TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
INTRODUCTION 9
Reasons to Purchase 9
Definitions 10
CANADA PUBLIC SECTOR-EDUCATION: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 12
Overview 12
Estimated spending by technology segment 14
Estimated IT spending by channel 16
TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD 18
Budget overview 18
Toronto District School Board, estimated spending on IT 19
Toronto District School Board, estimated IT spending by channel 23
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 25
Budget overview 25
University of Toronto, estimated spending on IT 26
University of Toronto, estimated IT spending by channel 30
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 32
Budget overview 32
University of British Columbia, estimated spending on IT 33
University of British Columbia, estimated IT spending by channel 37
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 39
Budget overview 39
University of Alberta, estimated spending on IT 40
University of Alberta, estimated IT spending by channel 44
TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD 46
Budget overview 46
Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated spending on IT 47
Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated IT spending by channel 51
CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION 53
Budget overview 53
Calgary Board of Education, estimated spending on IT 54
Calgary Board of Education, estimated IT spending by channel 58
COMMISSION SCOLAIRE DE MONTREAL 60
Budget overview 60
Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated spending on IT 61
Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated IT spending by channel 65
YORK REGION DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD 67
Budget overview 67
York Region District School Board, estimated spending on IT 68
York Region District School Board, estimated IT spending by channel 72
UNIVERSITÉ DU QUEBEC 74
Budget overview 74
Université du Quebec, estimated spending on IT 75
Université du Quebec, estimated IT spending by channel 79
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO 81
Budget overview 81
University of Western Ontario, estimated spending on IT 82
University of Western Ontario, estimated IT spending by channel 86
APPENDIX 88
Methodology 88
Further reading 89
How to contact experts in your industry 89
Disclaimer 89

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Public sector-education industry, Canada, spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 12
Figure 2: Public sector-education industry, Canada, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 14
Figure 3: Public sector-education industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 16
Figure 4: Toronto District School Board, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 19
Figure 5: Toronto District School Board, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 21
Figure 6: Toronto District School Board, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 23
Figure 7: University of Toronto, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 26
Figure 8: University of Toronto, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 28
Figure 9: University of Toronto, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 30
Figure 10: University of British Columbia, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 33
Figure 11: University of British Columbia, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 35
Figure 12: University of British Columbia, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 37
Figure 13: University of Alberta, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 40
Figure 14: University of Alberta, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 42
Figure 15: University of Alberta, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 44
Figure 16: Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 47
Figure 17: Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 49
Figure 18: Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 51
Figure 19: Calgary Board of Education, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 54
Figure 20: Calgary Board of Education, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 56
Figure 21: Calgary Board of Education, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 58
Figure 22: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 61
Figure 23: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 63
Figure 24: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 65
Figure 25: York Region District School Board, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 68
Figure 26: York Region District School Board, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 70
Figure 27: York Region District School Board, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 72
Figure 28: Université du Quebec, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 75
Figure 29: Université du Quebec, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 77
Figure 30: Université du Quebec, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 79
Figure 31: University of Western Ontario, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 82
Figure 32: University of Western Ontario, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 84
Figure 33: University of Western Ontario, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 86
Figure 34: Research methodology 88

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: IT segments and sub segments 10
Table 2: Channel definitions 11
Table 3: Public sector-education industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 13
Table 4: Public sector-education industry, Canada, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 15
Table 5: Public sector-education industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 17
Table 6: Toronto District School Board, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 18
Table 7: Toronto District School Board, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 18
Table 8: Toronto District School Board, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 20
Table 9: Toronto District School Board, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 22
Table 10: Toronto District School Board, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 24
Table 11: University of Toronto, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 25
Table 12: University of Toronto, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 25
Table 13: University of Toronto, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 27
Table 14: University of Toronto, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 29
Table 15: University of Toronto, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 31
Table 16: University of British Columbia, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 32
Table 17: University of British Columbia, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 32
Table 18: University of British Columbia, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 34
Table 19: University of British Columbia, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 36
Table 20: University of British Columbia, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 38
Table 21: University of Alberta, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 39
Table 22: University of Alberta, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 39
Table 23: University of Alberta, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 41
Table 24: University of Alberta, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 43
Table 25: University of Alberta, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 45
Table 26: Toronto Catholic District School Board, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 46
Table 27: Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 46
Table 28: Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 48
Table 29: Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 50
Table 30: Toronto Catholic District School Board, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 52
Table 31: Calgary Board of Education, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 53
Table 32: Calgary Board of Education, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 53
Table 33: Calgary Board of Education, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 55
Table 34: Calgary Board of Education, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 57
Table 35: Calgary Board of Education, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 59
Table 36: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, IT budget estimates(%), 2008–09 60
Table 37: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 60
Table 38: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 62
Table 39: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 64
Table 40: Commission Scolaire de Montreal, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 66
Table 41: York Region District School Board, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 67
Table 42: York Region District School Board, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 67
Table 43: York Region District School Board, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 69
Table 44: York Region District School Board, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 71
Table 45: York Region District School Board, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 73
Table 46: Université du Quebec, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 74
Table 47: Université du Quebec, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 74
Table 48: Université du Quebec, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 76
Table 49: Université du Quebec, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 78
Table 50: Université du Quebec, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 80
Table 51: University of Western Ontario, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 81
Table 52: University of Western Ontario, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 81
Table 53: University of Western Ontario, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 83
Table 54: University of Western Ontario, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 85
Table 55: University of Western Ontario, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 87