2024 Student Experience Survey Respondent Distribution by Demographic Characteristics

Question 1. Through which program/process did you get your current student job?

Question 4a. Was this your first student work term with your current team or work unit?

Question 4b. The interview process for my current student job was conducted:

Onboarding is the process of integrating new employees into the workplace, beginning with the acceptance of the initial job offer and continuing through the first weeks or months of employment. Onboarding includes training, mentoring and providing all pertinent information on internal policies, work processes and organizational culture.

Orientation is a critical component of the onboarding process and typically includes tangible learning activities, including courses and other activities that outline a department’s security policies, procedures, information systems, health and safety procedures, and welcoming events.

Question 5a. The onboarding for my current student job was conducted:

Question 16. Including your current student work term, how many student work terms have you worked in your current department or agency?

Question 17. Including your current student work term, how many student work terms have you worked in the federal public service?

Question 18. Which best describes your current work arrangement?

Question 19. In which province or territory are you currently working?

Question 20. What is the main type of work you were doing in your department or agency?

Question 21. What is your current level of education?

Question 22. From the list below, please select the field of study that most closely matches your current field of study.

Question 23. What is your first official language?

Question 24. What is your age group?

Question 25. What is your gender?

Gender refers to a social and personal identity and may be different than the person’s biological sex and may be different from what is indicated on legal documentation.

Question 26. Are you a person with a disability?

A person with a disability is a person with any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, sensory, learning or communication impairment, or a functional limitation, whether apparent or not, and permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, that hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society when they face a barrier.

A barrier refers to a physical, structural, technological, socioeconomic or cultural obstruction, or one that is related to information, communications, attitudes or mindsets, that hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society.

Question 27. You indicated that you are a person with a disability. If you wish to provide further details, please only identify disabilities that have lasted or are expected to last 6 months or more, for the purposes of this survey.

The types of disabilities listed align with the definition of disability in the Accessible Canada Act and with the results reported for the 2021 Census question about activities of daily living.

(Select all that apply)

Question 28. Do you identify as an Indigenous Person?

For the purposes of this survey, the term “Indigenous” should be understood to mean people who are First Nations, Inuk (Inuit), or Métis.

Question 29. You indicated that you identify as an Indigenous person. If you wish to provide further details, please select all that apply.

Question 30. Which racial group(s) do you identify with?

Race is a term used to classify people into groups based principally on physical traits such as skin colour. Racial categories are not based on science or biology but on differences society has created, with significant consequences for people’s lives. Racial categories may vary over time and place and can overlap with ethnic, cultural or religious groupings.

The definitions of Race and Ethnic Groups are from the Government of Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate (2019). Data Standards for the Identification and Monitoring of Systemic Racism.

(Select all that apply)

Question 31. Which ethnic origin(s) do you identify with?

Ethnic groups refer to a person’s ethnic or cultural origins. Ethnic groups have a common identity, heritage ancestry, or historical past, often with identifiable cultural, linguistic, and/or religious characteristics.

The definitions of Race and Ethnic Groups are from the Government of Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate (2019). Data Standards for the Identification and Monitoring of Systemic Racism.

(Select all that apply)

Question 32. Do you identify as 2SLGBTQIA+?

Responses to this question will not be used for obligations under the Employment Equity Act, as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual) are not formally identified as designated groups in the Act. The Government of Canada is committed to equal participation of these groups in the workforce and is requesting this data to better understand representation in the workforce.

Question 33. You indicated that you identify as 2SLGBTQIA+. If you wish to provide further details, please select all that apply.

Question 35. Did you participate in the Indigenous Student Employment Opportunity or Employment Opportunity for Students with Disabilities in 2024?

Question 36. How did you hear about the Indigenous Student Employment Opportunity or Employment Opportunity for Students with Disabilities? (Select all that apply)

Question 38. Which of the Indigenous Student Employment Opportunity or Employment Opportunity for Students with Disabilities events did you enjoy the most? (Select all that apply)

Question 39. What would you like to see as part of the 2025 programming for the Indigenous Student Employment Opportunity or the Employment Opportunity for Students with Disabilities? (Select all that apply)