SUMMARY - Equitable Access to Education
Education is often described as the great equalizer—the pathway through which children from disadvantaged backgrounds can achieve success regardless of circumstances at birth. Yet the reality is more complex. Educational outcomes in Canada remain stubbornly linked to family income, parental education, geography, race, and disability status. Despite universal public education, children do not enter school equally prepared, do not receive equal quality of education, and do not achieve equal outcomes.