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The Group of Ten, more commonly referred to as the G10 (or G-10), 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 G10's primary activity is in joint research programmes. The chairmanship of the G10 rotates among the executive heads of the ten universities.
There is some disagreement on what criteria separate these 10 schools from other Canadian universities, especially by schools excluded from membership (such as the University of Ottawa and the University of Calgary, both of whom were discussed as potential members in 1999, but ultimately were not added).University of Calgary: Fact Files May 2005 (pg.3) * "In 1999 the then chair, Bernard Shapiro (president of McGill at the time) initiated a discussion regarding whether the G-10 membership should be extended to include Ottawa and Calgary. This led to the first documented analysis of “the amount of research and PhD grants each school participates in”. The 1999 analysis, according to the Chair, did not provide a clear cut demarcation that would have the G-10 add only the University of Calgary and the University of Ottawa but not the four or five universities after that. Perhaps this is why the issue stalled and no change has occurred to the original G-10 membership."
Members
The members of the G10 are, in alphabetical order:
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. Comprised of 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.University of Western Ontario: Annual Report to the Board of Governors (pg.3) * "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."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. * "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, comprised of 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."
Endowments
Total endowment wealth
The G10 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 universities in the UK and Europe. Most of the G10 schools have endowments of over $100 million.(listed by total market value of endowment as of 2005)University of Western Ontario: Annual Report to the Board of Governors (pg.49) 19th May 2006
- Toronto: $1.4 billion.
- McGill: $760 million.
- UBC: $663.8 million.
- Alberta: $541.4 million.
- Queen's: $516.8 million.
- McMaster: $365 million.
- Western: $175.3 million.
- Laval: $105.3 million.
- Montreal: $89.5 million.
- Waterloo: $79.8 million.
Endowment per student
(listed by endowment per student as of 2003)University of Western Ontario: Annual Report to the Board of Governors (pg.49) 19th May 2006- McGill: $31,820.
- Queen's: $25,754.
- Toronto: $23,042.
- UBC: $19,706.
- Alberta: $17,891.
- McMaster: $14,493.
- Western: $6,884.
- Waterloo: $3,980.
- Laval: $3,827.
- Montreal: $3,061.
Notes and references
See also
- List of universities in Canada
- Ivy League
- Russell Group (a network of leading British research universities)
- Group of Eight (a group of leading Australian universities)
- Coimbra Group (a network of leading European universities)
- Universitas 21 (a worldwide network of leading research universities)
- Public Ivy (a list of public universities in the United States on par with the Ivy League)
- 1994 Group (smaller research-led British universities, including York, Durham, and St Andrews)
- Tokyo 6
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