News Home / News Census Update From Peggy Taillon Dear Friends, We hope you are all well. We wanted to provide you with an update on the “Save the Census” Campaign AND we Still Need YOUR Help!!! 10/11/2010 SAAD DATA corrections All CSDS data users please note the following issues with the SAAD data received to date: I have received word from the Small Area Administrative Data Division that an issue with the Census Division of Halton was identified late into our 2008 certification process. Currently the systems divides this CD into two parts and does not produce totals for the overall CD. For 2008, this issue may have an impact on the suppressions routines for thefollowing neighbouring CDs:. 10/08/2010 Census Articles in Canadian Public Policy Debra Thompson: The Politics of the Census: Lessons from Abroad, pp. 377-382. David A. Green and Kevin Milligan: The Importance of the Long Form Census to Canada, pp. 383-388. Lisa Dillon: The Value of the Long Form Canadian Census for Long Term National and International Research, pp. 389-393. Michael R. Veall: 2B or Not 2B? What Should Have Happened with the Canadian Long Form Census? What Should Happen Now?, pp. 395-399. 10/08/2010 Leads Meeting Quaterly Leads Meeting 10/03/2010 Remembrance Day / jour du Souvenir 09/30/2010 Hamilton - You can't set good policy without good census data, say local leaders The Hamilton Social Planning and Research Council, CSDS member, led a Save the Census campaign event yesterday. About one third of the 50+ participants were city staff and told me they were really heartened to see so many people cared about the data and planning work they do. There was a lot of motivation at the meeting to do more to push this issue with the government. HSPRC will be also be meeting with Conservative MP David Sweet next week. The event was also covered in the Hamilton Spectator:You can't set good policy without good census data, say local leaders. Tom Cooper of the Hamilton Roundtable on Poverty Reduction could not have said it better: 09/10/2010 Ontario’s Social Landscape: Socio-demographic trends and conditions in communities The Social Planning Network of Ontario’s (SPNO) latest report, Ontario’s Social Landscape: Socio-demographic trends and condi 09/08/2010 Capacity WG Meet The Capacity WG will meet to discuss work on the Catalog. Sara Mayo from SPC Hamilton, the Lead of this WG will host the call. 09/07/2010 Sharing Results WG Meeting Conference call meeting of the Sharing Results WG. Ted Hilderbrandt from Community Development Halton, the lead of this WG, will host the call. 09/07/2010 Hamilton: CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data Social Planning Council of Hamilton, CSDS members are organizing CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 09/05/2010 SPC Tonronto & CSDS Save the Census Health Campaign See the blog for media release, articles and videos. 09/05/2010 Executive Committee / Comité exécutif meeting Executive Committee Meeting. Lead is Peggy Taillon CCSD. Call. 09/05/2010 Sharing Results WG meeting 1st meeting of the Sharing Results WG. The lead TBD. Call. 09/05/2010 Capacity WG Meeting To test adding data into the catalog. WG Lead, Sara Mayo. 09/05/2010 Toronto: Census changes concern health community The Toronto Star reports that Census changes concern health community quoting John Campey, the lead on the Save 09/05/2010 Sudbury - Save the Census Health Action Janet Gaspirini, Social Planning Council of Sudbury and member of the CSDS in collaboration with Save the Census also or 09/04/2010 Hamilton - Code Red for Neighbourhood Data A Community Forum about Changes to the 2011 Census Social Planning Council of Hamilton, CSDS members are organizing CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 09/04/2010 Edmonton Save the Census Health Action David Eggen at Friends of Medicare in collaboration with local Edmonton CSDS members led a Save our Census Health Action that was featured on 630 C 09/04/2010 APTN Voluntary long form census will hurt Canadians' health CSDS Wayne Helgason of the Winnipeg Social Planning Council organized a local Save the Census health campaign that in collaboration with the 09/04/2010 City of Toronto Save our Census Health Action City of Toronto CSDS consortium member John Campey from the Social Planning Council of Toronto in partnership with the Canadian Council on Social Development led a national Save the Ce 09/04/2010 Code Red for neighbourhood data CSDS member and the Lead of the CSDS Capacity Working Group is the author of the following Hamilton Spectator Article, Code Red for neighbourhood data. 08/25/2010 Thanksgiving Day / Action de grâces 08/19/2010 Labor Day Holiday / Fête du travail 08/19/2010 Consortia Lead Meeting / Réunion du consortia 08/09/2010 CSDS Weekend Census 2011 Media Roundup Ottawa Citizen: Statisticians go wild MaClean's: Tony Clement needs you (II) 07/19/2010 « first ‹ previous … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 next › last »
