Data for Impact Series/Test Test

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March 12, 2024 | 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET)

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• From Claudia Sanmartin (Statistics Canada):
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• From Dr. Ted McDonald (University of New Brunswick):
• Presentation (direct download): English | French

• From Kimberlyn McGrail (University of British Columbia):
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Speakers

Dr. Ted McDonald

Director, New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training, NB-IRDT, University of New Brunswick

Ted McDonald is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the founding Director of the NB Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT), New Brunswick’s only provincial administrative data centre. He is a member of the Board of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network, a member of the Executive Committee of Health Data Research Network Canada, and the New Brunswick lead of the Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU). He was a member of the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Health Data Sharing in Canada and served on the CADTH Real World Evidence Expert Advisory Panel. Dr. McDonald was a UNB research scholar for 2020-22, a co-winner of the Mike McCracken award for Economics Statistics, awarded by the Canadian Economics Association in 2019, and was the 2023 recipient of the Donald G Denison Award for Public Administration in New Brunswick.

Kimberlyn McGrail

Professor, University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Director, Research for UBC Health; and Scientific Director, Population Data BC and Health Data Research Network Canada

Kimberlyn McGrail is a Professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, and Scientific Director of Population Data BC and Health Data Research Network Canada. Her research interests are quantitative policy evaluation and all aspects of population data science. In 2019-2020 she participated as a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Task Force on AI4Health. She is currently a Canadian representative to with the Global Partnership for AI as part of the data governance working group, and was a member of the Expert Working Group for the Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy. She holds a PhD in Health Care and Epidemiology from the University of British Columbia, and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Michigan.

Claudia Sanmartin

Director General, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch, Statistics Canada

Claudia Sanmartin is the Director General, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch at Statistics Canada. The Branch is the research and modelling hub of the agency and is also responsible for delivering a range of data access solutions as well as data literacy training. Dr. Sanmartin has played an active role in conducting research and developing new data sources to meet emerging information needs in the area of health, health care, and health system performance. Her research interests include access to health care services non-need determinants of access to care such as socio-economic status. Dr. Sanmartin holds a doctorate in health services research from the University of British Columbia and a master's degree in health administration from the University of Toronto.

Moderator

Barry Kong

Executive Director of the Information and Data Governance at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Barry Kong is the Executive Director of the Information and Data Governance at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, where he is responsible for Information Management, Data and Open Data policies and guidance and governance frameworks. Previously, he was responsible for Open Government at TBS, where he was working to mainstream inclusion, accountability, transparency, and civic participation in government and for various policies, programs and projects at the Canada Border Services Agency.

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