Toronto Population Network

A collaborative initiative for UofT demographers dedicated to tackling today's most urgent challenges related to population dynamics.

Hart House Building - Debates Room (2034)

Join us for the first event of the <a href="https://isi.utoronto.ca/initiative/population-network/" title="https://isi.utoronto.ca/initiative/population-network/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Toronto Population Network</a>, a new initiative aiming to foster collaboration amongst UofT demographers across disciplines. Spanning the University of Toronto’s tri-campus community, this interdisciplinary academic centre is dedicated to tackling today’s most urgent population challenges related to population dynamics, such as health disparities, housing, migration, fertility, family structures, aging, and mortality.The goal of the mini-conference is to provide critical information about creating and sustaining a population centre at UofT.Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join us at Hart House (Debates Room - 2034) on November 6th from 9AM to 4:30PM.A light lunch will be provided.

Agenda

Registration and Badge Pick-Up + Coffee and Light Breakfast 

Welcome Remarks: Why A Population Center and Goals for the Day

Welcome/Opening

Keynote Lecture: Demographic Science in the Digital Age: Insights from Oxford

Session I: Keynote

Coffee Break

Karen Chapple (School of Cities), Hui Zheng (Sociology), Esme Fuller-Thomson (Social Work), Blair Wheaton (Sociology), Matt Adams (Geography), Angelina Grigoryeva (Sociology)


 Session II: Flash Presentations from U of T Faculty

Lunch

How Population Research Centers Advance Scholarship and Community: Shelley Clark (McGill University), Katherine Curtis (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Ridhi Kashyap (Oxford University) and Emilio Parrado (University of Pennsylvania)

Session III: The Superpower of Pop Centres

 Elizabeth Dhuey (University of Toronto/Statistics Canada: Research Data Centre), Sarah Flood (University of Minnesota/IPUMS) and Rachel Margolis (University of Western Ontario)

Session IV: The Landscape of Demographic Data in Canada and  Beyond

Closing Remarks

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