online and campus degrees |
|
Degrees By Type | |
Degrees By Level | |
Degrees By Subject | Business | Computer | Technology | Art | Design | Health Care | Legal | Culinary & Hospitality | Teacher | Film & Jounalism | Criminal Justice |
Degrees By Subject
|
|
Ontario |
|
---|---|
Motto(s):
Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin) ("Loyal she began, loyal she remains") |
|
Country | Canada |
Confederation | July 1, 1867 (1st, with Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick) |
Capital | Toronto |
Largest city | Toronto |
Largest metro | Greater Toronto Area |
Government | |
• Type | Constitutional monarchy |
• Lieutenant Governor | Elizabeth Dowdeswell |
• Premier | Doug Ford (Progressive Conservative) |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
Federal representation | (in Canadian Parliament) |
House seats | 121 of 338 (35.8%) |
Senate seats | 24 of 105 (22.9%) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,076,395 km2 (415,598 sq mi) |
• Land | 917,741 km2 (354,342 sq mi) |
• Water | 158,654 km2 (61,257 sq mi) 14.7% |
Area rank | Ranked 4th |
10.8% of Canada | |
Population
(2016) |
|
• Total | 13,448,494 [2] |
• Estimate
(2019 Q1) |
14,446,515 [3] |
• Rank | Ranked 1st |
• Density | 14.65/km2 (37.9/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Ontarian[4] |
Official languages | English[5] |
GDP | |
• Rank | 1st |
• Total (2015) | C$763.276 billion[6] |
• Per capita | C$55,322 (7th) |
Time zone | |
Postal abbr. | ON |
Postal code prefix | K L M N P |
ISO 3166 code | CA-ON |
Flower | White Trillium |
Tree | Eastern White Pine |
Bird | Common loon |
Website | www.ontario.ca |
Rankings include all provinces and territories |
Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's 2,700 km (1,678 mi) border with the United States follows inland waterways: from the west at Lake of the Woods, eastward along the major rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence River drainage system. These are the Rainy River, the Pigeon River, Lake Superior, the St. Marys River, Lake Huron, the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and along the St. Lawrence River from Kingston, Ontario, to the Quebec boundary just east of Cornwall, Ontario. There is only about 1 km (0.6 mi) of land border made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border.[12]
Ontario is sometimes conceptually divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontario's population and arable land is in the south. In contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and heavy forestation.
Ontario is Canada's leading manufacturing province, accounting for 52% of the total national manufacturing shipments in 2004.[55] Ontario's largest trading partner is the American state of Michigan. As of April 2012, Moody's bond-rating agency rated Ontario debt at AA2/stable,[56] while S&P rated it AA-.[57] Dominion Bond Rating Service rated it AA(low) in January 2013.[58] Long known as a bastion of Canadian manufacturing and financial solvency, Ontario's public debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to be 37.2% in fiscal year 2019–2020, compared to 26% in 2007–2008.[59]
Ontario's rivers make it rich in hydroelectric energy.[60] In 2009, Ontario Power Generation generated 70 percent of the electricity of the province, of which 51 percent is nuclear, 39% is hydroelectric and 10% is fossil-fuel derived.[61] By 2025, nuclear power is projected to supply 42%, while fossil-fuel-derived generation is projected to decrease slightly over the next 20 years.[62] Much of the newer power generation coming online in the last few years is natural gas or combined-cycle natural gas plants. OPG is not, however, responsible for the transmission of power, which is under the control of Hydro One. Despite its diverse range of power options, problems related to increasing consumption, lack of energy efficiency and aging nuclear reactors, Ontario has been forced in recent years to purchase power from its neighbours Quebec and Michigan to supplement its power needs during peak consumption periods. Ontario's basic domestic rate in 2010 was 11.17 cents per kWH; by contrast. Quebec's was 6.81.[63] In December 2013, the government projected a 42 percent hike by 2018, and 68 percent by 2033.[62] Industrial rates are projected to rise by 33% by 2018, and 55% in 2033.[62]
An abundance of natural resources, excellent transportation links to the American heartland and the inland Great Lakes making ocean access possible via container ships, have all contributed to making manufacturing the principal industry of the province, found mainly in the Golden Horseshoe region, which is the largest industrialized area in Canada, the southern end of the region being part of the North American Rust Belt. Important products include motor vehicles, iron, steel, food, electrical appliances, machinery, chemicals, and paper.
