Again, as there is no federal ministry of education in Canada, and since each province
and territory has jurisdiction over its own educational portfolio and curricula, efforts by
the federal government to augment the country’s STEM-related human capital and
research and development systems, including the country’s standing within the global
knowledge economy, have been implemented through a variety of arms-length
organizations, ministries and funding mechanisms; Industry Canada, the Tri-Council
research granting agencies, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, to name a few
that will be examined in this report