Census Update From Peggy Taillon Dear Friends, We hope you are all well. We wanted to provide you with an update on the “Save the Census” Campaign AND we Still Need YOUR Help!!! 10/11/2010
SAAD DATA corrections All CSDS data users please note the following issues with the SAAD data received to date: I have received word from the Small Area Administrative Data Division that an issue with the Census Division of Halton was identified late into our 2008 certification process. Currently the systems divides this CD into two parts and does not produce totals for the overall CD. For 2008, this issue may have an impact on the suppressions routines for thefollowing neighbouring CDs:. 10/08/2010
Census Articles in Canadian Public Policy Debra Thompson: The Politics of the Census: Lessons from Abroad, pp. 377-382. David A. Green and Kevin Milligan: The Importance of the Long Form Census to Canada, pp. 383-388. Lisa Dillon: The Value of the Long Form Canadian Census for Long Term National and International Research, pp. 389-393. Michael R. Veall: 2B or Not 2B? What Should Have Happened with the Canadian Long Form Census? What Should Happen Now?, pp. 395-399. 10/08/2010
Hamilton - You can't set good policy without good census data, say local leaders The Hamilton Social Planning and Research Council, CSDS member, led a Save the Census campaign event yesterday. About one third of the 50+ participants were city staff and told me they were really heartened to see so many people cared about the data and planning work they do. There was a lot of motivation at the meeting to do more to push this issue with the government. HSPRC will be also be meeting with Conservative MP David Sweet next week. The event was also covered in the Hamilton Spectator:You can't set good policy without good census data, say local leaders. Tom Cooper of the Hamilton Roundtable on Poverty Reduction could not have said it better: 09/10/2010
Ontario’s Social Landscape: Socio-demographic trends and conditions in communities The Social Planning Network of Ontario’s (SPNO) latest report, Ontario’s Social Landscape: Socio-demographic trends and condi 09/08/2010
Capacity WG Meet The Capacity WG will meet to discuss work on the Catalog. Sara Mayo from SPC Hamilton, the Lead of this WG will host the call. 09/07/2010
Sharing Results WG Meeting Conference call meeting of the Sharing Results WG. Ted Hilderbrandt from Community Development Halton, the lead of this WG, will host the call. 09/07/2010
Hamilton: CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data Social Planning Council of Hamilton, CSDS members are organizing CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 09/05/2010
SPC Tonronto & CSDS Save the Census Health Campaign See the blog for media release, articles and videos. 09/05/2010
Executive Committee / Comité exécutif meeting Executive Committee Meeting. Lead is Peggy Taillon CCSD. Call. 09/05/2010
Toronto: Census changes concern health community The Toronto Star reports that Census changes concern health community quoting John Campey, the lead on the Save 09/05/2010
Sudbury - Save the Census Health Action Janet Gaspirini, Social Planning Council of Sudbury and member of the CSDS in collaboration with Save the Census also or 09/04/2010
Hamilton - Code Red for Neighbourhood Data A Community Forum about Changes to the 2011 Census Social Planning Council of Hamilton, CSDS members are organizing CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 09/04/2010
Edmonton Save the Census Health Action David Eggen at Friends of Medicare in collaboration with local Edmonton CSDS members led a Save our Census Health Action that was featured on 630 C 09/04/2010
APTN Voluntary long form census will hurt Canadians' health CSDS Wayne Helgason of the Winnipeg Social Planning Council organized a local Save the Census health campaign that in collaboration with the 09/04/2010
City of Toronto Save our Census Health Action City of Toronto CSDS consortium member John Campey from the Social Planning Council of Toronto in partnership with the Canadian Council on Social Development led a national Save the Ce 09/04/2010
Code Red for neighbourhood data CSDS member and the Lead of the CSDS Capacity Working Group is the author of the following Hamilton Spectator Article, Code Red for neighbourhood data. 08/25/2010
CSDS Weekend Census 2011 Media Roundup Ottawa Citizen: Statisticians go wild MaClean's: Tony Clement needs you (II) 07/19/2010