The Teaching and Practice of Entrepreneurship within Canadian Higher Education Institutions

11. Conclusions

Canadian higher education institutions are actively involved in offering entrepreneurship education at the theoretical level as well as in providing a network of practitioners and the necessary facilities to support students interested in entrepreneurship.

However, the findings in many areas across the six survey dimensions indicate that more could be done to further encourage and promote entrepreneurship activities within higher education institutions.

Entrepreneurship education requires an adequate and cohesive framework that encompasses the various dimensions of entrepreneurship education. The survey results have highlighted a number of strong initiatives and practices that are present but also several gaps in the educational efforts around entrepreneurship. In the end, the development of a comprehensive framework to provide access to and support for entrepreneurship will depend on the desired outcomes of the entrepreneurship education system.