2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Competitions

Members of the Jury

• Hugh Cairns, SAS Institute Canada
• Monica Field, Province of Saskatchewan
• Ümit Kiziltan, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
• Claudia Sanmartin, Statistics Canada
• Tammy Schirle, Wilfrid Laurier University

Winners

• First Place: Sukhdeep Kaur & Celine Teo, Brock University, Substance related acute care disparities by sexual orientations: Investigating the socio-environmental determinants of risk
• Second Place: Thipiga Sivayoganathan, University of Western Ontario, Trends in mental health service use reported by youth and emerging adults in Canada
• Third Place: Katarina McKenzie, University of Western Ontario, The relationship between neighbourhood level and family level factors and child sleep problems
• Policy Pitch: Xiaoxi Wang, University of Western Ontario, Homeownership Gap between Immigrants and the Canadian-born: Implications for Canada’s National Housing Strategy

Finalists

• Fernando Figueroa, University of Toronto, The spatial dimension of trust in Canadian Metropolises
• Michael Hong, University of Western Ontario, The impact of after-hours premiums on emergency department utilization: a quasi-experimental study
• Adelia Jacobs, University of British Columbia, Evaluating the Impact of Government-led Nutrient Profile Models on Preventable Mortality
• Ebenezer Narh, University of Western Ontario, No Longer Hidden in the Cracks of Federalism: Data and Policy Insights on Higher Education Student Migration in Canada

Mentors

• Luc Clair, University of Winnipeg
• Kirsten Fiest, University of Calgary
• Kait Quinn, Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety and Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Government of Saskatchewan
• Scott Strickland, Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Adjudicators

• Cristina Anton, SAS Institute Canada
• Donna Dosman, Statistics Canada
• Harminder Guliani, University of Regina
• Mustafa Örnek, Statistics Canada
• Lorne Rothman, SAS Institute Canada
• Daniel Silver, University of Toronto

2018-2019 Competition

Finalists’ meeting 2018-19, Ottawa, June 11, 2019.

Members of the jury (Front row, L to R)

• Claudia Sanmartin, Chief and Senior Researcher, Health Services Research, Statistics Canada
• Hugh Cairns Sr., Analytical Consultant, SAS Canada
• Heather  Dryburgh, Acting Director General, Census Subject Matter, Social and Demographic Statistics, Statistics Canada
• Dominique Bérubé, Vice -President, Research Programs, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
• Byron Spencer, Emeritus Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University, and Research Program Director, CRDCN.

Winners

• First place: Karen Ugarte Bravo, McMaster University, Mandatory universal pharmaceutical insurance and prescription opioid use
• Second place: Ramsha Jaweed, University of Waterloo, Investigating the Economic Outcomes of Privately Sponsored Married Female Refugees
• Third place: Rafael Silva Ramirez and Dominic Gagnon, Université de Montréal, Disability-adjusted life expectancy of Aboriginal Canadians

Finalists

• Anees Bahji (Breagh Cheng, Samantha Gray), Queen’s University, A 10-year retrospective study of predictors of fatal opioid overdoses in Canada
• Kate Battista (Isabella Romano), University of Waterloo, Correlates and patterns of opioid use in Canada: Sources of opioids and relationship to use patterns and impact on health
• Irina Oltean (Emily Ha), University of Waterloo, Exploring Cannabis Use among Canadian Young Adults: Implications for Health Promotion Strategies
• Kuan Liu (Dominika Bhatia, Shahriar Shams), University of Toronto, Spatial analysis of cannabis and tobacco consumption among Canadian youth and adults
• Sarah Singh, Western University, Investigating Variations in CVD

Thank you to our mentors: Professors Stéphanie Lluis and Wasem Alsabbagh.