Conferences and colloquiums

In addition to its wide range of activities, the QICSS organizes numerous symposiums and conferences. From ethnic diversity to the situation of Canadian families, from annual conferences designed especially for new scholars to special events organized within international conferences, all these events highlight the huge potential of social statistics.

International Conferences

Every two years, the QICSS organizes an international conference on a current topic. These events explore the issues from a comparative perspective, by bringing together Canadian and international researchers to present the latest research and discuss the contribution made by social statistics. T hey provide an opportunity for an international dialogue between decision makers, researchers, representatives from statistical institutes and others.

2018 - Immigration’s Impact, Immigrants’ Outcomes: New Results using Business and Social Data
- Conference Synthesis : Immigration’s Impact, Immigrants’ Outcomes: New Data, New Findings
2016 - Future Well-Being of the Elderly
2014 - Social policy and health inequalities: An international perspective
- Canadian Public Policy special issue drawn from the conference: Social Policy and Health Inequalities: An International Perspective
2011 - Social Statistics, Poverty and Social Exclusion Conference
- Alain Noël's conference report: Fighting Poverty, Inequalities and Social Exclusion
- Conference proceedings
2009 - Social Statistics and Higher Education Conference
- Canadian Journal of Higher Education special issue (vol 40, No 3, 2010) drawn from the conference
2007 - Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity Conference
- Book drawn from the conference: Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity
- Ethnic and Racial Studies special issue (vol 35, 2012) drawn from the conference
2006 : Longitudinal Social and Health Surveys in an International Perspective

CRDCN National Conferences

Annually, the Canadian Data Centre Network (CRDCN) holds a large conference where the most recent research results on a specific topic are presented. The list of the CRDCN National Conferences is available here with links to many of the Power Point presentations and video recordings. QICSS has hosted and co-organised the following conferences.

2022 - CRDCN Fall Data Forum
2017 - CRDCN 2017 National Conference
2005 - Canadian Families under Pressure ?

Colloquiums at the annual ACFAS Conference

Each year, the QICSS organizes a colloquium at the annual Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) conference. These events draw attention to the insights offered by social statistics into social policy issues and highlight the research conducted in the QICSS laboratories. By bringing together contributors from diverse areas, these events encourage an exchange of ideas that helps advance social statistics in the francophone community.

Emerging Excellence Conference

The aim of these conferences is to highlight the innovative research carried out by graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and recent graduates. They seek to showcase the wide spectrum of questions that young scholars tackle with the data available at the QICSS, the diversity of quantitative tools they use ant the relevance of research findings.