Investing in Aboriginal education in Canada

Estimating the Economic Contribution of Aboriginal People The potential contribution of the Aboriginal population is examined under different scenarios, based on various assumptions about the future path of the educational level, employment rates and employment incomes of Aboriginal Canadians. [...] Finally, the analysis in this paper ignores the dynamic effect that increased education can have on the leadership capacity of the Aboriginal community and therefore may underestimate the contribution of improved education for Aboriginal Canadians to future output and productivity growth. [...] The third section describes the methodology used and the key results obtained from the CSLS research on estimating the impact of closing the education gap on the Canadian economy and governments’ spending and revenues. [...] While the Aboriginal share of working-age population growth between 2006 and 2026 is only 7.4 percent, the Aboriginal share of labour force growth over the same period is projected to be between 12.7 and 19.9 percent, and the Aboriginal share of employment growth between 11.3 and 22.1 percent. [...] A. Estimating the Effect on GDP of Closing the Educational Gap The methodology used in this report is explained in Sharpe, Arsenault and Lapointe (2007) and summarized briefly in Box 1: The potential contribution of the Aboriginal population is examined under different scenarios, based on three assumptions: the educational level of Aboriginal Canadians remains unchanged over the period; the educat