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Canadian Social Survey – Quality of Life, Health and Compassionate Communities

RDC News: August 2024

Holiday closure for August, Saturday hours, researcher kudos, and a new data set profile.

Jul 11, 2024

Holiday Hours 

This month we will have the following changes to our usual operating hours:

  • Closed all day Monday August 5th for the civic holiday

 

Saturday Hours - On Demand

We will be offering Saturday hours this month. We will be open on an 'appointment' basis, only if requested. Please sign up via the online booking system as usual. 

Offered dates for Saturday hours this month are:

  • Saturday, August 17th - 12pm to 4pm

 

Researcher Congrats & Kudos

Congratulations to Lynn Arner, Professor of English at Brock University, on a recent paper publication!

Her work, "How to Choose an English Doctoral Program: A Guide for Women, First-Generation University Students, and Their Mentors", was recently published in the Journal of Canadian Studies . It used data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED).

 

New data sets at the RDC: 

Canadian Social Survey – Quality of Life, Health and Compassionate Communities

 

The Canadian Social Survey - Quality of Life, Health and Compassionate Communities (CSS-QLHCC) is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects. The Canadian Social Survey (CSS) collects information on a variety of social topics such as health, well-being, impacts of COVID-19, activities, time-use, emergency preparedness, quality of life, energy use, virtual health care and trust. The CSS provides data at the national level (excluding the territories).

The purpose of the QLHCC component was to collect information about quality of life, health, compassionate communities, as well as positions held on non-profit boards of directors. Results from the survey will help decision makers develop programs and policies to better serve Canadians.

More information on the CSS-QLHCC can be found at https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&Id=1535076

If you would like more information on how to submit a proposal for access to this data see https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/microdata/data-centres/access.  For more information about the RDC program please contact your local RDC analyst. 

📃 For a list of all the most recent data releases, see https://crdcn.ca/publications-data/data/.