ACCESS
To
access data sets housed in a Research Data Centre (RDC), researchers
submit project proposals via the Internet to an adjudication
committee operating under the auspices of the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Statistics
Canada. Following the project's approval a contract is signed
with Statistics Canada and access granted to the RDC.
The
initial report produced by the project becomes a public document
in the working paper series of Statistics Canada, following
which the investigator may publish in peer reviewed journals
or other outlets, or in the case of graduate students, submit
the research as part of their degree requirements.
NOTE:
Users are able to access the Public Use Microdata Files, which
includes all non-suppressed variables, through their local
data service. Users from Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier and
Guelph can access these data files and related documentation
on-line through the TDR
site.
HOW
TO APPLY:
The
application is a web-based form, available from the following
link:
http://sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/ciss_reseach_data_e.asp
Potential
applicants are most welcome to get in touch with the
Director Brian Cozzarin (bpcozzar@uwaterloo.ca).
He is happy to consult regarding general strategy for the
application. For details regarding availability of data sets,
he will refer applicants to the STC Analyst, Dr. Pat Newcombe-Welch
(panewcombe@uwaterloo.ca).
Whenever there is demand, a session on application procedures
can be arranged with groups of interested researchers at any
of the partner universities. Direct such requests through
your SWORDC representatives:
Laurier: Susan Johnson (sjohnson@wlu.ca)
Guelph:
Bo Wandschneider (bo@uoguelph.ca)
Brock:
Mohammed Dore (dore@adam.econ.brocku.ca)
