he University of Toronto has made its way back into the top 20 universities worldwide, while other Canadian universities have fallen down the list — as ranked by Times Higher Education. While the University of British Columbia and McGill University dropped one spot in the rankings, McMaster University and the University of Victoria fell significantly, which “doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve gotten worse, it just means that others have improved more rapidly,” said Phil Baty, editor-at-large of Times Higher Education. After last year’s list was published, U of T and McGill’s presidents suggested that Canada’s top schools need to be funded at a certain level to keep them competitive, so as not to threaten their positions on the list. However, Baty has stated that the top Canadian schools have “defied the gloom last year that suggested there was a downward trend.” Times Higher Education has been using the same methodology for the past three years and, while there are still changing positions that seem confusing, there finally seem to be signs of stability.
With files from The Globe and Mail