Ontario surpassed Michigan in car production, assembling 2.696 million vehicles in 2004. Ontario has Chrysler plants in Windsor and Bramalea, two GM plants in Oshawa and one in Ingersoll, a Honda assembly plant in Alliston, Ford plants in Oakville and St. Thomas and Toyota assembly plants in Cambridge and Woodstock. However, as a result of steeply declining sales, in 2005, General Motors announced massive layoffs at production facilities across North America including two large GM plants in Oshawa and a drive train facility in St. Catharines resulting in 8,000 job losses in Ontario alone. In 2006, Ford Motor Company announced between 25,000 and 30,000 layoffs phased until 2012; Ontario was spared the worst, but job losses were announced for the St Thomas facility and the Windsor Casting plant. However, these losses will be offset by Ford's recent announcement of a hybrid vehicle facility slated to begin production in 2007 at its Oakville plant and GM's re-introduction of the Camaro which will be produced in Oshawa. On December 4, 2008 Toyota announced the grand opening of the RAV4 plant in Woodstock,[64] and Honda also has plans to add an engine plant at its facility in Alliston. Despite these new plants coming online, Ontario has not yet fully recovered following massive layoffs caused by the global recession; its unemployment rate was 7.3% in May 2013,[65] compared to 8.7 percent in January 2010[66] and approximately 6% in 2007. In September 2013, the Ontario government committed CAD$70.9 million to the Ford plant in Oakville, while the federal government committed CAD$71.1mn, to secure 2,800 jobs.[67] The province has lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs in the decade from 2003, and the Bank of Canada noted that "while the energy and mining industries have benefitted from these movements, the pressure on the manufacturing sector has intensified, since many firms in this sector were already dealing with growing competition from low-cost economies such as China."[68][69]
Ontario's steel industry once centred on Hamilton. Hamilton harbour, which can be seen as one drives the QEW Skyway bridge, is an industrial wasteland; U.S. Steel-owned Stelco announced in the autumn of 2013 that it would close in 2014, with the loss of 875 jobs. The move flummoxed a union representative, who seemed puzzled why a plant with capacity of 2 million tons per annum would be shut while Canada imported 8 million tons of steel the year before.[70] Algoma Steel maintains a plant in Sault Ste Marie.
