How Canada became an education superpower

Re:How Canada became an education superpower by rubatuga on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:38AM (#14917427)

In the typical sense, Canada will not become an economic superpower. However, countries can also posess cultural capital and I think Canada sets a great example by being the first country to have multiculturalism as a federal policy. The successful integration of citizens in a multicultural society will be viewed highly (and probably romanticized) by the citizens of other countries.

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Re:How Canada became an education superpower by kamaal on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:48AM (#14917463)

When I visited New York, on the way to Statue of Liberty, they made a stop to a place called 'Ellis Island'. That happens to be the place all the early European immigrants landed. So in some way US was considered a beacon and refuge to the worlds freedom loving people who wanted to make a good life for themselves.

And then there was a guide that talked about Thomas Alva Edison and how the American populace of those time felt and had a sense of pride in Edison. They couldn't match the Universities and post-Industrial revolution/renaissance intellectual capital of Europe, but they were happy that people were building the same intellectual capital in their private enterprises.

But in the mean time Germany bled away its best to the US. Ivy leagues happened in the US. The rest is known history.

The same compounding forces that can cause run away success, when applied in a negative sense, the compounding way, can cause run away destruction.

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Re:How Canada became an education superpower by hugh4life on Thursday August 03, 2017 @09:41AM (#14919455)

"That happens to be the place all the early European immigrants landed."

Um no, it's the place where late European immigrants landed. Everyone one of my ancestors were here before the Statue of Liberty was even put up.

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