Canadian Research Data Centre Network

An introductory course on HIA of public policies will be offered online from May 1, 2013 to June 12 (in English). It has been developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec in collaboration with Dr. Richard Massé, associate professor at the Department of social and preventive medicine at the University of Montreal Registration deadline is March 20, 2013. Find more details on the NCCHPP website.

Is there a digital divide in Canada? Michael Haight, researcher at UWORDC, used the 2010 Canadian Internet Use Survey to investigate this question. His findings were recently reported in the London Free Press and will be the topic of a luncheon on December 12.

To increase the accessibility of the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey data, the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, in conjunction with Statistics Canada’s Research Data Centres program, is conducting a pilot project whereby the UCR database will be placed in a select number of RDCs. This pilot project will provide support for the evaluation and refinement of confidentiality vetting rules for the UCR data and an opportunity to improve end-user documentation. Proposals should be submitted by November 19, 2012. Details here.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research offer this fellowships to highly qualified candidates at the doctoral, post-doctoral, new investigator and mid-senior investigator stages of health research as an opportunity to learn more about current health policy activities and the science/policy interface. Application deadline is December 5, 2012. All details available here.