Saskatchewan Research Data Centre
SKY-RDC

 

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Last updated: 19 May 2011

The Saskatchewan Research Data Centre (SKY-RDC) provides secure access to detailed Statistics Canada data for researchers. It is part of a nationwide RDC network.

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RECENT NEWS

We congratulate Dr Hassan Vatanparast and Dr Susan Whiting whose work was featured in CBC News. You can download the report they wrote for StatsCan here.

March 3, 2011: New job opportunity as Knowledge Transfer Coordinator with Canadian RDC Network. Details are here.

23 February 2011: There is a call for posters for the conference Taking Stock of a Turbulent Decade and looking Ahead: Immigration to North America 2000-2010 to be held in London, Ontario on April 28-30, 2011. Click here for details.

Springer Briefs in Population Studies invites article proposalsfor its upcoming volume. See poster for details.

16 February 2011: There is a call for proposals on youth learning disabilities and a call for workshop proposals to the 16th International Metropolis conference. We recently acquired a license for GAUSS 11. This is installed in workstation #8.

27 January 2011: Canadian Population Society 2011 annual meeting. Call for papers. Click here for details.

12 January 2011: The Prairie Metropolis Centre in Edmonton is holding a symposium on immigration, integration, and diversity. Click here for details. There is a request for proposals on The Determinants of the Decision to Retire. Click here for details.

10 January 2011: We have acquired 1 license for SUDAAN which is installed in workstation number 10. We also have the following books which you can use as references: The LIttle SAS Book, A Gentle Introduction to STATA, Discovering Statistics Using SPSS

13 December 2010: There is a reminder from Statistics Canada about the Socio-Economic Conference 2011. The deadline for the submission of papers is January 4th, 2011. Click here for details.

10 November 2010: There is a call for papers for the Socio-Economic Conference 2011 sponsored by Statistics Canada. Click here for details.

01 October 2010: There will be a Research Symposium focusing on immigration, integration, and diversity sponsored by the Prairie Metropolis Centre, to be held on 19 November 2010 from 9:00 to 4:00. Click here for details.

10 September 2010: Dr Claudia Sanmartin, Senior Researcher with Statistics Canada will deliver two talks. On September 16, she will speak on Health and Health Services Research at Statistics Canada--Using the Power of Linked Data. On September 17, she will speak on Waiting for Health Care in Canada--the Role of Health Services Research. Click here for detais.

3 September 2010: There is a call for workshop proposals for the 15th National Metropolis Conference on the theme of Immigration. If you wish to organize a workshop submit your proposal at www.metropolis2011.net. Deadline for submission is October 30, 2010.

27 August 2010: There is a request for proposal on financial sources for adult learning. See our research opportunities page.

20 August 2010: We have upgraded our software versions to the following:

• STATA/SE v. 11.1
• SPSS/PASW v. 18
• SAS 9.2 with Enterprise Guide 4.2

There is a request for proposals on Training and Skills Development among employees of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. See our research opportunities page.

11 August 2010: There are five (5) requests for proposals on the following themes. See our research opportunities page for details.

• Low income adults with disabilities.
• Educational experiences for children and youth with disabilities.
• Disability in off-reserve aboriginal communities.
• Immigrants with disabilities
• Socially and economically disadvantaged people in Canada

28 July 2010: There is a request for proposal on Financial and Motivational Factors in Post-Secondary Education. See the complete details in our opportunities page.

7 July 2010: There are two requests for proposals on Returns to Education Compared to Work Returns and on Evaluating Employment Insurance Benefits. See the complete details in our research opportunities page.

28 June 2010: There is a request for proposals on Vulnerable Children: Child Development during the Middle Years. See the complete details in our research opportunities page.

14 June 2010: There is a request for proposals on Canadian Cancer Registry Data. See the complete details in our research opportunities page.

4 June 2010: There are new research opportunities in Maximizing Educational Benefits, Vulnerable Children, and Parental Employment. Please visit our research opportunities page.

29 May 2010: There are two new requests for proposals: Employers Perspectives on Intermittent Work Capacity and Expert Advice on the Design, Direction, Implementation and Communication of Research Resuts in the Area of the Underlying Determinants of Productivity. See our research opportunities page for details.

21 May 2010: There is a workshop on Statistical & GIS Analysis of Health Data to be held at Regina from June 20-26. Please see details at our training opportunities page. There is a call for papers on the Economic Contribution of Immigration for a workshop to be held in Ottawa on October 29th to 30th, 2010. See our research opportunities page.opportunities page.

26 February 2010: There is a Fellowship Competition for graduate students worth $20,000 and a Call for papers in Social Statistics. See details in our opportunities page.

29 January 2010: There is a call for papers from the Canadian Association of Social Workers for a special issue of the Canadian Social Work Journal on the theme "Settlement and Integration of Newcomers to Canada." For more details, see the poster here.

December 2009 Schedule: The RDC will be closed on December 10th, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th and from December 24th to January 4th.

30 November 2009: There is a new request for proposals on Implementing Experiments on Labor Market Information. See our opportunities page.

06 November 2009: There is a new request for proposals on Virtual Work and the Regulated Professions. See our opportunities page.

SKY-RDC will be closed from 3-5 November 2009 due to the annual Analysts' Conference.

22 October 2009: There is a call for papers by the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology and a request for proposals on the Labor Market Policy in Canada. Please see our opportunities page

14 September 2009: Announcing the National Metropolis Conference: Immigration and Diversity, 18-21 March 2010. There will be a conference on Health over the LIfe Course, 14-16 Oct 2009. A research symposium on Immigration on 28 Sept 2009. See opportunities page for details.

27 August 2009: New Request for Proposal Announcements
Please see Research Opportunities

14 May 2009: New Conference Announcements
Please see the opportunities page.

21 April 2009: New Research Opportunities
New HRSDC research opportunities have been posted to the opportunities page.

2 March 2009: New Workshop
A new workshop has been posted to the opportunities page.

18 March 2009: RDC Conference
Cornell University is hosting a conference in October specifically for Canadian and US RDC research. Please see the call for papers.

2 March 2009: New Opportunities
There are several new opportunities posted. The opportunities page is now divided into seperate sections for research and training opportunities.

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