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

webfull — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:50:03 +0000

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.

Published: 1 August 2024

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

webfull — 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.

Published: 5 May 2024

Fellows Feature: Aida Parnia & Regan Johnston

webfull — 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.

Published: 5 May 2024

Fellows Feature: Carlos A. Ramirez Hernandez & Bertram Melix

webfull — Mon, 06 May 2024 03:01:47 +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.

Published: 5 May 2024

Fellows Feature: Megan Skowronski & Bavisha Thurairajah

webfull — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:53:30 +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.

Published: 5 May 2024

Fellows Feature: Stephen Ogbodo & Tara Henry

webfull — 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.

Published: 5 May 2024

Fellows Feature: Maria Ahmed & Chris Borst

webfull — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:39:50 +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.

Published: 5 May 2024

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

webfull — Wed, 01 May 2024 18:31:52 +0000

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.

Published: 1 May 2024

Fellows Feature: Shannon Mok & Khandideh Williams

webfull — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:28:12 +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!

Published: 25 April 2024

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

webfull — 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.

Published: 25 April 2024