Last week Environics Institute President Michael Adams spoke at the Caledon Institute of Social Policy.  His speech, thoughtful, poignant, and at times witty, lamented the federal governmen

Topic: ENVISION with CCSD Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012 Time: 1:30 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00) Meeting Number: 714 974 917 Meeting Password: (This meeting does not require a password.)

On June 20th, community data users and providers from across Canada came together for the third annual Community Data Canada Roundtable. A free, fully-bilingual event, the 2012 Roundtable was the first to be held as both a face-to-face meeting and a virtual event.  

 

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) will give $50,000 to 5-6 projects for the Social Innovation Partnership Grant in Poverty Alleviation.

Thanks to Sara Mayo for pointing us to a recent article by University of Ottawa professor Miles Corak (formally of StatsCan) on the cancellation of the longitudinal data

The Canadian Community Economic Development Network Ontario conference featured a presentation on Social Return on Investment (SRoI) from SiMPACT Strategy Group, a Calgary-baed company that has worked with the City of Calgary and as well as a number of non-profits.

Call for Proposals Safe and Inclusive Cities: Research to Reduce Urban Violence, Poverty, and Inequalities

A bit of good news out of the Census: More Canadians than ever before are reaching the 100 mark!   Here are some helpful links to source data:  

For EA customers and the general public, Dr. Doug Norris will host an hour-long webinar on the new data on Tuesday, June 12, at 2:00 PM. Please see below for a recent article from Environics on the Census release.

We all know community data helps us measure results beyond the traditional bottom line.

The Carrefour jeunesse-emploi de Côte-des-Neiges in Montreal was recently featured in the French-language journal Sociologie et sociétés.

Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Discuss the purpose and possibilities for an annual report that makes use of our community data at the neighbourhood level 3. Discuss resources available 4. Discuss timelines 5. Next steps...  

For the full article from today's Globe and Mail, click here.

There is never a dull moment in the world of open (and closed) data! To read the full story, click here