How it Works

Hello, and welcome to the University Report Card Navigator.

This page will give you a short introduction and tour of the main screens and functions of the Navigator.

We welcome your comments and suggestions on improving this and other aspects of the University Report Card Navigator.

Users wanting more information in a general sense about the Navigator should consult: The reasons why we created the Navigator

The Welcome Screen

Geographic filters and Academic Programme filters
The first section allows users to pre-filter schools by geographic area, such as region, province or city, as well as by academic programme.


Geographic filters are mutually exclusive; for example, choosing a province will mean that you will not be able to then choose a region at the same time.

Academic programme definitions are taken from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)1. Users may select any or none of these filters.

Indicator Selections
 

Immediately following the Geographic and Academic filters section you are given a list of some 27 indicators, together with brief explanations as to what they mean.

To see these definitions, simply move your mouse over the (i).

You are allowed to select up to a maximum of five indicators, which gives a total number of 6.3 million possible combinations.

The indicators themselves are grouped into 6 broad categories, comprising

• Academic Quality

• Campus Environment

• Costs

• Institutional Resources

• Learning Environment

• Research Quality

Users wanting more detail about these indicators and the data underpinning them should click on the (i) for more information.

Click Search and you will be taken to the Results page.

The Results Page

Your results are contained on this page. A basic explanation is provided, together with a summary of the selected geographic and academic filters you chose, if applicable, as well as the individual indicators you chose. 

If you would like to re-sort institutions by a specific indicator, simply click on the number at the top of the coloured column.

Clicking on the hyperlinked institution names on the left-hand side of the page will take you to some brief facts about the institutions, such as their admissions policies, housing costs, campus, activities, and so forth.

On the right-hand side of the page, only the institutions that are your best match for your combination of indicators are given an info button/checkmark. Clicking on these checkmarks will enable you to ask for that institution to contact you directly with further information about itself. Again, your express permission is required before institutions can contact you, and here we check a second time just to be sure. This feature is not available for all 52 institutions.

Once you’ve completed a search, you conduct another search with different indicators or filters by clicking on the Search Again button.

Enjoy!

¹ No endorsement of the University Report Card Navigator by the AUCC is expressed or implied.