Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making (CAnD3) - News

Research Highlight: Public sector health analytics capacity before and after Covid-19: A case study of manager perspectives in New Brunswick, Canada

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We are thrilled to announce that Maria Lima, a fellow from our 2022-2023 cohort, has published a new research article under the supervision of Professor Neeru Gupta from the University of New Brunswick and James Ayles from the Government of New Brunswick, both valued partners of CAnD3. This exemplary partnership stemmed from a CAnD3 internship. CAnD3 takes pride in providing fellows with valuable internship opportunities, and we are pleased to witness the application of the skills acquired during our training program.

Fellows Feature: Aida Parnia & Regan Johnston

�� — Mon, 06 May 2024 03:04:20 +0000

The fourth cohort fellows of the CAnD3 program contains a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Through our Fellows Features, we aim to showcase these interests and offer insight into their passion through creating inclusive spaces and capturing their unique experiences within the CAnD3 program.

We caught up with two of our Fellows, Aida and Regan, to ask about their experiences with the CAnD3 program thus far. Read on to learn about their research and what they hope to achieve during the remainder of the program and beyond.

Research Highlight: Visualizing Daily Time Use on Housework in Canada: Persistence and Patterns

�� — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:14:05 +0000

CAnD3 is pleased to share the latest visualization publication “Time Use on Housework in Canada: Persistence and Patterns” published by Kamila Kolpashnikova, Zilin Li, and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, that presents daily time use on housework in Canada. The study enhances understanding of housework participation from a daily time-use perspective.

Fellows Feature: Carlos A. Ramirez Hernandez & Bertram Melix

�� — Mon, 06 May 2024 03:01:46 +0000

There is much to look forward to heading into the second half of the 2023-24 CAnD3 training year. Our Fellows will start 2024 with a discussion of recent advances in digital demography and explore topics like adaptive policymaking, loneliness trajectories of older adults, and social media analysis in the next six months. They will also be producing their portfolios, Dragons' Den data visualizations, and policy briefs.

Fellows Feature: Megan Skowronski & Bavisha Thurairajah

�� — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:53:29 +0000

The first half of the 2023-24 training year has officially wrapped up. Over the past four months, our 22 CAnD3 Fellows have completed a total of 15 training sessions on topics ranging from research replicability and data ethics to discussions about the latest population analytics research and time management. We caught up with two of our Fellows, Megan and Bavisha, to ask about their experiences with the CAnD3 program thus far. Read on to learn about their research and what they hope to achieve during the remainder of the program and beyond.

Fellows Feature: Stephen Ogbodo & Tara Henry

�� — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:50:46 +0000

The 2023-24 CAnD3 Fellow cohort is composed of 22 accomplished individuals competitively selected from our partner higher education institutions. The new cohort comes from diverse backgrounds, with eight in master’s programs, 13 in PhD programs, and one completing postdoctoral training. They bring a range of disciplinary training from political science and geography to gerontology and medicine.

Fellows Feature: Maria Ahmed & Chris Borst

�� — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:39:49 +0000

The fourth year of the Population Analytics in an Aging Society Training Program held its kick-off on September 6^th. The 22 accomplished Fellows who compose the 2023-24 cohort were competitively selected from CAnD3’s (Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making) partner higher education institutions.

Postdoctoral Positions : Understanding and Supporting Quality of Work Life in Long-term Care (LTC)

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The purpose of the An Underrepresented, Undervalued Workforce: Understanding and Supporting Quality of Work Life in Long-term Care research project is to build evidence for the Atlantic Canadian long-term care sector to better understand, support and manage the Atlantic LTC workforce. The investigators want to understand how staff work changes their health and wellbeing and how they give residents the best quality of care.

Fellows Feature: Shannon Mok & Khandideh Williams

�� — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:28:11 +0000

As we enter March, recruitment is now in full swing at CAnD3. We invite interested students to join our recruitment informational session to hear directly about the program from Fellows and staff! You can also get to know more about the Fellows' experience by reading through their features!

Fellows Feature: Rebecca Stewart, Pratik Mahajan & Kate Marr-Laing

�� — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:10:05 +0000

As we enter April, there are only three months left in the 2023-24 training program. This month, the Fellows will be diving into Machine Learning as well as starting to prepare for the annual CAnD3 Dragon's Den competition! It's inspiring to see their growth and accomplishments unfold as they continue through the training program.

