News and Events

Saturday hours for March and a reminder about COVID protocols and resource reductions.

Upcoming hour changes, Saturday hours for February, and a reminder about COVID protocols and resource reductions.

If you will be conducting interviews, the Productivity during Pandemic talk “Better Interview Questions” with Allison Van can help you with the first step: figuring out your questions.

We're pleased to invite you to a launch party for Spark: the centre for social research innovation on January 25, 2021. Join us for research-related breakout sessions, musical performances and drag bingo, and learn more about the research support and services we offer the McMaster community.

Upcoming holiday hour changes, Saturday hours for January, and a new mandatory COVID protocol.

Upcoming holiday hour changes, Saturday hours for December, and a new data set.

New RDC safety protocols, Saturday hours for November, and a new data set.

The CRDCN 2020 virtual conference, hours changes for October, and a new data set.

The CRDCN-SAS-StatCan Policy Challenge, hours changes for September, and a new data set.

New RDC safety protocols, hours changes for August, and a new data set.

New RDC safety protocols, hours changes for July, and a new data set.

The RDC is reopening on Monday June 15th on an appointment-only basis. Safety measures and new procedures are outlined here; please read carefully before coming to the Centre.

The RDC will be closed as of Tuesday March 20th, until further notice.

Saving the date for the 2020 RDC Showcase, Saturday hours on-demand for March, and a new data set.

A new online tool for researchers to submit applications to access Statistics Canada microdata has been launched.

February hours changes, Saturday hours on-demand, and a new data set.

December holiday hours changes, Saturday hours on-demand, and a new data set.

October holiday hours changes, Saturday hours on-demand, and a national essay challenge.

A new Call for Proposals has been released by the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP) for an RDC pilot project.

September holiday hours changes, Saturday hours on-demand, and profiling a new data set.

The Centre for Research and Empirical Social Science (CRESS) Transparent Research Series offer in-depth training sessions once a month throughout the academic year. These day-long workshops provide direct, practical skills and experience to ensure that researchers are ready for the paradigm shift in transparency that is coming.