Canadian Ivy League

The Canadian Ivy League, or "Canadian Ivies", is an informal term used to describe five or six selective Canadian universities that resemble the Ivy League of the United States.]

Work with the Ivy League

The invention and first documented North American football match was a game played at University College, University of Toronto on November 9, 1861. The first game involving an American team occurred between McGill University and Harvard College in May of 1874. [ [http://www.newsdial.com/sports/football/football-history.html "History of American Football"] , "NEWSdial.com", 2008. Accessed June 10, 2008.] McGill also maintains a bilateral partnership with Dartmouth College for student study abroad programs. [ [http://www.mcgill.ca/studyabroad/bilateral-partners/#UnitedStates "Bilateral partners"] , "McGill University", 2008. Accessed June 10, 2008.]

The Queen's School of Business maintains a [http://business.queensu.ca/mba_programs/qcemba/index.php joint MBA program] with Cornell University's Johnson School of Management.

Rankings

All of the universities are highly regarded in Canada, with most having notable international recognition, and some having highly significant international prestige. [ [http://www.irsam.ca/mir/about.html "About MIR"] , "McGill International Review", November, 2005. Accessed May 23, 2008.] cite web|url= http://www.topmba.com/fileadmin/pdfs/2007_Top_200_Compact.pdf|title= 2007 THES QS World University Rankings|accessdate= 2008-05-23|author= THES|format= PDF|pages= pp. 2] [cite web | url = http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2006/ARWU2006_Top100.htm | title = Top 500 World Universities | publisher = Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University | date = 2006 | accessdate = 2008-05-23 ]

Within Canada, the Old Four schools in particular have historically performed well in the "Maclean's" annual university rankings. There, they are evaluated in the highest of three peer groupings, as Medical Doctoral universities - "Those in the Medical Doctoral category have a broad range of Ph.D. programs and research, as well as medical schools." [Whyte, Kenneth et al. "Maclean's University Rankings '07", November 19, 2007. Page 101, "Our 17th Annual Rankings - Medical Doctoral ranking". Accessed May 17, 2008.] In recent years, the Old Four have dominated the top positions in the rankings [ [http://communications.uwaterloo.ca/macleans.php "UW's historical rankings in Macleans magazine"] , "University of Waterloo Communications and Public Affairs", 2008. Accessed May 18, 2008.] [Tony Keller et all: “18th Annual Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities” "Maclean's", 2008. Accessed May 16, 2008.] :

ee also

* Queen's-McGill Rivalry
* Public Ivy
* American Ivy League
* Old Four (IV)
* Group of Thirteen
* University and college admissions

External links

* [http://ublog.usphere.com/2007/09/loonie-dollar-and-what-they-both-mean.html The Loonie, The Dollar, and What They Both Mean for U (if you're university-bound)]

References