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.

The Carrefour jeunesse-emploi de Côte-des-Neiges in Montreal was recently featured in the French-language journal Sociologie et sociétés. A link to the full text (in french) is available on the Montreal Consortium page under 'Publications.' The English and French abstract, also available here, is found below by clicking 'read more.'

For the full article from today's Globe and Mail, click here.

There is never a dull moment in the world of open (and closed) data! To read the full story, click here

OTTAWA – March 30, 2012 – The federal government's Budget 2012 has resulted in cuts to the First Nations Statistical Institute's operational funding by 50% in 2012-2013 and eliminated all of its funding in 2013-14.