Academica Group is a Canadian based research and marketing consultancy focused on post-secondary education. They conduct research, and highlight trends for post-secondary institutes to help them map out the changing roads ahead. They provide a free subscription service called Top Ten, a daily news brief. Many post-secondary institute leaders, managers and administrators subscribe to this service for daily updates. I have been scanning the daily updates of Top Ten for a while and have noticed since starting ETEC 521, that there is a fair amount of news related to indigenous education in Canada. Here are some recent news items that came up with the following search terms:
- National call to action on Aboriginal education, June 21, 2011
- Number of Aboriginal graduates would soar if learning gap closed, says activist, June 9, 2011
- $1-million gift supports Laurentian Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, June 22, 2011
- MUN med school looking to increase Aboriginal student enrolment, June 14, 2011
- Brandon U new member of University of the Arctic, June 21, 2011
- UBC, UVic develop Web portals focusing on Aboriginal community, Feb 10, 2011
- UCN president reportedly pushed out over opposition to mandatory Aboriginal course, Jan 13, 2011
- UVic professor’s lecture sparks FBI call, Jan 11, 2011
- Report sets out national goals for Inuit education, June 17, 2011
- Nunavik school board planning college-level program for Inuit youth, Nov 9, 2010
- NOSM, MNO partnership aims to increase enrolment of Métis students, May 27, 2011
- Boréal opens Centre Louis-Riel, Nov 23, 2011
My favorite part of the Academica site is the work of Ken Steele, Senior Vice-President, Education Marketing. Ken does a roadshow and if you ever have the chance to see one of his presentations on the future trends in post-secondary education, it is well worth the time spent. Ken has U-tube channel where he gathers higher education commercials and lip dubs including UBC’s LipDub. Many of these commercials are thought provoking including Ontario Colleges Obay commercial.