Canadian Universities Research

First and foremost, I have done a thorough but not too deep research on universities in Canada. Most of it specifically for engineering. I hope this will help all of my friends in guidance to choose university especially ICPU applicants.

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I have compiled information from five links that sorts up universities ranking based on several criteria, and this is several universities on the top:

1 University of Toronto
2 University of British Columbia
3 McGill University
4 University of Alberta
5 University of Waterloo
6 University de Montreal
7 McMaster University
8 Simon Fraser University
9 University of Calgary
10 Queen's University
11 University of Western Ontario

Hereby, I uploaded the file with all those ranking compiled - download below:

canadaURank.xls

Compiled from these links:

http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD2008/ENG2008.htm
http://www.webometrics.info/rank_by_country.asp?country=ca
http://ranking.heeact.edu.tw/en-us/2008%20by%20Fields/Domain/ENG/Country/Canada

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For OUAC, we have to choose 3 universities out of 14 which offers engineering;

OUAC Research by Anas, A.

1 University of Toronto - Toronto

In calculating the average, the Faculty will use the highest mark of the five elective courses.
IELTS 6.5
Engineering program: Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, Mineral, Engineering Science, Track One (General Engineering) (common first year)

2 University of Waterloo - Waterloo

Minimum 70% overall final average
IELTS 7.5
Engineering program (co-op only): Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Geological, Management, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Nanotechnology, Software, System Design

3 McMaster University - Hamilton

Minimum 80-82% overall final average
IELTS 6.5
Engineering program: Chemical, Chemical/Bio, Civil/Struct/Geotech, Civil/Water/Environ, Computer, Electrical, Electrical/Biomedical, Materials, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Software, Engineering Science, Computer Science, Business Informatics, Software & Game Design

4 Queen's University - Kingston

Minimum 80% overall final average
Minimum English 4U grade of 70%
IELTS 7
Engineering program: Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Geological, Mechanical & Materials, Mining, Math and Engineering, Engineering Chemistry, and Engineering Physics.

5 The University of Western Ontario - London

Engineering program: Civil, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Integrated

6 University of Ottawa - Ottawa

Minimum 70% overall final average
Engineering program: Biomedical Mechanical, Chemical, Chemical & Computing Tech, Civil, Civil & Computing Tech, Computer, Electrical, Electrical & Computing Tech, Mechanical, Mechanical & Computing, Software

7 York University – Toronto

Minimum mid 80% overall final average
IELTS 7.5
Engineering program: Computer, Geomatics, Space

8 Carleton University - Ottawa

IELTS 6.5
Engineering program: Aerospace, Civil, Communications, Computer Systems, Electrical, Environmental, Sustainable and Renewable Energy, Mechanical, Physics, Software, Biomedical & Electrical, Biomedical & Mechanical

9 Ryerson University - Toronto

Minimum 70% overall final average
Minimum of 60% is required in each of the program specific subject requirements
IELTS 6.5
Engineering program: Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical (Co-op), Civil, Computer,

Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Urban and Regional Planning, Architectural Science

10 Lakehead University - Thunder Bay

Minimum 70% overall final average
IELTS 6.5
Engineering program (All coop): Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Software

11 University of Ontario Institute of Technology - Oshawa

Minimum 70% overall final average
IELTS 7
Engineering program (can also be plus management e.g. Automotive Engineering and Management) : Automotive, Electrical, Energy System, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Nuclear, Software

12 Laurentian University – Sudbury

Engineering program: Chemical, Mechanical, Mining (co-op), Civil

13 University of Windsor - Windsor

Minimum 70% overall final average
IELTS 6.5
Engineering program: Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Mechanical

14 University of Guelph - Guelph

IELTS 6.5
Engineering program: Biological, Environmental, Mechanical, System & Computer, Water Resources

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I also found a very meaningful article/research/survey from Macleans.ca;

Which school do the experts think is tops?
By Mary Dwyer | November 10th, 2008 | 7:20 am

Results of Maclean's university reputational survey

University-bound students are keen to learn as much as possible before deciding which university to attend, quizzing those who may have an opinion worth listening to. Take those opinions and multiply them hundreds of times over and you have the idea behind Maclean’s reputational survey. What do those whose professions put them in a position to form opinions—both about how well universities are meeting the needs of students and how ready their graduates are to embark on successful careers—really think?

To find out what the professionals think about the state of post-secondary education in Canada, Maclean’s solicited the opinion of nearly 12,000 individuals across the country, asking for their views on quality, innovation and leadership at Canadian universities.

Those surveyed included university officials at each ranked institution, high-school principals and guidance counsellors from every province and territory, the heads of a wide variety of national and regional organizations, plus CEOs and recruiters at corporations large and small.

