2018 national conference in Hamilton
We look forward to welcoming you in Hamilton on October 18 & 19. We have a very exciting
program which includes over 50 oral presentations and 30 posters, and we are delighted to have Matthew Mendelsohn and Nicole Fortin as our keynote speakers. Several preconference workshops are also offered on the 17th.
Register soon! Early bird fees end on September 16.
Travel grant for students
Attention students: if you are presenting at the national conference, you may be eligible to receive a grant to help cover your travel expenses.
View the conditions and apply online.
QICSS international conference
The next edition of this international conference held every two years will be on October 11 & 12 in Montreal. This year, the conference focuses on immigration. David Card (University of California) and Richard Alba (City University of New York) are among the guest speakers.
Click here to view the full program and to register. Early bird fees end on September 21.
Postdoctoral opportunity at McGill
The Canada Research Chair in Social Statistics and Family Change at McGill is looking for a post-doctoral fellow to work on a research project examining to what extent economic experiences over the life course influence conjugal and fertility behaviours and, conversely, the effect of family trajectories on an individual's financial situation. The project is based on a unique data set matching the 2011 GSS to tax files from 1982 to 2013.
Applications are accepted until a suitable candidate is found.
Job opportunities
The Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Victoria is seeking an instructor to teach a course on longitudinal analysis and multi-level modelling of population health data:
apply by August 25. The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) is seeking an experienced researcher with demonstrated interest in labour market programs:
submit your résumé by September 7. The Department of Sociology at McGill invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of demography, commencing August 1, 2019:
apply by September 27. The successful candidate will be associated with the Centre on Population Dynamics. You can also
apply to become an RDC analyst here.
Comings and goings in the Network
We are pleased to welcome Andy Stone as Communications Manager of the CRDCN. Andy is coming to us with several years of experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder research partnerships such as ours. He will notably be responsible for managing our communications and reporting relationships with stakeholders at partner institutions. His expertise will be extremely valuable to the Network during this period of significant growth as a major scientific infrastructure and our transition towards a high performance computing facility. We are also very fortunate that Grant Gibson, as assistant research director, and Michelle Gauthier, as special advisor, have both accepted to stay with us for another year.
Click here to know more about the team.
Several datasets have been added to
our data collection over the summer. We also wish to inform researchers that a
longitudinal platform linking education and labour market data is currently being developed and is scheduled for release next November.
Acknowledgments for RDC-based publications
We wish to remind researchers that all RDC-based publications (e.g. scientific article, thesis, book chapter, and research report) and presentations should include an acknowledgment of the support provided by the granting councils (SSHRC, CIHR, CFI), the CRDCN, Statistics Canada and the host university. For your convenience,
a draft text is proposed here (see the note to researchers).
