News and Events
RDC News: February 2018
February hours, an offer of office space for PhD students, and the availability of a new data set.
Jan 25, 2018
Research in Focus Series 2018
A series of lunchtime conversations for students, faculty members & staff focused on community-based research, knowledge mobilization, and research data & its management, organized by the Centre for Research in Empirical Social Sciences. Bring your lunch & CRESS will provide drinks & dessert.
Dec 27, 2017
Call for Proposals - IMDB and LSIC-IMDB Data Pilot Projects
A call for proposals to the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB) and the Extended Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC-IMDB) Data Pilot Projects has been released.
Nov 30, 2017
RDC News: December 2017
December hours, our annual holiday party, and the availability of a new data set.
Nov 30, 2017
Call for CRESS Graduate Fellows applications for 2017-18
PhD students registered in programs in the Faculty of Social Sciences who have reached candidacy status are invited to join the first class of CRESS Graduate Fellows.
Oct 03, 2017
RDC News: October 2017
Thanksgiving closure, the CRDCN annual conference, and a new data set is available.
Sep 28, 2017
RDC News: September 2017
Directions to our new location, a request for proposals, new data sets, and wishing a happy retirement to Byron Spencer.
Aug 29, 2017
RDC News: Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD) available
The Longitudinal Administrative Databank is now available for download and can be accessed by researchers with approved projects.
Aug 29, 2017
RDC News: Request for Proposals, Employment Insurance Program Status Vector /Data Pilot Project
Statistics Canada, together with Employment and Social Development Canada, is conducting a pilot project.
Aug 22, 2017
Move into LR Wilson Hall Complete for CRESS and Affiliated Labs
New spaces offer higher security and easier collaboration
Aug 11, 2017
New data sets at the McMaster Research Data Centre
New data sets at the RDC: In the upcoming weeks we will be receiving new data sets and surveys at the McMaster Research Data Centre. New cycles of the Canadian Income Survey (CIS) are also available now.
Jul 28, 2017
RDC News: June 2017
Introducing on-demand Saturday hours, new data sets at the RDC and a Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces (SSMCAF).
Jun 01, 2017
RDC News: May 2017
On Demand Saturday Hours, The Fraser Mustard/Dan Offord Lectureship and the National Apprenticeship Survey.
May 01, 2017
RDC News:March 2017
Canadian Birth-Census Cohort (CanBCC), 1996 and 2006. New Data Sets at RDC.
Mar 01, 2017
RDC News: February 2017
The Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) 2001 is now available
Feb 01, 2017
McMaster-based institutes receive nearly $10M from Canada Foundation for Innovation
CRDCN has been awarded $5.9M to allow its 1,500 researchers from across the country to advance their understanding of key research questions and inform critical areas of public policy. Hosted by McMaster University, the CRDCN is a partnership between a consortium of Canadian universities and Statistics Canada, including the Research Data Centre at McMaster.
Jan 09, 2017
RDC News: December 2016
Holiday hours and information about the RDC Holiday Party. Job Opportunity: The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study team is looking to hire an analyst in early 2017.
Dec 01, 2016
RDC News: November 2016
CCHS 2014 Rapid Response on Tanning Equipment Use and Laser Beam Exposure
Nov 01, 2016