On June 20th, community data users and providers from across Canada came together for the third annual Community Data Canada Roundtable. A free, fully-bilingual event, the 2012 Roundtable was the first to be held as both a face-to-face meeting and a virtual event.
 

A story in today's Globe and Mail offers highlights from the 2012 Wealthscapes Report from Environics Analytics. This is the fifth year for Environics' annual report on neighbourhood-level wealth. To view maps of neighbourhood wealth in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Calgary, click here.

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) will give $50,000 to 5-6 projects for the Social Innovation Partnership Grant in Poverty Alleviation. Read more about how this partnership works here. The deadline for applications is July 24th at noon EST; to download the Expressions of Interest form, click here.

Thanks to Sara Mayo for pointing us to a recent article by University of Ottawa professor Miles Corak (formally of StatsCan) on the cancellation of the longitudinal data series from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, a valuable resource at the larger geographic level.

For those of you who missed the announcement, it can be found at the bottom of this page.

The Canadian Community Economic Development Network Ontario conference featured a presentation on Social Return on Investment (SRoI) from SiMPACT Strategy Group, a Calgary-baed company that has worked with the City of Calgary and as well as a number of non-profits. The purpose of SRoI is to provide a framework for understanding the econmic impact of policies and programs with a social benefit.

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Safe and Inclusive Cities: Research to Reduce Urban Violence, Poverty, and Inequalities

A bit of good news out of the Census: More Canadians than ever before are reaching the 100 mark!

Here are some helpful links to source data:

For EA customers and the general public, Dr. Doug Norris will host an hour-long webinar on the new data on Tuesday, June 12, at 2:00 PM. Please see below for a recent article from Environics on the Census release. For more insights and commentary on the latest Census findings, read his blog at http://environicsanalytics.wordpress.com/2012/02/.

Environics Analytics Offers Insight into the Second Wave of Census Data

We all know community data helps us measure results beyond the traditional bottom line. Seechange magazine has published a new article on Social Return on Investment - thanks to CCSD Board Member Michael Toye for making it available.