Community Development Halton have released a new issue in their Community Lens series, examining home energy poverty in the Halton Region. The report looks at Halton households spending more than twice the Canadian average on home energy needs, using 2016 Census data.
Statistics Canada's latest newsletter contain information on the Chat with an Expert they are holding tomorrow, as well as on a new report, titled Associations between parent and child sedentary behaviour and physical activity in early childhood.
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Statistics Canada have sent out a newsletter on their new Canadian Centre for Energy Information. Read the contents below:
This article from CBC looks at planned changes to Canada's federally adopted low-income measure and how they could lead to a poverty rate increase.
From the article:
Statistics Canada have sent out a newsletter with information on their recently released report, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2019, as well as their upcoming Chat with an Expert session. Read the content of the newsletter below:
The Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioners (CUSP) have sent out their November newsletter, which focuses on their newly-launched Energy Poverty and Equity Explorer. From the newsletter:
Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) is a non-profit focused on catalyzing collective action to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Canada.
Powered by Data and the Data Policy Coalition have prepared a written submission, with the aim contributing to the Ontario Governm
Statistics Canada is holding a series of digital conferences, titled Canada 4.0 - society, the economy and the digital transformati
ClimateData.ca provides free access to climate-related data for a variety of variables at locations all across Canada. From the website:
Statistics Canada is holding a series of digital conferences, titled Canada 4.0 - society, the economy and the digital transformati
Statistics Canada is offering four free upcoming online learning sessions. Advanced registration is required. As spaces are limited, please register early!
The Consumer Price Index – Launch of the new data visualization tool and recent changes to the program
The Globe & Mail has released another article from its Data Gap series, this time on six data gaps readers have encountered.
New statistical measures for the digital age
Advancements in technology and the Internet have fundamentally changed how people and businesses interact and how they produce, distribute and consume goods and services.
Check out this episode of The Agenda on TVO focusing on the dearth of data in Canada.
On April 16, 2019, Statistics Canada will be hosting a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) to discuss the results of the 2018 Annual Review of the Labour Market, as well as national trends in labour statistics and key provincial and industrial sector changes.
Join and ask your questi
Statistics Canada has 4 free upcoming online learning webinars! Advanced registration is required. As spaces are limited, please register early!
Statistics Canada is conducting a public consultation on the 2021 Census of Population from January 15 to March 31, 2019. We encourage you to participate in this online consultation and forward information about the consultation to other census data users.
From the Globe and Mail:
30 Years in 60 Minutes:
The Story of Quebec’s Social Economy
February 19 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern Time
Ontario's Government is working for the People by seeking public input for a provincial strategy that will help Ontarians and businesses benefit directly from the data economy, while being confident that their privacy is protected.
From the Globe and Mail - When it comes to basic data about its own citizens – from divorce rates to driving patterns to labour trends – Canada simply doesn’t have the answers. If information is power, this country has a big problem.
Some captions from the in-depth report:
2019 marks CCEDNet’s 20th anniversary, but the movement for fair and inclusive economies stretches back much further...
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