Mr. Speaker, I have a return to Written Question 22-16(5) asked by Mr. Abernethy on February 10, 2011, to the Honourable Sandy Lee, Minister of Health and Social Services, regarding the statics on admissions and graduation rates for the Aurora College Nursing Program.
As requested, the Aurora College Nursing Program statistics on admission and graduation rates from 1999 to the present have been provided. Later today, at the appropriate time, I will table Program Enrolments and Graduates for All Nursing Programs Between 1998 to 2011 for a breakdown of enrolment and graduation rates by year and program.
Students have the option to identify their ethnicity on the Aurora College student application form. Consequently, the number in the category of non-Aboriginal students is difficult to disaggregate as it reflects both students who reported as “other,” as well as those who chose not to report their ethnicity.
For the Nursing Diploma and Degree programs, a total of seven part-time and 534 full-time students were enrolled between 2006 and 2011, of which 215 were Aboriginal -- one part time and 214 full time; and 326 non-Aboriginal -- six part time and
320 full time. Later today, at the appropriate time, I will table Bachelor of Science in Nursing Enrolments by Ethnicity and Year 2006 to 2011 for a further breakdown of enrolment and graduation rates by year and program. Due to limitations of the Aurora College student records system, information on the ethnicity for the graduates of these nursing programs is currently not available.
For Introduction to Advanced Practice course a total of 299 part-time students were enrolled between 1999 and 2011, of which 15 were Aboriginal and 284 non-Aboriginal. A total of 287 students completed this course between 1999 and 2011, of which five were Aboriginal and 282 non-Aboriginal.
For Community Health Representative Program, a total of 79 students were enrolled from the time the program started in 2003 to 2011, of which 63 were Aboriginal and 16 non-Aboriginal. A total of 78 students completed this program between 2003 and 2011, of which 63 were Aboriginal and 15 were non-Aboriginal.
For the Masters of Science in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Stream (Masters), a total of 19 students have enrolled since the program started in January 2009, of which one full-time student is Aboriginal and six full-time and 12 part-time students are non-Aboriginal.
Additional information on the Nurse Practitioner Diploma Program from 2000 to 2009 is being sought and will be provided to the Members once it becomes available.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.