2014 National Conference
Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN)
Investing in our Futures
Programme
29-31 October 2014
Inn at the Forks
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About the CRDCN
Since 2000, in partnership with Statistics Canada and with the support of SSHRC, CIHR, CFI and
participating universities, the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) has transformed
quantitative social science research in Canada. Through this infrastructure comprising more than 25
secure computer laboratories located throughout the country, researchers have access to a vast array
of social, economic and health data from an increasing range of survey, census and administrative
datasets.
In addition to facilitating access to Statistics Canada confidential microdata files, the CRDCN also seek
to expand the pool of highly skilled quantitative researchers in Canada by providing art-of-the-state
training and to make research count by connecting researchers, policy makers and practitioners.
To know more about us, we invite you to visit our website (www.rdc.cdr.ca). To be informed about
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Dear Speakers and Participants,, welcome to the
CRDCN 2014 National Conference
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this year’s CRDCN research conference. This is
the 12th year for this annual event having begun in 2003. The CRDCN was set up in 2000 to
facilitate and broaden access to confidential Statistics Canada micro-data. From fewer than 10
Research data centres at the time, the network now has 27 access points throughout the country,
where researchers can make use of an ever-widening range of data files.
This year’s conference “seeks to encourage evidence-based reflections on the society we want to
create”. We are in the era of “big data” with its tremendous potential to study society in ways not
possible before. Access to, and study of, very large, high-quality data files are essential for
academic researchers and those who formulate policy.
The CRDCN is Canada’s only national social science research network. It is a tremendous
success story. We are now engaged in discussions about the future of social statistics research in
Canada, and we are eager to assume an increased leadership role in a big data world.
I’d like to thank and congratulate Evelyn Forget, the Academic Director of the University of
Manitoba’s Research Data Centre, and her colleagues, for their outstanding work in organizing
this gathering.
I look forward to this conference and the opportunity of meeting many of you.
Robert McNutt
Executive Director
CRDCN
Dear Colleagues, welcome!
The University of Manitoba is located in Treaty one territory and on the traditional territory of
the Anishinaabe peoples and the homeland of the Metis Nation. Our campuses and the historic
Forks of Winnipeg sit at the crossroads of the Anishinaabe, Metis, Cree, Dakota and Oji-Cree
Nations.
The site of this conference is a storied one. Across the pedestrian bridge over the Red River lies
St. Boniface – the largest francophone community in Canada west of Ottawa. Louis Riel and
many of his comrades in the Northwest Rebellion are interred at St. Boniface Cathedral, and just
a few yards down the road is the Musée de St. Boniface which showcased the infamous (and
possibly misidentified) Bell of Batoche after it was repatriated in 2013 from a legion in Millbrook
Ontario where it was taken as a war trophy after Riel’s capture in 1885. Very near this hotel sits
the imposing Canadian Museum of Human Rights, where we will hold our opening reception on
Wednesday October 29. Inside its walls is one story of human rights. Another is inherent in the
city in which we gather. A few yards from the CMHR and from the conference hotel flows the
Red River from the depths of which the body of 15-year old Tina Fontaine was recovered a few
weeks ago – another missing and murdered aboriginal woman.
As we examine the data collected by Statistics Canada and made available to us through the
CRDCN, let us keep in mind the people behind these data – the women and men, boys and girls,
immigrant and indigenous, francophone, anglophone and allophone, whose lives we hope to
understand better and to make better. These data tell their own stories and contribute new layers
to the ways in which we understand our lives and the society in which we live.
The Manitoba RDC welcomes you to Winnipeg and to the 2014 CRDCN Conference:
Investing in Our Futures. We are pleased to acknowledge the generous financial support of
Statistics Canada, SSHRC, CIHR and the Department of Community Health Sciences at
the University of Manitoba. We are especially grateful for the hard work of Sarah Fortin, Donna
Dosman, Kelly Cranswick, Ian Clara and Gelareh Manghebati in organizing this conference.
Have a wonderful conference!
Evelyn L Forget
Academic Director
Manitoba Research Data Centre
By the way, the buildings near the river are full of little shops and food kiosks. Check out
the spectacular naked eye observatory at the Oodena Celebration Circle next to the
hotel!
Important Tips for Conference Participants
Room Location of Sessions
All sessions are on the second level of the Inn at the Forks
Parking
All parking is the property of The Forks. For your convenience, meeting attendees may
register their license plate on the registration sheet placed at the registration desk. This
allows you to park for free in the parkade as well as behind the hotel for the scheduled time
of the meeting. This free parking does not include metered parking spots, overnight parking
or the parking lot directly beside The Forks Market. Please read all posted signs carefully
as the Inn at the Forks is not responsible for any parking tickets or towing fees that may be
incurred.
