Group of Thirteen (Canadian universities)

The Group of Thirteen, more commonly referred to as the G13 (or G-13), is a group of leading research-intensive universities in Canada. Formed over 10 years ago as an informal biannual meeting of university executive heads, the grouping is similar to the Australian Group of Eight, although it is not incorporated. The G13's primary activity is in joint research programs. The chairmanship of the G13 rotates among the executive heads of the thirteen universities. There are currently 428,000 students enrolled in the 13 universities.

As of April 2006, three universities were added to the group, expanding the group from ten universities (formerly the G10) to thirteen. The three universities added were the University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa. []

The 13 organizations have within them 66% of all Canada Research Chairs nationwide. CRC allocations are proportional to the amount of grant funding from the three federal granting agencies (NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC); thus, G13 institutions receive about two thirds of all government research funding in Canada.

Members

G10DE: Data Exchange

The G10 data exchange (G10DE), founded in 1999, is a data exchange consortium made to facilitate comparative analysis and benchmarking for Canada's top universities. Comprising the institutional research directors at each of the G10 institutions, the G10DE would, through the formal and informal exchange of datasets and information, support the Executive Heads in the development and enhancement of the distinctive mission of the institutions. The G10DE was modelled after a similar data exchange consortium of leading American research universities. ["University of Western Ontario: Annual Report to the Board of Governors (pg.3)" [http://www.ipb.uwo.ca/documents/2005_performance_indicator.pdf] "In 1999 the executive heads of the G10, Canada’s ten most research-intensive universities(Laval, Montreal, McGill, Queen’s, Toronto, McMaster, Waterloo, Western, Alberta, andBritish Columbia) formed a data exchange consortium to facilitate comparative analysis andbenchmarking. The G10 data exchange (G10DE) was modelled after a similar dataexchange consortium of leading American research universities, and in a comparatively shortperiod of time, the G10DE has produced a valuable set of comparative data. The scope ofthe G10DE continues to expand, and it holds promise for the development of additionalbenchmarking data in future."] ["11th Annual Conference of the Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association:The G10 Data Exchange – Developing a Consortium/Le G10 Data Exchange – Vers un consortium." [http://www.cirpa-acpri.ca/french/final_program.pdf] "In 1999, a voluntary and informal group of Executive Heads from 10 Canadian researchuniversities agreed to create a data exchange consortium: the Group of Ten Data Exchange(G10DE). The G10DE, comprising the institutional research directors at each of the G10institutions, would, through the formal and informal exchange of datasets and information,support Executive Heads in the development and enhancement of the distinctive mission ofthe institutions.Almost two years since its creation, the G10DE is well underway and has proven to beefficient in creating and maintaining the data resources necessary to construct interinstitutionaland inter-jurisdictional comparisons. Included in this paper are topics related tothe development of this consortium: the G10 background, the organization of the G10DE, thecontent of the exchange, the roles of the Data Exchange Coordinator and Chair, its currentevaluation and finally, advice for starting a data exchange consortium."]

With the expansion of the G10 in 2006 to include the University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa, they will be participating in future data exchanges in the G13.

Endowments

The G13 schools have some of the highest financial endowments in Canada. Although they are substantially less than the wealthiest US universities, they are approximately on par with the wealthiest universities in Asia and Europe. Most of the G13 schools have endowments of over $100 million.

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ee also

* List of Canadian universities by endowment
* List of universities in Canada
* Canadian Ivy League
* Ivy League
* Russell Group (a network of leading British research universities)
* Group of Eight (a group of leading Australian universities)
*Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia)
* Coimbra Group (a network of leading European universities)
* Universitas 21 (a worldwide network of research universities)
* Public Ivy (a list of public universities in the United States on par with the Ivy League)
* 1994 Group (smaller research-led British universities, including Durham, St Andrews, and York)
* SKY (universities) (top 3 universities in Korea)
* Science and technology in Canada
* Canadian university scientific research organizations