Published in 1997. People wishing to learn the major phases in the development of Canada's twelve postsecondary higher education systems over the 1945-95 period will find this an essential starting point.

Glen A. Jones (Ph.D. Toronto) is an Associate Professor in the Higher Education Group, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Before joining the Higher Education Group in 1995, he was a member of the Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Brock University

Introduction, The Federal Perspective, Higher Education in British Columbia, 1945-1995: Opportunity and Diversity, Postsecondary Education in Alberta Since 1945, Higher Education in Saskatchewan, Higher Education in Manitoba, Higher Education in Ontario, Higher Education in Quebec: 1945-1995; New Brunswick Higher Education in Nova Scotia: Where Past Is More Than Prologue, Prince Edward Island Newfoundland: More Canadian Than British, But Longer Getting There, Postsecondary Education in the Yukon: The Last Thirty Years, Higher Education in the Northwest Territories, Putting It All Together: Viewing Canadian Higher Education from a Collection of Jurisdiction-Based Perspectives