McMaster Research Data Centre Showcase 2023

McMaster Research Data Centre

This event showcases  the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC) at McMaster University.

L.R. Wilson Hall - main floor Community Room

The Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC), located in L.R. Wilson Hall, houses a large number of confidential micro-data files. These include Statistics Canada’s population, social, and health surveys, as well as the Census, administrative databases.The showcase is divided into 2 parts. The morning session will describe the RDC and its partnership with Data Services in the Mills Library. It will also consist of brief presentations on GIS applications, tips and strategies for the effective use of data (including data linkage and weighting), informing patient care in the pediatric setting, and the exciting potential of education data from the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Following lunch (which will be provided), the afternoon session will consist of a series of brief presentations from current RDC researchers highlighting their work. The event is open to all McMaster students, staff and faculty and will be of interest to those working in the RDC as well as potential researchers who are considering making use of Statistics Canada&#x27;s micro-data files. RDC staff will be available throughout the day to answer questions on the data files highlighted and others in our collection. (﻿See agenda below.) The event is open at no cost to all McMaster students, staff and faculty. Please reserve your spot via this page.

Agenda

Registration and refreshments 

Welcome and overview

Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Resources for RDC Researchers

GIS services and resources for RDC Researchers

Tips for working effectively with RDC data (e.g. data linkage and weighting)

Tips for working effectively with RDC data...

From the 'bench' to the bedside: using RDC data to better inform patient care

Working with education data: the Toronto District School Board (TDSB

Discussion and questions

Lunch

An analysis of unemployment insurance benefit extension in Canada: the case of the commodity sector worker (EISV)

An analysis of unemployment insurance benefit extension in Canada...

Switching in the market for post-secondary education 

Minimum wage and health

Break

The spillover effects of public prescription drug insurance expansion: Evidence from OHIP+ (DAD, NACRS, CVSD)

The spillover effects of public prescription drug insurance expansion...

Generational differences in motivations to move among East and South Asian populations in Canada (Canadian Housing Survey)

Generational differences in motivations to move...

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