News and Events
CRDCN 2018 National Conference in Hamilton in October: call for proposals is now live
The CRDCN 2018 National conference will be held in Hamilton on October 18 & 19. The Organizing committee is now accepting proposals; the deadline is June 15th.
May 15, 2018
Workshop on Digital Humanities for the Study of East Asian Religions
Two-day hands-on workshop on Digital Humanities tools for graduate students in East Asian religions
May 10, 2018
RDC News: May 2018
May hours and holiday closures, and the availability of a new data set.
Apr 26, 2018
RDC News: April 2018
April hours and holiday closures, upcoming CRESS Research in Focus series talks, and the availability of a new data set.
Mar 27, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Gerjan Altenburg
A PhD candidate in the Department of Religious Studies, Gerjan is especially interested in Buddhism and East Asian Religions. He is creating a series of infographics presenting a map of the intertexuality of some Buddhist monastic commentaries found within the Tibetan Buddhist Canon. Gerjan says that “this project will be helpful to scholars and translators working on Buddhist monastic literature in the Canon.” Gerjan is sponsored by Dr. Shayne Clarke.
Mar 21, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Farhana Khanam
Farhana Khanam is an Economics student specializing in econometrics and health economics. Because Farhana is currently working at the RDC, she is able to use data from Statistics Canada for all three chapters of her Ph.D. dissertation, which examines different aspects of access and utilization of health by immigrants to Canada. She is supervised by Dr. Arthur Sweetman.
Mar 14, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Marcel Goguen
Political Science Ph.D. Candidate, Marcel Goguen, explains that a recent increase in large data projects has caused an increase in 'datafication', which is the process of transforming activities into data. Goguen's research examines how “big data functions in practice and how it, and the 'datafication' it entails, is in the process of changing how human beings interact, form groups, and organize themselves.”
Mar 08, 2018
Call for Proposals - UCASS Academic Staff Survey Data (1970 to 2010)
A call for proposals to the University and College Academic Staff System (UCASS) data base for 1970 to 2010 / Data Pilot Project has been released.
Mar 08, 2018
Call for Proposals - Economic Research using T2-Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program in the RDCs
A call for proposals for Economic Research using T2-Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program in the Research Data Centres has been released.
Mar 01, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Tomislav Filipovic
Supervised by Dr. Paul Glavin, Tomislav will be conducting a study that investigates the factors associated with whether an individual remains self-employed over time, or transitions to wage work or unemployment. Tomislav's research asks the question, "under what conditions are self-employment patterns indicative of the spread of precarious work versus growing entrepreneurialism in Canada?" His research would build upon previous work to determine what factors cause a transition from self-employment to wage work or unemployment.
Feb 28, 2018
RDC News: March 2018
March hours, upcoming CRESS Research in Focus series talks, and the availability of a new data set.
Feb 27, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Allison Leanage
Sponsored and supervised by Dr. Marisa Young, Allison has been a research assistant at McMaster University and collaborated with Dr. John Fox on an article titled ‘R and the Journal of Statistical Software’. Allison is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Sociology.
Feb 21, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Shaun Shaikh
Shaun is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics. Part of his thesis investigates the analysis of trends in health data under non-classical measurement error using a novel approach combining the presence of multiple cross-validating diagnostic codes and advanced methods in the econometrics of partial identification. Through CRESS, Shaun hopes to “network with empirical researchers in the broader social sciences that can introduce me to other interesting and useful areas of application for my current and future research interests.”
Feb 14, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Daina Stanley
Daina aims to contribute to CRESS by partaking in various workshops and seminars, as well as giving a presentation about her innovative approach to penology. Being someone who is committed to the health and well-being of imprisoned communities, Dania says that her “dissertation fieldwork experience crystallized her determination to become an academic researcher working to bring about meaningful change in the lives of marginalized communities.”
Feb 07, 2018
McMaster-Led Network is Awarded $1.1 Million by Ontario Research Fund
The Ontario Research Fund (ORF) has awarded $1.1 million to the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) which is hosted by McMaster University.
Feb 01, 2018
RDC News: February 2018
February hours, an offer of office space for PhD students, and the availability of a new data set.
Jan 25, 2018
Research in Focus Series 2018
A series of lunchtime conversations for students, faculty members & staff focused on community-based research, knowledge mobilization, and research data & its management, organized by the Centre for Research in Empirical Social Sciences. Bring your lunch & CRESS will provide drinks & dessert.
Dec 27, 2017
Call for Proposals - IMDB and LSIC-IMDB Data Pilot Projects
A call for proposals to the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) and the Extended Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC-IMDB) Data Pilot Projects has been released.
Nov 30, 2017
RDC News: December 2017
December hours, our annual holiday party, and the availability of a new data set.
Nov 30, 2017
Call for CRESS Graduate Fellows applications for 2017-18
PhD students registered in programs in the Faculty of Social Sciences who have reached candidacy status are invited to join the first class of CRESS Graduate Fellows.
Oct 03, 2017