Where to Eat and Drink
The buildings near the river – the Forks Market and the Johnson Terminal – have many
restaurants and quick food kiosks as well as small craft shops. Additional information about
Winnipeg restaurants is available at the registration desk. Chez Sophie Sur le Pont is a
nice café and a short walk from the hotel.
Visit of The Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Our tour will take place when the museum is closed. You should meet inside the group
entrance at 6 pm on Wednesday, which is a very short walk from the hotel. If you have
mobility issues, please let us know. It is a big museum and some of the ramps are steep.
Conference Programme in a Nutshell
Wednesday October 29
10:00-17h00 Preconference workshop (Forks Ballroom)
18:00 Private guided tour and opening reception, Canadian Museum for Human Rights (meet at group entrance)
Thursday, October 30
8:45-9:00 Welcome (Forks Ballroom)
9:00-10:00 Keynote address by Janet Currie (Forks Ballroom)
10:30-12:00 Concurrent sessions
1. What Works to Reduce Child Health Inequities? (Forks Ballroom)
2. Obesity among children and youth (Prairie Salon)
3. Economic and Labour Market Outcomes (River Salon)
13:00-14:30 Concurrent sessions
4. Child Abuse and Health in Canada: Findings from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey (Forks Ballroom)
5. Immigration, Racialization and Health Outcomes (Prairie Salon)
6. Data Gaps and Data Holdings (River Salon)
14:45-16:15 Concurrent sessions
7. Labour and Financial Well-being Later in Life (Forks Ballroom)
8. Tourism, gaming and sports (River Salon)
9. Social and spatial variation in health and economic outcomes (Prairie Salon)
18:30 Poster Session and cash bar, followed by dinner (Forks Ballroom)
Friday, October 31, 9:00-12:30
9:00-10-30 Concurrent sessions
10. Immigration, Integration and Settlement Services (Forks Ballroom)
11. Caregiving, volunteerism and everyday discrimination (River Salon)
12. Nutritional Epidemiology (Prairie Salon)
11:00-12:30 Concurrent sessions
13. Disability, Work and Retirement in Canada (Forks Ballroom)
14. Poverty and Social Exclusion (River Salon)
15. Mental Health and Substance Use Among Canadian Youth (Prairie Salon)
Social Events
Wednesday, October 29
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18:00 Private guided tour and opening reception, Canadian Museum for Human Rights (meet at group
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Thursday, October 30
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18:30 Poster Session and cash bar, followed by dinner (Forks Ballroom)
Detailed Conference Programme
Wednesday, October 29 Preconference Workshop: New Datasets Available in
the RDCs
9:00
10:00-12:00
Forks Ballroom
12:00-13:00
13:00-15:00
Forks Ballroom
Registration opens
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Lunch hosted by Evelyn L. Forget (included)
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15:00-15:30
Break
16:00-17:00
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Forks Ballroom
18:30
Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey
Life After Service Survey
Community Health and Noise Survey
Canadian Citizenship and Immigration – Permanent Resident Landing File
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics – Upcoming justice administrative data
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services – Ontario Social Assistance Data
Data Quality of 2011 National Household Survey
Aboriginal Peoples Survey: New Research Potential
Private guided tour of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and opening reception (Sponsored
by the Department of Community Health Sciences, Univ. of Manitoba)
Thursday, October 30 Regular Conference Presentations
8:00
Registration opens
8:45-9:00
Word of Welcome
Ballroom
Evelyn L. Forget, Academic Director, Manitoba RDC
Robert McNutt, Executive Director, CRDCN
9:00-10:00
Keynote Address
Ballroom
Investing in Our Future: the Importance of Child Health
Professor Janet Currie
Henry Putman Professor of Economics and Policy Affairs, Director, Center for Health and Wellbeing,
Princeton University
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-12:00
Concurrent Sessions 1, 2 & 3
Ballroom
Session 1: What Works to Reduce Child Health Inequities?
