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May 12-13 Roundtable Follow-up Meeting

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Dear Friends, We hope you are all well. We wanted to provide you with an update on  the “Save the Census” Campaign AND we Still Need YOUR Help!!!

All CSDS data users please note the following issues with the SAAD data received to date:

Debra Thompson: The Politics of the Census: Lessons from Abroad, pp. 377-382. David A. Green and Kevin Milligan: The Importance of the Long Form Census to Canada, pp. 383-388.

Quaterly Leads Meeting

Thanks Ted from Halton CSDS for sharing the following:

The City of Toronto has a large and active CSDS consortium.  The City has also been very active on the campaign to reinstate the long-form census.

The Hamilton Social Planning and Research Council, CSDS member, led a Save the Census campaign event yesterday. 

The Social Planning Network of Ontario’s (SPNO) latest report, Ontario’s Social Landscape: Socio-demographic trends and condi

The Capacity WG will meet to discuss work on the Catalog.  Sara Mayo from SPC Hamilton, the Lead of this WG will host the call.

Conference call meeting of the Sharing Results WG.  Ted Hilderbrandt from Community Development Halton, the lead of this WG, will host the call.

Social Planning Council of Hamilton, CSDS members are organizing CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

See the blog for media release, articles and videos.

Executive Committee Meeting.  Lead is Peggy Taillon CCSD.  Call.

1st meeting of the Sharing Results WG.  The lead TBD.  Call.

To test adding data into the catalog.  WG Lead, Sara Mayo.

The Toronto Star reports that Census changes concern health community quoting John Campey, the lead on the Save

Janet Gaspirini, Social Planning Council of Sudbury and member of the CSDS in collaboration with Save the Census also or

Social Planning Council of Hamilton, CSDS members are organizing CODE RED for Neighbourhood Data: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Ottawa CSDS Consortia Lead have had their POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY / STRATÉGIE POUR RÉDUIRE LA PAUVRETÉ approved by City of Ottawa Council.  The motions and the full report are av

David Eggen at Friends of Medicare in collaboration with local Edmonton CSDS members led a Save our Census Health Action that was featured on 630 C