Federal Budget Includes Investments in Students, Skills and Research
Carleton University welcomes initiatives announced in the 2019 federal budget that will provide new investments in skills, Indigenous post-secondary education, scholarships and fellowships, research and student mobility.
“The budget investments in skills and work-integrated learning, Indigenous students and international mobility will create new capacity in the university sector and provide unique opportunities for our students,” said Benoit-Antoine Bacon, president and vice-chancellor. “I am particularly pleased to see new funding for the Post-Secondary Student Support program and for Indspire that will increase Indigenous students’ access to post-secondary education.”
Funding of university research is an important element in the budget plan.
“In 2018, the sector applauded the federal government’s multi-year investment of $3.2 billion in university research,” said Rafik Goubran, vice-president (Research and International). “As part of that multi-year commitment, $463 million in funding will be allocated in 2019-‘20 to support the work of scientists and researchers. These investments are an acknowledgement of the critical role universities play in discovery and mobilizing knowledge to benefit society and the communities we live in.”
Additional elements of the budget that are important to the university sector include new investments in work-integrated learning; expanded post-secondary options within the Arctic and northern regions of Canada; 500 new master’s scholarships and 167 new doctoral scholarship awards annually; and expanded parental leave for students and postdoctoral fellows, improving equity and inclusion in university research.
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