within the post-secondary realm, currently we're asking the federal government for help because, across the

Finance committee  Good evening, Mr. Chair, esteemed committee members, fellow witnesses, and members of the gallery. My name is Shifrah Gadamsetti and I am the president of the student association at Mount Royal University. I am also the board chair of the Canadian Alliance of Student Association

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. As I had mentioned earlier, we would love to see the gender-based analysis of existing policies, for example, the Canada student loans program, the Canada student grants program, but also breaking that down by intersections. I talked about first nation students, for e

Status of Women committee  I don't have the specific numbers for you today, but we can definitely follow up and provide you with them. I do know that there is a significant disparity, though. We aren't even close to critical political mass, which is what...30%? We'd like to see that increase. There has b

Status of Women committee  I'll speak from my personal experience, because we don't necessarily have data at CASA on this topic, and I was very much involved with our program. On average, you see an intake in nursing education at about 20%, and then there is an attrition rate of about 4% to 5% throughout

Status of Women committee  This allows me to highlight the lack of data that we currently have on this issue. We do have a lot of data on employment, on recent graduates, and unpaid internships but with the GBA+ program, for example, we lack data that looks at them from a gender perspective in the ways th

Status of Women committee  It depends on your situation. For example, we see data that emphasizes that the fields that are hiring most right now are in health care. It doesn't necessarily mean that if I have a passion for a certain type of health care, I'm going to get hired into that position. It's speak

Status of Women committee  I do, both personal and with regard to CASA. I'll bring it back to a report that we released on student employment. Essentially our research has shown that with unpaid internships, you have the exact same success rate as someone who hasn't participated in one, with a 33% chance

Status of Women committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee, witnesses, and members of the gallery. My name is Shifrah Gadamsetti and I am president of Mount Royal University Students' Association in Calgary, Alberta, as well as chair of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations