CRDCN wins Alliance award to establish a national data space for the social sciences
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On February 9, 2026, the Government of Canada announced a $6 million investment over 15 years through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) under its new Policy Innovation Partnership Grants program. This new funding mechanism takes a longer than usual view to create sustained research targeting specific areas of enquiry.
The funded partnership, led by the University of Calgary and directed by economist Trevor Tombe, brings together 15 academic and policy organizations, including federal partners such as Statistics Canada and the Bank of Canada, to generate long-term, policy-relevant research on productivity and economic growth in Canada.
CRDCN is pleased to see strong representation from its research community within this initiative. Eight of the 17 co-applicants are RDC users, including two from CRDCN’s host organisation, McMaster University: Angela Zheng and Pau Salvador Pujolas Fons. The other six co-applicants within the CRDCN network are Audra Bowlus from Western University, Jean-Félix Brouillette and Benoit Dostie from HEC Montréal, Joseph Marchand from the University of Alberta, Jennifer Robson from Carleton University and Alex Whalley from the University of Calgary.
RDC-affiliated collaborators include CRDCN Principal Investigator Mike Veall (McMaster University), Herb Emery (University of New Brunswick), Rob Gillezeau (University of Toronto) and Salvador Navarro (Western University).
Secure access to Statistics Canada microdata through the RDC network will play an important role in supporting the rigorous, evidence-based research at the heart of this 15-year initiative. CRDCN supported SSHRC as they developed this new mechanism, and will further support the work of researchers in several ways, including identifying and working with relevant datasets, developing and implementing data management plans, and practicing open science in the context of restricted data.
CRDCN congratulates the full partnership team and looks forward to supporting this ambitious, mission-driven collaboration as it advances evidence-informed economic policy and strengthens Canada’s productivity research ecosystem.
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