On October 27, 2020, Statistics Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities announced a collaboration to "better leverage the power of timely, trusted, and reliable data to empower communities and enriching the daily lives of Canadians."
On September 23, 2020, Statistics Canada released the Data Literacy Training Initiative. This initiative "provides a wealth of resources for those who are new to data or who have some experience with data, but may need a refresher or want to expand their knowledge". Part of the initiative is a series of data training videos which can be found in the Learning Catalogue.
From Statistics Canada:
On Saturday, September 12, 2020, at 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM EDT, the Special Libraries Association is holding a webinar on economic data and entrepreneurship. Admission for the webinar is $10 (or $5 for SLA members).
Join members of the Special Libraries Association for an engaging session where we will learn about economic data and entrepreneurship from the perspective of information professionals from around the globe. This event is being organized by the Washington, DC and EDEE Communities.
Statistics Canada held a presentation on July 24, 2020 which provided information on the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire, including some of the changes made since 2016.
From Statistics Canada:
In the latest edition of The Daily, Statistics Canada has released information on the 2021 Census, including the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire.
From Statistics Canada:
Powered by Data, along with Ontario Nonprofit Network, will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM EDT, titled The Importance of Data Sharing During a Pandemic. The webinar will be free and open to everyone. The speakers will be John Roberts, Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of Ontario at the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, and Vanessa Parlette, Phd, Program Director of the Data Policy Coalition at Powered by Data.
From the event page:
The Canadian Urban Institute have released a report titled The Case for a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory, which discusses the need for "a 'one-stop-shop' for comprehensive, comparable, and actionable information on the state of Canada’s cities and city-regions".
From the Canadian Urban Institute:
Toronto Public Health launched a new COVID-19 monitoring dashboard. This publicly viewable dashboard uses current evidence and local data to provide an up-to-date summary on how the city is progressing in the response to COVID-19. The dashboard will be useful as Toronto moves forward through its restart and recovery.
Over the next two weeks, the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), in partnership with Statistics Canada, will be hosting a series of online panel discussions. Each webinar will be focusing on a different topic relating to COVID-19 research, response and data needs.
From CRDCN:
This webinar series will engage CRDCN researchers, Statistics Canada subject matter experts and government policy-makers to:
Statistics Canada is holding a free online learning session, focused on their newly-launched Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer. The webinar is titled A Brief Overview of the Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer, and is being offered in English and French. See below for information.
English Session
Date and time: Thursday May 21st, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time