Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation (CMSF)

The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation (CMSF) was created by an act of Parliament in 1998 to provide awards to students for post-secondary education annually for ten years. When its mandate was completed in January 2010, the Foundation had distributed $325 million in the form of bursaries and scholarships each year throughout Canada in support of post-secondary education.

In addition, the Foundation conducted research into post-secondary access, via the Millennium Research Program. Carleton has been fortunate to be able to harvest the research data and publications from this important program. It gives researchers studying access to post-secondary education a wealth of research data and reports on which to conduct analyses. One of the most important research databases is MESA (Measuring Effectiveness of Student Aid), a longitudinal study of students who received bursaries based on need as assessed by applications to provincial student aid.

The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation (CMSF) generously donated the following surveys to Carleton University to be used for academic teaching and research only.

Check the CMSF Research Publications below for additional information.

CMSF Surveys

Canadian College Student Survey Series, 2001 - 2006 (CCSS)

• 2001-2002: Dictionary (txt) | Frequencies (pdf) | Research Series #6 (pdf) | Abstract (doc)
• 2002-2003: Dictionary (txt) | Frequencies (pdf) | Methodology (doc) | Research Series#6 (pdf) | Research Series #7 (pdf) | Research Series #19 (pdf)
• 2004: Dictionary (txt) | Frequencies (pdf) | Research Series #19 (pdf) | Institutional Report - KU (pdf) | Institutional Report - NC (pdf)
• 2005: Dictionary (txt) | Frequencies (pdf) | Institutional Report (pdf)
• 2006: Dictionary (txt) | Questionnaire (pdf) | Frequencies (pdf) | Institutional Report (pdf) | Study Documentation (pdf)

Ontario College Applicant Survey Series

• 2004: Dictionary (txt) | Questionnaire (pdf) | Frequencies (pdf) | Research Series #21 (pdf)
• 2005: Questionnaire (doc)

Ontario University Applicant Survey

• 2005: Questionnaire (pdf) | Report (pdf)

Student Financial Survey

• 2001-2002: Dictionary (txt) | Baseline Questionnaire (doc) | Monthly Questionnaire (doc) | Frequencies (txt) | Methodology (doc) | Baseline Results (pdf) | Research Series #5 (pdf) | | List of Variables (doc) |

CMSF Research Publications

Research Notes | Research Series | Price of Knowledge | Additional Resources

Research Notes

• Millennium Research Note # 1
  Is University Education in Canada More Affordable Than in the United States? A Review of the Argument Presented in the Affordability of University Education: A Perspective from Both Sides of the 49th Parallel.
  December 2004
• Millennium Research Note # 2
  Changing Course: Improving Aboriginal Access to Post-Secondary Education in Canada
  September 2004
• Millennium Research Note # 3
  Closing the Access Gap: Does Information Matter?
  February 2006

• Millennium Research Note # 4
  The Impact of Bursaries: Debt and Student Persistence in Post-Secondary Education
  July 2006
• Millennium Research Note # 5
  A New Kind of Student Aid: Creating, Implementing and Assessing the Millennium Access Bursaries
  December 2007
• Millennium Research Note # 6
  "Why Access Matters" Revisited: A Review of the Latest Research
  April 2008
• Millennium Research Note # 7
  Ten Things You Need to Know... About Financial Support for Post-Secondary Students in Canada
  Statistics Tables
  October 2008
• Millennium Research Note # 8
  Persistence in Post-Secondary Education in Canada: The Latest Research
  February 2009
• Millennium Research Note # 9
  Are Student Employment and Academic Success Linked?
  April 2009
• Policy Options
  • Mind the Access Gap: Breaking Down Barriers to Post-Secondary Education
    November 2007
  • The Canadian Student Financial Aid System: The Case for Modernization
    November 2007

