/cand3/taxonomy/term/2/all en /cand3/channels/news/research-highlight-public-sector-health-analytics-capacity-and-after-covid-19-case-study-manager-358183 <p>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.  </p> Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:50:03 +0000 katarina.bunakova@mail.mcgill.ca 835 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/research-highlight-visualizing-daily-time-use-housework-canada-persistence-and-patterns-357699 <p>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. </p> Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:14:05 +0000 yutang.song@mcgill.ca 828 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/fellows-feature-aida-parnia-regan-johnston-357221 <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> Mon, 06 May 2024 03:04:20 +0000 phuong.dong@mail.mcgill.ca 824 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/fellows-feature-carlos-ramirez-hernandez-bertram-melix-357220 <p>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 <a href="/cand3/channels/event/lunch-learn-recent-advances-digital-demography-353563">recent advances in digital demography</a> 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. </p> Mon, 06 May 2024 03:01:46 +0000 phuong.dong@mail.mcgill.ca 823 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/fellows-feature-megan-skowronski-bavisha-thurairajah-357219 <p>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.</p> Mon, 06 May 2024 02:53:29 +0000 phuong.dong@mail.mcgill.ca 822 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/fellows-feature-stephen-ogbodo-tara-henry-357218 <p>The 2023-24 CAnD3 Fellow cohort is composed of 22 accomplished individuals competitively selected from our <a href="/cand3/about/partners">partner higher education institutions</a>. 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.</p> Mon, 06 May 2024 02:50:46 +0000 phuong.dong@mail.mcgill.ca 821 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/fellows-feature-maria-ahmed-chris-borst-357217 <p>The fourth year of the <a href="/cand3/training-program/experiential-learning">Population Analytics in an Aging Society Training Program</a> held its kick-off on September 6<sup>th</sup>. The 22 accomplished Fellows who compose the 2023-24 cohort were competitively selected from CAnD3’s (Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-Making) <a href="/cand3/about/partners">partner higher education institutions</a>.</p> Mon, 06 May 2024 02:39:49 +0000 phuong.dong@mail.mcgill.ca 820 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/postdoctoral-positions-understanding-and-supporting-quality-work-life-long-term-care-ltc-357168 <p>The purpose of the <i>An Underrepresented, Undervalued Workforce: Understanding and Supporting Quality of Work Life in Long-term Care </i>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.</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 18:31:52 +0000 yutang.song@mcgill.ca 819 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/fellows-feature-shannon-mok-khandideh-williams-357058 <p>As we enter March, recruitment is now in full swing at CAnD3. We invite interested students to join <a href="/cand3/registration-202425-cand3-fellows-mcgill-recruitment-session">our recruitment informational session</a> 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!  </p> Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:28:11 +0000 yutang.song@mcgill.ca 817 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/fellows-feature-rebecca-stewart-pratik-mahajan-kate-marr-laing-357055 <p>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.</p> Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:10:05 +0000 enkhuun.byambadorj@mail.mcgill.ca 816 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/2022-23-cand3-annual-report-published-celebrate-halfway-point-25m-sshrc-partnership-grant-357054 <p>The 2022-23 academic year marked the halfway point of the $2.5M Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant that formed CAnD3. We reflect on our successes and progress so far and look ahead to doing more to support capacity-building in data-driven decision-making.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="/cand3/files/cand3/final_2022-23_cand3_anual_report_21_x_25.7_cm.pdf">Read the report</a></div> Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:06:52 +0000 enkhuun.byambadorj@mail.mcgill.ca 815 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/research-highlight-christopher-yurris <p>2022-23 CAnD3 Fellow Christopher Yurris recently co-authored <a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/september-2022/unique-challenges-of-canadas-north-require-unique-fiscal-arrangements/">a piece</a> in Policy Options on fiscal federalism in Canada’s three territories.</p> Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:53:56 +0000 enkhuun.byambadorj@mail.mcgill.ca 716 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/research-highlight-county-level-opioid-prescribing-largely-shaped-healthcare-availability-2021-22-338096 <p>2021-22 CAnD3 Fellow <a href="/cand3/our-people/fellows-2021-22#Feinuo%20Sun">Feinuo Sun</a> recently published her first dissertation paper in Social Science & Medicine. This is among the first studies examining the opioid crisis in the U.S. from a spatiotemporal perspective. The paper examines how rurality impacts the prescription of opioids across U.S. counties, using a spatiotemporal dataset (2006-2018) from a variety of national data sources, such as the U.S. Opioid Dispensing Rate Maps and the American Community Survey.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:35:35 +0000 enkhuun.byambadorj@mail.mcgill.ca 701 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/research-highlight-better-satisfaction-aging-could-improve-health-and-well-being-2021-22-fellow-337759 <p>New research from 2021-22 CAnD3 Fellow <a href="/cand3/our-people/fellows-2021-22#Julia%20Nakamura">Julia Nakamura</a> and colleagues finds that higher satisfaction with aging could lead to improved health and well-being outcomes. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, a cohort of 13,752 US adults over 50 years old, the researchers used 35 indicators of physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health and well-being to capture a comprehensive suite of outcomes. Out of the 35 indicators, improvements in 27 were associated with better aging satisfaction. </p> Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:23:16 +0000 enkhuun.byambadorj@mail.mcgill.ca 697 at /cand3 /cand3/channels/news/social-networks-and-social-media-use-older-adults-2021-22-fellow-sofia-gil-clavel-334751 <p>2021-22 CAnD3 Fellow <a href="/cand3/our-people/fellows-2021-22#Sofia%20Gil-Clavel">Sofia Gil-Clavel</a> recently published her second dissertation paper on whether older adults use social media to maintain friendships. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and Facebook, the paper found that digital relationships may compensate for the lack of offline social networks among older migrants.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:52:40 +0000 enkhuun.byambadorj@mail.mcgill.ca 687 at /cand3