This was the second event of the seriesÌýThe Canadian Census: Why Counting Matters for Research, Citizenship, and Democracy organized by the CPD, the Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) and the .
Details on the event
Moderator and Panelists
Event Photos
Event Videos
The Census in the News
U.S. Census
Articles
Event Co-Sponsors
Celebrating the Census: Why Counting Matters for Canada's Future
Starting on May 2, 2016, Statistics Canada will launch Canada's 27th census including the return of the mandatory long-form census. In this celebratory event, a panel discussion will explore multiple perspectives on why the census is vitally important to Canada.Ìý
Date
Friday, April 29, 2016
3-5pm, reception to follow.
Location
Moyse Hall, (Arts Building)
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
853 Sherbrooke Street,
Montreal, H3A 0G5
Directions
Metro: ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ station. Exit ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ College and walk north, through the Roddick Gates on Sherbrooke street, to the main doors of the Arts Building
Bus: 24, 80, 107, 144
Host and organizer
Centre on Population Dynamics
Moderator
Céline Le Bourdais, Professor and Department Chair,
Department of Sociology, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University and;
Canada Research Chair in Social Statistics and Family Change
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Panelists
The
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
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Associate Professor
Department of Geography
ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
Professor
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Ottawa
Executive Director
Canadian Public Health Association/Association canadienne de santé publique
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Editorialist
La Presse
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Director, Government and Public Affairs (GPAC)
Population Association of America
Co-Director,
Event Photos
Minister presenting on the history of the census and its importance to governance.
Event Videos
Shelley Clark, Director, Centre on Population Dynamics with , Academic Director, , introduce Celebrating the Census event.
His , Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa
, Executive Director, Canadian Public Health Association
, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University
, Editorialist, La Presse
, Director, Government and Public Affairs (GPAC), a and Co-Director,
Question and answer period moderated by Céline Le Bourdais, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Sociology, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University and Canada Research Chair in Social Statistics and Family Change
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The Census in the News
August 30, 2016. Le devoir.
August 29, 2016. La presse.
August 29, 2016. CBC.
August 29, 2016. Statistics Canada. .
July 23, 2016. Global News. .
July 21, 2016. The Globe and Mail.
June 17, 2016. National Post. .
May 23, 2016. Huffington Post Canada. .
May 10, 2016. CBC.
May 9, 2016. The Globe and Mail. .
May 6, 2016. Le Devoir. .
May 4, 2016. The Toronto Star. .
May 4, 2016. Metro news. .
May 3, 2016. Montreal Gazette. .
May 3, 2016. La Presse. .
May 3, 2015. Huffington Post. .
May 3, 2016. CBC News. .
May 3, 2016. Montreal Gazette. .
May 3, 2016. The Globe and Mail. .
May 2, 2016. Le Devoir. .
April 3rd, 2016. with Michael Enright. with , Chief Statistician Wayne Smith.
April 18th, 2016. Article by l'Actualité featuring ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ researcher Richard Shearmur and Université de Montréal demographer , as well as several other municipal and NGO respresentatives.
January 7, 2016. La Presse. .
November 3, 2015. La Presse. .
November 5, 2015. Le Journal de Montréal. .
November 5, 2015. Le Devoir. .
November 5, 2015. National Post. .
November 5, 2015. The Globe and Mail. .
November 5, 2015. The Globe and Mail editorial. .
The U.S. Census
For more on the current debate in the U.S. over the funding of Census 2020 and the American Community Survey. See the . ()
The Census Project Blog.
Previous Articles
Urban Geography. Volume 31, Issue 8, 2010. E. Richard Shearmur, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University.
Event Co-sponsors
This event was generously co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, and the School of Social Work, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University, as well as (click on the logo to link to organization website):