Toronto, the capital of Ontario, is the centre of Canada's financial services and banking industry. Neighbouring cities are home to product distribution, IT centres, and various manufacturing industries. Canada's Federal Government is the largest single employer in the National Capital Region, which centres on the border cities of Ontario's Ottawa and Quebec's Gatineau.[71][72]
The information technology sector is important, particularly in the Silicon Valley North section of Ottawa, as well as the Waterloo Region, where the world headquarters of Research in Motion (the developers of the BlackBerry smartphone) is located. BlackBerry once provided more than 19 percent of the local jobs and employed more than 13% of the entire local population[citation needed] before it supplied 9,500 layoffs in 2013. OpenText and ATS Automation Tooling Systems of Cambridge make their homes in the area too. Mike Lazaridis, one of the founders of RIM, founded in 1999 the Perimeter Institute, then in 2002 the Institute for Quantum Computing, then in 2013 Quantum Valley Investments, to plow a portion of the benefits of RIM back into research and development.[73]
In 2014, the section of Highway 401 between Toronto and Waterloo became the world's second-largest innovation corridor after California's Silicon Valley, employing nearly 280,000 tech workers from around the world and containing over 60% of Canada's high tech industry.[74]
Hamilton is the largest steel manufacturing city in Canada followed closely by Sault Ste. Marie, and Sarnia is the centre for petrochemical production. Construction employed more than 6.5% of the province's work force in June 2011.[75]
Mining and the forest products industry, notably pulp and paper, are vital to the economy of Northern Ontario. There has been controversy over the Ring of Fire mineral deposit, and whether the province can afford to spend CAD$2.25 billion on a road from the Trans-Canada Highway near Kenora to the deposit, currently valued at CAD$60 billions.[76]
Tourism contributes heavily to the economy of Central Ontario, peaking during the summer months owing to the abundance of fresh water recreation and wilderness found there in reasonable proximity to the major urban centres. At other times of the year, hunting, skiing and snowmobiling are popular. This region has some of the most vibrant fall colour displays anywhere on the continent, and tours directed at overseas visitors are organized to see them. Tourism also plays a key role in border cities with large casinos, among them Windsor, Cornwall, Sarnia and Niagara Falls, the latter of which attracts millions of US and other international visitors.[77]
In Canada, education falls under provincial jurisdiction. Publicly funded elementary and secondary schools are administered by the Ontario Ministry of Education, while colleges and universities are administered by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The Minister of Education is Lisa Thompson, and the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities is Merrilee Fullerton.
Higher education in Ontario includes postsecondary education and skills training regulated by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities and provided by universities, colleges of applied arts and technology, and private career colleges.[88] The minister is Reza Moridi. The ministry administers laws covering 22 public universities,[89] 24 public colleges (21 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs) and three Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning (ITALs)),[90] 17 privately funded religious universities,[91] and over 500 private career colleges.[92] The Canadian constitution provides each province with the responsibility for higher education and there is no corresponding national federal ministry of higher education.[93] Within Canadian federalism the division of responsibilities and taxing powers between the Ontario and Canadian governments creates the need for co-operation to fund and deliver higher education to students. Each higher education system aims to improve participation, access, and mobility for students. There are two central organizations that assist with the process of applying to Ontario universities and colleges: the Ontario Universities' Application Centre and Ontario College Application Service. While application services are centralized, admission and selection processes vary and are the purview of each institution independently. Admission to many Ontario postsecondary institutions can be highly competitive. Upon admission, students may get involved with regional student representation with the Canadian Federation of Students, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, or through the College Student Alliance in Ontario.
Global management refers to the way an organization manages its business internationally, including its sales, marketing, hiring and finance practices. Many schools offer training and degree programs in global management. Read on to learn more about responsibilities in this field of management and education programs that can prepare you to enter this career. Schools offering International Business degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
As technology continues to connect the world, many organizations have taken advantage of the opportunity to conduct business globally. Global management combines knowledge of business, culture, history and social practices to help companies find their niches in the international business community and successfully work with other cultures.
As a global manager, you'll not only need to understand business principles, but you'll also need a firm grasp of the local customs, professional life and regional policies of the countries that your company wants to partner with. Many companies also look for managers who speak multiple languages and have experience representing more than one country, as well as those who are willing to move from one location to another.
Median Salary (2015) | $98,088 ('for all global account managers') |
Key Skills | Bilingual, clear written and spoken communication, attention to detail, problem solving, social awareness, leadership, organization, observation, negotiation |
Work Environment | Predominately office settings with extensive travel mixed in |
Similar Occupations | Account executives; account mangers; business development directors; directors of sales and marketing; general / operations managers; national account managers |
Source: PayScale.com
Working as a global manager, you'll be in the unique position of managing a company's business and staff in a land that may have vastly different cultural and professional customs. In many regions, managers are needed to help companies tailor their business to the local culture. For example, as a global manager, you might need to learn the hiring practices of another country or the specific way that people communicate in the workplace to avoid potentially offending or confusing your foreign colleagues. You'll then need to train other employees in appropriate practices, such as pitching products to foreign customers in a polite manner consistent with their culture.
