CRDCN researchers and Academic Directors have asked how the CRDCN central team can help make connections between researchers with shared interests in particular datasets, as well as between researchers and colleagues in the government and non-profit sectors. In response, we have launched CRDCN research, dataset and policy circles. Please take a few minutes to read through the details below and consider joining a CRDCN circle.
Who can join CRDCN research, dataset or policy circles
CRDCN research, dataset and policy circles are open to researchers and students at Canadian universities, university library staff at Canadian libraries, professionals working with data in all levels of government in Canada, and professionals working with data in the not-for-profit sector in Canada.
Reasons to join CRDCN research, dataset or policy circles
CRDCN research, dataset and policy circles bring together students, researchers, government and not-for-profit sector professionals interested in: learning more about data accessible through CRDCN; working with these and other data across jurisdictions and sectors; and collaborating across institutions and sectors.
CRDCN research, dataset or policy circles – areas of focus
Work with particular datasets – For example: Census, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP), and the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD).
Research and policy in areas that correspond with the data available through CRDCN – For example: Agriculture and food; Business and consumer services and culture; Business performance and ownership; Children and youth; Crime and justice; Digital economy and society; Education, training, and learning; Environment; Families, households, and marital status; Government; Health; Housing; Immigration and ethnocultural diversity; Income, pensions, spending, and wealth; Indigenous peoples; Labour; Languages; Older adults and population aging; Population and demography; Society and community; Transportation; and Travel and tourism.
Working in collaboration – For example:
- Researchers, government and community organizations working with Indigenous data
- Researchers, government and community organizations working in the north
- Researchers using mixed methods in their work
- Researchers interested in doing more interdisciplinary research
- Researchers and nonprofit sector organizations interested in working with each other
- Researchers and government interested in connecting locally for collaboration
- Government interested in connecting across jurisdictions on research-policy matters
- Researchers doing work in NSERC domains