2022-23 CAnD3 Annual Report is published to celebrate the halfway point of the $2.5M SSHRC Partnership Grant

�� — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:06:52 +0000

The 2022-23 academic year marked the halfway point of the $2.5M Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant that formed CAnD3. We reflect on our successes and progress so far and look ahead to doing more to support capacity-building in data-driven decision-making.

Read the report

Research highlight: Unique challenges of Canada’s North require unique fiscal arrangements | Fellow Christopher Yurris

�� — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:53:56 +0000

2022-23 CAnD3 Fellow Christopher Yurris recently co-authored a piece in Policy Options on fiscal federalism in Canada’s three territories.

Research Highlight: County-level opioid prescribing is largely shaped by healthcare availability | 2021-22 Fellow Feinuo Sun

�� — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:35:35 +0000

2021-22 CAnD3 Fellow Feinuo Sun recently published her first dissertation paper in Social Science & Medicine. This is among the first studies examining the opioid crisis in the U.S. from a spatiotemporal perspective. The paper examines how rurality impacts the prescription of opioids across U.S. counties, using a spatiotemporal dataset (2006-2018) from a variety of national data sources, such as the U.S. Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps and the American Community Survey.

Research Highlight: Better satisfaction with aging could improve health and well-being | 2021-22 Fellow Julia Nakamura

�� — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:23:16 +0000

New research from 2021-22 CAnD3 Fellow Julia Nakamura and colleagues finds that higher satisfaction with aging could lead to improved health and well-being outcomes. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, a cohort of 13,752 US adults over 50 years old, the researchers used 35 indicators of physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health and well-being to capture a comprehensive suite of outcomes. Out of the 35 indicators, improvements in 27 were associated with better aging satisfaction.

Social Networks and Social Media Use of Older Adults | 2021-22 Fellow Sofia Gil-Clavel

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2021-22 CAnD3 Fellow Sofia Gil-Clavel recently published her second dissertation paper on whether older adults use social media to maintain friendships. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and Facebook, the paper found that digital relationships may compensate for the lack of offline social networks among older migrants.

Fellow Daniel Tingskou Wins 2021 Jack Boan Student Essay Competition

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2020-21 CAnD3 fellow Daniel Tingskou' s winning submission to the 2021 Jack Boan Student Essay Competition explores the effects of a 2005 Ontario tax policy on the interprovincial migration of physicians in Canada. His research finds that following the new tax policy, which allowed physicians to split income from privately-owned physician corporations with their family members, migration of physicians to Ontario increased.

Memory disorders and their spouse carers on influencing formal care | Mari Aaltonen & Anne Martin-Matthews

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Experiences of people with memory disorders and their spouse carers on influencing formal care: “They ask my wife questions that they should ask me”

Postdoctoral research position: Cross-national Demography of Family Structure, Aging, and Health | University of Western Ontario

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Dr. Rachel Margolis, Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, and Dr. Ashton Verdery, Department of Sociology and Criminology at the Pennsylvania State University, invite applications for a postdoctoral scholar in Sociology and Demography. The successful candidate will collaborate on research related to patterns of family structure and population health in aging populations around the world.

Vaccines give long-term care crisis a brief reprieve, but cannot stand as the solution | The Hill Times

�� — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:04:17 +0000

CAnD3 team member Janice Keefe discusses why long-term care in Canada is unjust and unsustainable and why it needs serious reform instead of returning to 'normal'. In this light, Dr. Keefe argues that the vaccine is only a reprieve.

Read the piece.

COVID-19 is not gender-blind | The Hill Times

�� — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:11:33 +0000

CAnD3 Director Amélie Quesnel-Vallée and Jaunathan Bilodeau discuss the differential effect the pandemic has had on men and women and the utility of a deliberate focus on the gendered experience in helping to reduce inequality.

Read the piece.

Presentation by team member Anna Zajacova and trainee Anthony Jehn on health behaviour changes during the pandemic

�� — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:12:46 +0000

CAnD3 team member Anna Zajacova, trainee Anthony Jehn, and colleagues will be discussing their recent paper on changes in health behaviours during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated socio-demographic disparities in a webinar series from the Canadian Public Health Association on February 24, 2021, at 2 pm EST.

