In the less nominally differentiated Ontario post-secondary system, Ryerson University is an institution in the university sector, which predominantly consists of comprehensive universities. In the BC post-secondary education system, BCIT is considered to occupy a unique position as one of the institutes that offer specialized programs with a provincial mandate, focusing on trades and technology (BCCAT, BC post-secondary system). The results are examined and interpreted in light of Birnbaum’s (1983) and Huisman’s (1998) framework on institutional diversity and differentiation. In this paper, I would like to compare British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in British Columbia (BC) and Ryerson University in Ontario with respect to their present educational practices and their institutional development. I invite comments, questions and suggestions to improve this article. ( Note: I wrote this article as an assignment for the course TPS 1821 – Institutional Differentiation in Post-secondary Education, submitted on Feb.
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