Respondents were asked to rate Canada’s universities in three categories: Highest Quality, Most Innovative, and Leaders of Tomorrow. Best Overall represents the sum of the scores for all three categories. The survey form reminds participants that Maclean’s does not expect them to be familiar with every university, and that we are asking them to provide their views only on those universities about which they have an informed opinion.

The reputational survey has a regional as well as a national component that divides the country into four key areas: the western provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. All respondents completed a national survey; university officials, principals and guidance counselors also completed regional ones, allowing them the opportunity to focus on the region they know best. The national and regional surveys are combined to produce the final results.

This year, a new name was added to the survey list: the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Founded in 2003, UOIT’s relative youth precludes it from yet being included in our overall ranking, but its results on the national reputational ranking are included here in the interest of prospective students. UOIT’s results were no included, however, when the reputational indicator score was calculated as part of the overall rankings.

The reputational survey achieved an overall response rate of 7.1 per cent. Broken out by groups, the response rates were: 26.2 per cent for university officials; 4.9 per cent for high-school principals and guidance counsellors; 5.2 per cent for CEOs, corporate recruiters and heads of organizations.



Original article - Which school do the experts think is tops
from macleans.ca

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I'm sorry I haven't research for universities outside Ontario such as McGill, UBC, Calgary. I will update soon.

Please remind as M. Saras said, all universities in Canada is great, and outstanding. But, the point is, you are going to apply for a university!

My Last Duchess - a poem by Robert Browning

(Figure 1: Picture of Robert Browning, embed from Associatedcontent.com)

This is the poem that come out in English 3U final exam. We never learned this poem before, and in 30 minutes allocated for the poem (15 minutes left for me), we have to understand all the contents. Most of us leaves blanks as the answers. How about you if given this questions? Try to understand.

My Last Duchess - a poem by Robert Browning

That's my last duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf's hands
Worked busily a day, and there she stands.
Will't please you sit and look at her? I said
"Frà Pandolf" by design, for never read
Strangers like you that pictured countenance,
The depth and passion of its earnest glance,
But to myself they turned (since none puts by
The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)
And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst,
How such a glance came there; so, not the first
Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, 'twas not
Her husband's presence only, called that spot
Of joy into the Duchess' cheek: perhaps
Frà Pandolf chanced to say "Her mantle laps
"Over my lady's wrist too much," or "Paint
"Must never hope to reproduce the faint
"Half-flush that dies along her throat": such stuff
Was courtesy, she thought, and cause enough
For calling up that spot of joy. She had
A heart how shall I say? too soon made glad,
Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er
She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.
Sir, 'twas all one! My favor at her breast,
The dropping of the daylight in the West,
The bough of cherries some officious fool
Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule
She rode with round the terrace all and each
Would draw from her alike the approving speech,
Or blush, at least. She thanked men good! but thanked
Somehow I know not how as if she ranked
My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
With anybody's gift. Who'd stoop to blame
This sort of trifling? Even had you skill
In speech which I have not to make your will
Quite clear to such an one, and say, "Just this
"Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss,
"Or there exceed the mark" and if she let
Herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set
Her wits to yours, forsooth, and make excuse,
E'en then would be some stooping; and I choose
Never to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt,
Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without
Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;
Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands
As if alive. Will't please you rise? We'll meet
The company below, then. I repeat,
The Count your master's known munificence
Is ample warrant that no just pretense
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter's self, as I avowed
At starting, is my object. Nay we'll go
Together down, sir. Notice Neptune, though,
Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!

Some questions: Explain the characters of the Duke and the Duchess and gives evidence from the text. Identify three literary devices used in the poem and defines.

If you don't understand even a single piece of the poem, don't worry. I think the same. If you feel bored looking at the stuff, the same goes to me.



Tips: One of the central techniques of modern literature is the “unreliable narrator.” We saw this technique earlier in the semester in the short story “The Tell Tale Heart,” where the narrator was in fact an insane killer. The first writer to use this technique was Robert Browning in his pivotal poem “The Last Duchess.” The Duke, who is the narrator of the ‘story’ seems at first to be such a nice man. But as the story unfolds we begin to see that he is in fact a control freak that will not allow his wife out of his sight, is jealous of the simplest act of kindness offered her, and eventually has her killed in cold blood. It was a challenging poem, to be sure, and required an understanding not only of English, but of human motivation.

-Mr Wise

icpuScore - we calculate your marks!

ICPU has come to an end, but not yet, there is still a 30% of final exam.

It's too late, but not too. I have done the icpuScore [software] to calculate marks but some students didn't take the opportunity to use it.

This is a good way to improve marks. I know my marks are also not that good but it is very good if you could estimate your course work marks.

Some still don't know what is their level until the end of the course especially chemistry marks for Mr Les students.

For this post, I just want to congratulate and thanks those who use the program of icpuScore (now version 3.2), and hope you found it useful. Before the start of the next semester, I'll update the icpuScore in this blog.