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Census taking: Privacy versus the public good

David McKie's CBC news report Behind the numbers: Taking Census: privacy versus the public good includes an interview with the CRDCN's Raymond Currie

14 July, 2010 |

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CRDCN letter to Minister Clement - Census long-form questionnaire

We write on behalf of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network to express our concern about the recent decision to cancel the mandatory long-form questionnaire as part of the 2011 Census of Population.

12 July, 2010 |

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Health in Canada - StatCan website module

Statistics Canada's Health in Canada website module makes it easy to locate information on the health of Canadians. It points researchers to data, policy makers to publications, the media to press releases, and health service providers to a mine of interesting statistics.

2 July, 2010 |

Raymond F. Currie – recipient of the 2010 Lise Manchester Award

Our congratulations to Raymond Currie, outgoing Executive Director of the CRDCN, who received the Lise Manchester Award “for his leadership role and vision in bringing the network to a high level of excellence in the promotion and use of a broad range of microdata for research work that has influenced the formation of social and health policies in Canada.” Find out more...

26 May, 2010 |

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SSC Gold Medal awarded to Louis-Paul Rivest

26 May, 2010 |

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Rosemary Bender appointed Assistant Chief Statistician

17 May, 2010 |

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CRDCN TO APPLY FOR NEW AWARD: Deadline for Participation

The current five year award from SSHRC and CIHR to the CRDCN expires in June of 2010. The Network is currently preparing a new application for a further award.

7 May, 2009 |