Group of Thirteen (Canadian universities)

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The Group of Thirteen, more commonly referred to as the G13 (or G-13), is a group of leading research-intensive universities in Canada. Formed over 10 years ago as an informal biannual meeting of university executive heads, the grouping is similar to the Australian Group of Eight, although it is not incorporated. The G13's primary activity is in joint research programmes. The chairmanship of the G13 rotates among the executive heads of the thirteen universities. There are currently 428,000 students enrolled in the 13 universities.

As of April of 2006, three universities were added to the group, expanding the group from ten universities (formerly the G10) to thirteen. The three universities added were the University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa.[1]

The 13 organizations have within them 66% of all Canada Research Chairs nationwide. CRC allocations are proportional to the amount of grant funding from the three federal granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC); thus, G13 institutions receive about two thirds of all government research funding in Canada.

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[edit] Members

The members of the G13 are, in alphabetical order:

University Location Founded Enrollment Homepage
University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta 1908 36,000 Website
University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia 1908 48,000 Website
University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta 1966 28,000 Website
Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia 1818 15,000 Website
Université Laval Quebec City, Quebec 1663 36,000 Website
McGill University Montreal, Quebec 1821 32,000 Website
McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario 1887 22,000 Website
Université de Montréal Montreal, Quebec 1878 55,000 Website
University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario 1848 34,000 Website
Queen's University Kingston, Ontario 1841 15,000 Website
University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario 1827 63,000 Website
University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario 1957 28,000 Website
University of Western Ontario London, Ontario 1878 30,000 Website

[edit] G10DE: Data Exchange

The G10 data exchange (G10DE), founded in 1999, is a data exchange consortium made to facilitate comparative analysis and benchmarking for Canada's top universities. Comprising the institutional research directors at each of the G10 institutions, the G10DE would, through the formal and informal exchange of datasets and information, support the Executive Heads in the development and enhancement of the distinctive mission of the institutions. The G10DE was modelled after a similar data exchange consortium of leading American research universities.[2][3]

With the expansion of the G10 in 2006 to include the University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa, they will be participating in future data exchanges in the G13.

[edit] Endowments

[edit] Total endowment wealth

The G13 schools have some of the highest financial endowments in Canada. Although they are substantially less than the wealthiest US universities, they are approximately on par with the wealthiest universities in Asia and Europe. Most of the G13 schools have endowments of over $100 million. It should be noted that in the University of Toronto, constituent colleges hold endowments as well (not included in these figures).

Rank Institution Endowment
1 University of Toronto $1.82 billion
2 University of British Columbia $1.01 billion
3 McGill University $973.6 million
4 University of Alberta $751 million
5 Queen's University $660 million
6 McMaster University $498.5 million
7 University of Calgary $444 million
8 Dalhousie University $321 million
9 University of Western Ontario $218.8 million
10 University of Waterloo $157.3 million
11 Université Laval $105.3 million
12 University of Ottawa $100.5 million
13 Université de Montréal $89.5 million

[edit] Endowment per student

It should be noted that in the University of Toronto, constituent colleges hold endowments as well. Therefore, in some cases, the combined endowment per student exceeds other Canadian universities. At Trinity College, for example, investments totalling $64.7 million lift the endowment per student to $58,445. [4]

Rank Institution Endowment per student
1 Queen's University $34,800
2 University of Toronto $31,492
3 McGill University $29,944
4 University of British Columbia $21,000
5 Dalhousie University $20,700
6 McMaster University $19,940
7 University of Alberta $18,200
8 University of Calgary $15,800
9 University of Waterloo $6,100
10 University of Western Ontario $5,800
11 Université Laval $2,800
12 University of Ottawa $2,600
13 Université de Montreal $1,600

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ U of C Joins Group of Canada's Most Research-Intensive Universities. University of Calgary. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
  2. ^ University of Western Ontario: Annual Report to the Board of Governors (pg.3) [1] "In 1999 the executive heads of the G10, Canada’s ten most research-intensive universities (Laval, Montreal, McGill, Queen’s, Toronto, McMaster, Waterloo, Western, Alberta, and British Columbia) formed a data exchange consortium to facilitate comparative analysis and benchmarking. The G10 data exchange (G10DE) was modelled after a similar data exchange consortium of leading American research universities, and in a comparatively short period of time, the G10DE has produced a valuable set of comparative data. The scope of the G10DE continues to expand, and it holds promise for the development of additional benchmarking data in future."
  3. ^ 11th Annual Conference of the Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association:The G10 Data Exchange – Developing a Consortium/Le G10 Data Exchange – Vers un consortium. [2] "In 1999, a voluntary and informal group of Executive Heads from 10 Canadian research universities agreed to create a data exchange consortium: the Group of Ten Data Exchange (G10DE). The G10DE, comprising the institutional research directors at each of the G10 institutions, would, through the formal and informal exchange of datasets and information, support Executive Heads in the development and enhancement of the distinctive mission of the institutions. Almost two years since its creation, the G10DE is well underway and has proven to be efficient in creating and maintaining the data resources necessary to construct interinstitutional and inter-jurisdictional comparisons. Included in this paper are topics related to the development of this consortium: the G10 background, the organization of the G10DE, the content of the exchange, the roles of the Data Exchange Coordinator and Chair, its current evaluation and finally, advice for starting a data exchange consortium."
  4. ^ Audited Financial Statments 2006, Trinity College, University of Toronto [Accessed 2 June 2007]

[edit] See also

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