Quantitative Impact Assessment Workshop/Data
QIA Workshop - Session 2 - Data
Agenda | March 21 | 9:00am - 12:00pm ET
| Introduction | Overview of StatCan data environments | Winnie Chan | |
| Module 1 | Custom tabulations and custom analysis (including gender and diversity information available in the B-LFE) | Winnie Chan and Julio Rosa | |
| Module 2 | Overcoming data gaps and record linkages | Winnie Chan and Chantal Poirier | |
| Module 3 | Canada’s Quality of Life Framework: Quality of Life 101 | Craig Joyce and Lauren Pinault | |
| Module 4 | Access to existing microdata | Shelley Jeglic |
Meet the Presenters!
Winnie Chan
Ping Ching Winnie Chan received her doctorate in Economics from University of Toronto. She is working in the Social Analysis and Modelling Division at Statistics Canada. Her research interests include the Economics of Education, Labour Economics, and Public Economics. In addition to analytical work, Winnie is also interested in data development work to explore new research possibilities with existing data through innovative linkages. Her recent analytical work uses linked data across different domains and sources to study immigrants, gig employment, and student performance.
Julio Rosa
Julio Rosa (PhD) holds a B.A. from the University of Montreal in Economics; a master's degree in economics from University of Quebec at Montreal; as well as a doctorate from the Maastricht University (Holland) in economics whose thesis was directed by Dr. Pierre Mohnen. Prior to becoming the Chief of the Business Entrepreneurship and Linkable File Environment within the Centre for Special Business Projects at Statistics Canada.; he has worked at the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO); and as a Unit Head at Industry Canada. Over the course of his more than 20 year career, Mr. Rosa has published more than thirty analytical documents, scientific articles, research papers, reports and chapters within books including l’Actualité Économique; Research policy and the Annals of Economics and Statistics. His research has mainly focused on Entrepreneurship, R&D innovation and technological changes and its impact on business performance.
Chantal Poirier
Chantal Poirier holds the position of Chief of the Social Data Linkage Environment within the Center for Social Data Integration and Development at Statistics Canada. With a career of more than 20 years, she has acquired great expertise in the processing of survey, census and administrative data. Chantal's work focuses on the innovative use of existing administrative and survey data to answer important research questions and inform socio-economic policies. Chantal and her team plays an important role in providing quality data, aligned with the current needs of society and their priority is to stay at the forefront of data processing and linkage methods in order to meet contemporary challenges.
Craig Joyce
Craig Joyce is currently an acting chief within the Centre for Social Data Insight and Innovation, which oversees the Quality of Life Statistics Program at Statistics Canada. He was previously an advisor within the Department of Finance, where he worked as part of the team that led the development of the federal Quality of Life Framework, released with Budget 2021. He has a particular interest in subjective well-being and its uses for policy. Prior to his role at the Department of Finance, he held positions at the Privy Council Office (Impact and Innovation Unit), and the Public Health Agency of Canada in the area of healthy living and chronic disease prevention.
Lauren Pinault
Lauren Pinault, PhD, is the chief of the emerging issues section with the Centre for Social Data Insights and Innovation at Statistics Canada, where her team focuses on the analysis of emerging and evolving social issues. Before this role, Lauren worked as an environmental health epidemiologist in the Health Analysis Division at Statistics Canada, where she conducted research about the health effects of air pollution and other environmental hazards, as well as environmental benefits such as urban greenspaces. She has had a particular interest in her career in the fields of health equity and environmental justice.
Shelley Jeglic
Shelley Jeglic is the Assistant Director of Data Access Division at Statistics Canada. She works extensively with federal departments, provincial ministries, NGO’s and private sector business to assist in meeting their microdata needs through access to Statistics Canada’s Public Use Microdata File collection, the use of Real Time Remote Access and access to confidential microdata for complex analytical requirements. Prior to her work in data access she spent over a decade working in the Centre for Population Health Data on a variety of health programs.
