Congratulations to Maclean’s on publishing an article highlighting the need to encourage more top Canadian engineering students to pursue graduate studies in Canada. (“Engineering: The home advantage),” Maclean’s magazine, September 19, 2011)
It should be noted, however, that many Ontario engineering schools have already begun to make significant progress in this regard under the Government of Ontario’s “Reaching Higher” program.
For example, at the University of Waterloo, the number of Canadian and permanent resident students in graduate engineering programs has grown from 889 in fall 2006 to 1,218 in fall 2010, a 37 per cent increase.
This is an achievement in higher education worth celebrating. And, as the article so engagingly describes, it is an achievement we, and others, are committed to building upon.
Adel
Sedra
Dean,
Faculty
of
Engineering
University
of
Waterloo