Chair: Nathan Nickel
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Thursday, October 30 Regular Conference Presentations
10:30-12:00
Session 2: Obesity among children and youth
River
Chair: Katelin Neufeld
Michael Kottelenberg (Queen’s)
Universal Childcare, Child Obesity and the BMI Distribution
Aniq Anam, Piotr Wilk, M Karen Campbell (Western)
The Impact of Intrauterine Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Early Childhood Body Mass
Index Trajectories
Piotr Wilk (Western) and Martin Cooke (Waterloo)
Age-Period-Cohort Analysis on Obesity Rates Among Off-reserve Aboriginal Children and Youth
Prairie
Session 3: Economic and Labour Market Outcomes
Chair: Syeed Khan
Stephen Childs (EPRI), Ross Finnie (Ottawa), Dejan Pavlic (EPRI), Nemanja Jevtovic (EPRI)
Post-Schooling Outcomes of Canadian University Graduates: A Tax Data Linkage Approach
Dana Bazarkulova (Manitoba)
The Effect of Quebec Childcare Policy Change on the Labour Market Outcomes and Time Distribution in
the Family
Lenin Arango-Castillo (Queen’s ) and Sora Froda (UQAM)
Unemployment Duration During the 2008 Recession: a Statistical Analysis of the Canadian Experience
Sadjad Kalhor (Manitoba)
Price Elasticity of Housing Supply Across Canadian Metropolitan Areas
12:00-13:30
Lunch (on your own. Check out the food kiosks in the terminal buildings)
13:30-15:00
Concurrent Sessions 4, 5 & 6
Ballroom
Session 4: Child Abuse and Health in Canada: Findings from the 2012 Canadian Community Health
Survey
Chair: Tracie Afifi
Tracie Afifi (Manitoba)
Child Abuse and Mental and Physical Health in Canada
Tamara Taillieu (Manitoba)
Child Abuse Co-Occurrence and Contact With Child Protective Services
Sarah Turner (Manitoba)
Child Abuse and Help-Seeking
Kristene Cheung (Manitoba)
Child Abuse and Protective Factors Related to Better Mental Health Outcomes
Thursday, October 30 Regular Conference Presentations
13:30-15:00
Session 5: Immigration, Racialization and Health Outcomes
Prairie
Chair: Rashid Ahmed
Dora Tam (Western) and Sui Ming Kwok
Social-Behavioral and Emotional Trajectories: Comparison Between Racialized and Non-Racialized
Canadian Youth
Astrid Flénon (Montreal), Alain Gagnon (Montreal), Jennifer Sigouin (McGill), Zoua Vang (McGill)
The Effect of Acculturation on the Health of New Immigrants to Canada Between 2001 and 2005
Duangsuda Sopchokchai (Ottawa)
New Evidence Regarding the Health Immigrant Effect: Cohort Analysis Using Matching Approach
River
Session 6: Data Gaps and Data Holdings
Chair: Nicole Herpai
Heather Dryburgh and Vincent Dale (Statistics Canada)
Methods for Filling Research Data Gaps
Alexander Singer (Manitoba)
Data from Primary Care Electronic Medical Records as a Means of Improving Understanding of Chronic
Diseases in Canada
Banibrata Roy (Manitoba)
Predictive Value of GPA, MCAT, Block and NBME (National Board of Medical Examiners) Scores on
MCCQE-1 (Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination, Part I) Scores
15:00-15h15
Break
15h15-16:45
Concurrent Sessions 7, 8 & 9
Ballroom
Session 7: Labour and Financial Well-being Later in Life
Chair: Alex Peden
Jorge Uriarte-Landa (ESDC), My-Phuong Van (ESDC), and Benoȋt-Paul Hébert (ESDC)
Post-Retirement Employment: An Examination of Trends and Income-Related Characteristics Based on
the LAD
Derek Maessacar (Toronto)
The Effects of Education and Soft-Paternalism on Saving for Retirement
Susan McDaniel (Lethbridge), Adebiyi Germain Boco (Lethbridge), Amber Gazso (York), Karen Duncan
(Manitoba)
Perceived Financial Well-Being of Canadians in Mid to Later Life: A Longitudinal and Multi-Method
Analysis
Thursday, October 30 Regular Conference Presentations
15:15-16:45
Prairie
Session 8: Tourism, gaming and sports
Chair: Pranay Das
Tom Perks (Lethbridge)
Exploring an Olympic “Legacy”: Sport Participation in Canada Before and After the 2010 Vancouver
Winter Olympics
Prosper Koto, Umut Oguzoglu (Manitoba)
Longitudinal and Spatial Analysis of VLT Gambling in Manitoba: Impacts on Economic Outcomes at the
Community Level
River
Matthew Stargardter, Xi Lu (Manitoba)