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Research Series

• Research Series # 1
  Meta-Analysis of Institutional Graduate Surveys
  October 2002
• Research Series # 2
  Investing Early Intervention Programs in Selected U.S. States
  February 2003
• Research Series # 3
  The Role of Guidance in Post-Secondary Planning
  March 2003
• Research Series # 4
  Assessing Canada's Student Aid Need Assessment Policies
  Press Release
  March 2003
• Research Series # 5
  Making Ends Meet: The 2001–2002 Student Financial Survey
  Key Findings | Press Release
  March 2003
• Research Series # 5B
  Ready or Not? Literacy Skills and Post-Secondary Education
  September 2003
• Research Series # 6
  Canadian College Student Finances
  March 2003
• Research Series # 6B
  Research on Retention and Attrition
  December 2003
• Research Series # 7
  Canadian College Student Finances
  Press Release
  December 2003
• Research Series # 8
  Aboriginal Peoples and Post-Secondary Education: What Educators Have Learned
  January 2004
• Research Series # 9
  Recognizing Excellence? Canada’s Merit Scholarships
  Press Release
  March 2004
• Research Series # 10
  Pressure Points in Student Financial Assistance: Exploring the “Making Ends Meet” Database
  March 2004
• Research Series # 11
  Does Money Matter?
  2003
• Research Series # 11B
  Does Money Matter? II
  2003-2004
• Research Series # 12
  The Millennium Bursary in British Columbia - Exploring its Impact: Summary Report
  Press Release | Technical Report
  May 2004
• Research Series # 13
  A Family Affair: The Impact of Paying for College or University
  June 2004
• Research Series # 14
  Changes in Tuition Policy: Natural Policy Experiments in Five Countries
  Press Release
  August 2004
• Research Series # 15
  The 2003 Ontario College Applicant Survey
  October 2004
• Research Series # 17
  Applicant Data in Canada: Another Perspective on Access
  Press Release
  December 2004
• Research Series # 18
  Embracing Differences: Post-Secondary Education Among Aboriginal Students, Students with Children and Students with Disabilities
  February 2005
• Research Series # 19
  Canadian College Student Finances - Third Edition
  April 2005
• Research Series # 20
  Students With Dependants: Common Practices in Post-Secondary Education Institutions in Canada and the United States
  April 2005
• Research Series # 21
  The 2004 Ontario College Applicant Survey - Final Report
  Appendix
  September 2005
• Research Series # 22
  The Millennium Foundation Bursary in Manitoba: Exploring Its Impact
  December 2005
• Research Series # 23
  Student Aid and University Persistence: Does Debt Matter?
  December 2005
• Research Series # 24
  Survey of Secondary School Students
  December 2005
• Research Series # 25
  Post-Secondary Education: Cultural, Scholastic and Economic Drivers
  December 2005
• Research Series # 26
  Funding University Education in Ontario: Ontario University Applicant Survey Report
  February 2006
• Research Series # 27
  Applying the Construct of Resilience to Career Development: Lessons in Curriculum Development
  March 2007
• Research Series # 29
  Report on Student Debt: Canadian College Student Survey and Canadian Undergraduate Survey Consortium
  May 2007
• Research Series # 30
  Canada’s Tuition and Education Tax Credits
  May 2007
• Research Series # 31
  The Class of 2003: High School Follow-Up Survey
  June 2007
• Research Series # 32A
  Lowering Student Debt: Explaining the Decline in the Debt of University Students in Manitoba
  June 2007
• Research Series # 32B
  Easing the Middle-Class Burden: An Examination of the Implications of Reducing Parental Contributions to Post-Secondary Study
  February 2008
• Research Series # 33
  Do Perceptions Matter Regarding the Costs and Benefits of a Post-Secondary Education? A Summary Report of the Research Program Development of Measures of Perceived Returns on Investment from Post-Secondary Education
  May 2008
• Research Series # 34
  Displacement in Federal Transfer Payments: Exploring Concept and Practice with Special Reference to the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
  February 2008
• Research Series # 35
  Access to Medical Education in Canada: Do Differing Tuition Regimes Affect Access and Career Choice?
  May 2008
• Research Series # 36
  The Millennium Bursary in New Brunswick: Impact on Debt and Persistence
  June 2008
• Research Series # 37
  Factors Affecting the Use of Student Financial Assistance by First Nations Youth
  Literature Review
  June 2008
• Research Series # 38
  Immigrant Parents’ Investments in Their Children’s Post-Secondary Education
  November 2008
• Research Series # 39
  In Pursuit of Post-Secondary Education: Summary Report
  November 2008
• Research Series # 40

• In Pursuit of Post-Secondary Education: Summary Report
  November 2008

• Research Series # 41
  In Pursuit of Post-Secondary Education: Whether and When to Go On
  November 2008
• Research Series # 42
  Survey of Canadian Career College Students - Phase III: Graduate Survey
  March 2009
• Research Series # 43
  And After High School? A Pan-Canadian Study of Grade 12 Students in French-Language Schools in Minority Settings: Educational Aspirations and Plans to Pursue a Career in Their Home Region: Research Report
  Executive Summary
  April 2009
• Research Series # 44
  Educational Pathways: Some Key Concepts
  June 2009
• Research Series # 45
  Educational Pathways and Transition Modes in Canadian Post-Secondary Education - Note 4 : Project Transitions
  December 2009
• Research Series # 46
  Report on the Data-Readiness of Post-Secondary Access and Retention Programs for Under-Represented Groups
  Executive Summary
  November 2009
• Research Series # 46
  What Do We Know About the Pathways and Transitions of Canadian Students in Post-Secondary Education? Note 1: Transitions Project
  December 2009
• Research Series # 47
  The Influence of Social and Cultural Determinants on Post-Secondary Pathways and Transitions - Note 6: Transitions Project
  December 2009

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Price of Knowledge

• The Price of Knowledge: Access and Student Finance in Canada - 1st Edition
  September 2002
• The Price of Knowledge: Access and Student Finance in Canada - 2nd Edition
  November 2003
• The Price of Knowledge: Access and Student Finance in Canada - 3rd Edition
  September 2007
• The Price of Knowledge: Access and Student Finance in Canada - 4th Edition
  November 2009
• Individual chapters are available below:
  • Chapter 1: The Value of a Degree: Education, Employment and Earnings in Canada
    Backgrounder
  • Chapter 2: Participation in Post-Secondary Education: Recent Trends
    Backgrounder
  • Chapter 3: Persistence in Post-Secondary Education
    Backgrounder
  • Chapter 4: Paying for Post-Secondary Education
    Backgrounder
  • Chapter 5: Getting to Post-Secondary Studies
    Backgrounder
  • Chapter 6: Student Financial Assistance in Canada: Past, Present and Future
    Backgrounder
  • Chapter 7: Student Debt in Canada
    Backgrounder
  • Conclusion: From Research to Action

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Additional Resources

Title: A million futures : the remarkable legacy of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Author: Silver Donald Cameron
Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2010.
Location: Data Services, Room 122 MacOdrum Library.

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