Canadian Research Data Centre Network

Our next webinar featuring Ted McDonald, will take place on March 27 at 1 pm (ET). Using the Canadian census files and the US graduates survey, he will examine why many immigrants with medical degrees are not working as physicians in Canada. His findings suggest that the points-based approach in place in Canada is an important limitation to address labour shortages in regulated occupations such as medicine. More details and registration here.

Gender is probably one of the key variables considered in social statistics research. To mark the International Women’s Day, we’d like to point out the work of a few researchers that more specifically examined the situation of Canadian women and who recently presented their results at our Annual conference: Carole Vincent examined income inequality between gender, Tammy Schirle the participation of mothers to the labour market and Lori Curtis the feminization of poverty, while Richard Mueller addressed the situation of same sex couples. You can watch their presentations on our Youtube page or download their PPt presentations in our KT Corner. Happy Women’s day!

If you missed it, the audio recording of the webinar featuring Scott Patten on major depression epidemiology as well as his PowerPoint presentation are now available in our KT Corner. We also invite you to read the knowledge synthesis he wrote with Heather Juby on the same topic.

ARIMA is offering a 12-month postdoctoral fellowship of $32,000 to promote and support the training of a young researcher who has completed or will soon complete his or her doctoral studies in the social sciences or health care sector. Applications must be submitted no later than March 6. All details available here.