The Impact of Thirteen Countries on Canada’s Inbound Tourism Demand
Session 9: Social and spatial variation in health and economic outcomes
Chair: Hasantha Gunaratna
Wang Li (McMaster)
Social Inequality of Mortality and Cancer Survival in Canada: 1991 – 2006 Census Cohort study
Yaping Jin (Toronto)
Government-Insured Routine Eye Examinations and Incidence of Self-Reported Glaucoma, Cataracts and
Uncorrectable Vision Loss
Mahmud Torabi (Manitoba)
Bowel Disorders and its Spatial Trend in Manitoba
18:30
Ballroom
Poster Session and cash bar followed by dinner
Friday, October 31 Regular Conference Presentations
9:00-10:30
Ballroom
Concurrent session 10, 11 & 12
Session 10: Immigration and Birth Patterns
Chair: Iresha Ratnayake
Lori Wilkinson, Jill Bucklaschuk, Jack Shen, Iqbal Chowdhury (Manitoba)
Does Province of Residence Influence Access to Settlement Services in Canada? A View from the Western
Region
Ted McDonald, Chris Worswick and Wen Ci (UNB)
Changing Pattern Over Time of Incidence of Multiple Births: an Empirical Study Using Canadian Census
Data from 1981 to 2006
Jennifer Sigouin (McGill)
Earning Differentials Between Visible Minority Members and Whites: Quebec and Canada
Friday, October 31 Regular Conference Presentations
9:00-10:30
Session 11: Caregiving, volunteerism and everyday discrimination
River
Chair: Nicole Herpai
Beth Jackson (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Strengthening the Evidence Base on Social Determinants of Health – Measuring Everyday Discrimination
through a CCHS Rapid Response Module
Shahin Shooshtari (Manitoba), Karen A. Duncan (Manitoba), Kerstin Roger (Manitoba) and Janet Fast
(Alberta)
Independent Effect of Care-Related Out-of-Pocket Expenses on Care-Related Economic, Social and Health
Consequences
Forough Seifi (Ottawa)
Volunteer Opportunities and their Implications on Private Philanthropy
Prairie
Session 12: Nutritional Epidemiology
Chair : Kristen Fleet
AN Mudryj, M de Groh, HM Aukema, NB Yu
Folate Consumption Patterns and Intake Levels from Different Folate Sources in the Canadian Diet:
Analysis of the CCHS on Nutrition
AN Mudryj, N Yu, TJ Hartman, DC Mitchell, FR Lawrence, HM Aukema
Pulse Consumption in Canadian adults influences nutrient intakes
AN Mudryj, HM Aukema, N Yu
Intake Patterns and Dietary Associations of Soy Protein Consumption in Adults and Children in the CCHS
10:30-11:00
Break
11:00-12:30
Concurrent Sessions 13, 14 & 15
Ballroom
Session 13: Disability, Work and Retirement in Canada
Chair: Syeed Khan
Matthew Till (ESDC) and Colin Tweddle (ESDC)
Retirement Transitions of Older Working-Age Adults (50-69) with Disabilities
Katherine Breward (Winnipeg)
Intersectional Identities and Disability Accommodation Requesting in the Workplace
Umut Oguzoglu (Manitoba)
Dynamics of Disability and Work in Canada
Friday, October 31 Regular Conference Presentations
11:00-12:30:
Session 14: Poverty and Social Exclusion
River
Chair: Shahin Shooshtari
Gustave Goldmann (Ottawa)
Aboriginal Lone-Parent Families and their Socio-Economic Challenges: the Child’s Perspective
Rosa Evelia Sanchez Garcia (Manitoba)
The Indian Act and the Economic Outcomes of Manitoba Aboriginal People
Charles Plante (McGill)
Comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategies in Canada: Policy or Window Dressing?
Prairie
Session 15: Mental Health and Substance Use Among Canadian Youth
Chair: Evelyn Forget
Stephenson B. StrobeL and Evelyn L Forget (Manitoba)
Alcohol Pricing and Drinking Among Canadian Youth
Nazish Samad (Saskatchewan)
Association Between Marijuana and Crime: Evidence from Self-Reported Data Among Toronto Students
Depeng Jiang (Manitoba)
Development of Mental Health Problems Through Childhood and Adolescence Using National
Longitudinal Data
Thank you to our sponsors and partners
Department of Community Health Sciences,
University of Manitoba
The services and activities provided by the CRDCN are made possible by the financial or in-kind
support of the SSHRC, the CIHR, the CFI, Statistics Canada and participating universities which
we gratefully acknowledge.