New paper by trainee Mari Aaltonen on dementia and delayed discharge

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Dementia and Poor Continuity of Primary Care Delay Hospital Discharge in Older Adults: A Population-Based Study From 2001 to 2016

This new paper from our trainee Mari Aaltonen examines dementia and delayed discharge and the association of delayed discharge with discharge destination and with the continuity of primary care prior to urgent admission. The study used data from our partner Population Data BC.

Trainee Anthony Jehn discusses who is most likely to adhere to public health precautions | CBC News

�� — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:05:57 +0000

CAnD3 trainee Anthony Jehn was featured in a CBC article about his recent paper with CAnD3 team member Anna Zajacova analyzing Statistics Canada data to assess the demographic groups willing or unwilling to follow public health precautions to prevent COVID-19.

New paper by Anna Zajacova and trainee Anthony Jehn on mental health and economic concerns

�� — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:41:41 +0000

Mental Health and Economic Concerns from March to May during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada: Insights from an Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys

This new paper from our team member Anna Zajacova and trainee Anthony Jehn explores the impacts of the pandemic on the psychological well-being of Canadians with relation to economic concerns.

Sociology Lecturer and TA Trainer - Research Methods and Statistics | University of Alberta

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Application deadline: January 20, 2021

The Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta is home to two vibrant undergraduate programs: a BA major in Sociology and a BA in Criminology. The position will report to the Chair, and work closely with the Associate Chair (Undergraduate), Associate Chair (Graduate) and the Director of the Certificate in Applied Social Science Research.

Postdoctoral position: How Approaches to Care Shape the Pathways of Older Adult Home Care Clients | MSVU

�� — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 19:42:58 +0000

The project is seeking applications for postdoctoral positions available during 2021-2023. Potentially two positions are available.

The purpose of the How Approaches to Care Shape the Pathways of Older Adult Home Care Clients research project is to understand how policy, practice and decision-making shape a client’s journey through the home care system. This project is using a mixed-methods approach to achieve its objective.

Postdoctoral position in Demography of Chronic Pain - Global Aging and Community Initiative (GACI)

�� — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:26:15 +0000

Application review begins December 7, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled.

The Global Aging and Community Initiative (GACI) at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) is seeking applications for a postdoctoral position on a “Demography of Chronic Pain” project, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The successful candidate will work under the direction of Dr. Zachary Zimmer and collaborate with an international team of scholars.

Applications for Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at Université de Montréal and Sainte-Justine Research Center

�� — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 01:57:58 +0000

Application deadline: November 20, 2020

A post-doctoral fellowship is available at Université de Montréal (Canada) to join a multidisciplinary research group: the Research Unit on Children’s Psychosocial Maladjustment (GRIP). This group’s research work aims to study the child, family, and school factors associated with mental health and economic outcomes during adulthood using longitudinal data collected over a 35-year period.

Call for papers: Population Health and COVID-19

�� — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:28:50 +0000

Submission deadline: October 31, 2020

Globally, COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on population health. Demographers are playing a crucial role in increasing our understanding of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19, and of morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. Yet population-based studies on the correlates and outcomes of the disease remain scarce.

In an effort to increase knowledge on this subject, a Special Issue on ‘Population Health and COVID-19’ in Canadian Studies in Population is being organized.

Applications for Postdoctoral Researcher in International Migration | ��

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Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher position at ��. The position will be jointly affiliated with the Canada Research Chair in International Migration (Thomas Soehl) and Demo-Tip lab (Aaron Erlich). The researcher will also be affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, an inter-university research centre.

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�� researchers garner over $7M in SSHRC funding | �� Reporter

�� — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:40:44 +0000

"The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round of Partnership Grants, including two ��-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round’s Partnership Development Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 �� applicants received over $2 million in funding."

Strength in numbers: Data-driven decision-making for aging societies | �� Reporter

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Read the �� Reporter's coverage of CAnD3's formation under the leadership of Prof. Amélie Quesnel-Vallée.

"The Canadian population is aging. For the first time in our history, people 65 and up outnumber those 14 and under. To adapt to this unprecedented demographic shift, we must reimagine our health and social systems.