In order to carry out their jobs effectively, global managers need strong communication and interpersonal skills. They need to be highly sensitive to and respectful of cultural differences. Having an open mind and complex critical thinking skills is also essential.
Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (or simply Thunderbird) is a management school located in the United States and a part of Arizona State University. The school offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, executive education programs, and MicroMasters in global management. The main campus was formerly located in Glendale, Arizona, at Thunderbird Field No. 1, a former military airfield from which it derives its name. Thunderbird relocated to a new building (at 155 E Polk Street) at Arizona State University's Downtown Phoenix Campus.
Former name |
American Institute for Foreign Trade |
---|---|
Established | 8 April 1946; 73 years ago |
Academic affiliation |
Arizona State University |
Dean | Dr. Sanjeev Khagram |
Location |
,
,
United States |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Thunderbird Blue, Gold and Grey |
Website | thunderbird.asu.edu |
Thunderbird was founded independently in 1946 by Lieutenant General Barton Kyle Yount, and was acquired by Arizona State University in 2015. As of 2018 the school had around 40,000 alumni.
In the school's early years, Thunderbird awarded two degrees, a Bachelor of Foreign Trade and a Master of Foreign Trade, although after 1975 the school no longer offered the undergraduate degree. The American Institute for Foreign Trade later changed its name to the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management before again changing its name to the American Graduate School of International Management in the 1970s.
Thunderbird's degrees have included the Bachelor of Foreign Trade (until 1975), the Master of International Management (until 2001), an MBA in Global Management (through 2016)[citation needed], executive education programs, and MicroMasters programme. Thunderbird International Business Review is one of several journals published by the school (six times a year).
We are currently negotiating for a listing.
Please bookmark us and check back soon!
The Global Management program helps current and future global managers gain the specialized skills needed to lead multicultural and multinational work forces.
The curriculum is structured with two primary goals in mind: to provide you with a broad-based understanding of the economics of international business operations, and to prepare you for managing human and material resources within various cultural, legal, and political contexts.
Computer Colleges
CAD Schools
Computer Animation Universities
Computer Networking Courses
Computer Programming Colleges
Computer Science Degrees
Electronics Courses
Internet Computer Classes
Online CAD Programs
Online Computer Certification
Online Computer Science Degree
Online Programming Classes
Programming Degrees
Healthcare Training
Dental Assisting Schools
Dental Colleges
Dental Hygenist Program
HIPAA Schools
Massage Therapy Classes
Medical Administration
Medical Assistant Training
Medical Billing And Coding Courses
Nursing Classes
Nursing Courses Online
Online Health Care Degrees
Phlebotomist Certification
Physical Therapy Colleges
Ultrasound Schools
Ultrasound Technician Training
Culinary & Hospitality Training
Baking School
Cooking Courses
Culinary Arts Programs
Hotel Management Schools
Pastry Class
Restaurant Management Schools
Travel Colleges
Legal Training
Criminal Justice Degree Online
Criminal Justice Courses
Legal Assistant Training
Online Paralegal Courses
Paralegal Courses
Teacher Colleges
Education Colleges
Education Degree Online
Teacher Certification Online
Teacher Training Schools
Film & Journalism Schools
Broadcasting Training
Film Degree
Journalism Courses
Movie Schools
Photography Courses
Video Production Courses
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Degree Online
Criminal Justice Courses
Legal Assistant Training
Paralegal Courses
Online Paralegal Courses
Site Map
College Searching and Online Degrees offer Associate, Bachelor, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in automotive, teaching, finance, internet technology, accounting, marketing, Ontario ON Global Management Degrees, nursing, computer science, fashion and graphic design, and much more!
©1998-2024 College Search, Inc. |
™Online & Campus Degrees Directory |