January 1 to December 31 Toronto RDC Annual Report 2016 Date submitted: June 2, 2017 Toronto RDC - Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Section One: RDC Information 2 a) Toronto RDC Contact Information 2 b) Table 1b: Toronto RDC Staff 2 c) Table 1c: Toronto RDC Steering Committee Members 3 d) RDC Partnerships and Branches 4 e) Operation of the RDC 4 f) Square Footage 4 Section Two: Toronto RDC Activities 5 a) Table 2a: Projects Started, Withdrawn and Ended 5 b) Table 2b: Summary of Activity in 2016 5 c) Table 2c: Average Monthly Research Activity in 2016 5 d) Box 2d: Summary of Substantive Comments on Publications 6 e) Box 2e: Summary of Major Media Coverage of Research 6 f) Table 2f: Focus of Research, 2012-2016 9 g) Table 2g: Status of Projects in Survey, 2012-2016 9 Section Three: RDC Knowledge Mobilization Activities 10 a) Table 3a: Teaching and Training Activities in 2016 10 b) Table 3b: Toronto RDC Outreach in 2016 10 c) Box 3c: Substantive Comments and Summary of Knowledge Mobilization 11 d) Box 3d: Vignette 11 Section Four: Toronto RDC Researchers 13 a) Table 4a: Student Training and Employment in 2016 13 b) Table 4b: Researcher Employment Status in 2016 13 c) Table 4c: All Researcher Disciplines in 2016 13 d) Table 4d: Student Researcher Disciplines in 2016 14 e) Table 4e: Government Agency Partnerships in 2016 14 f) Table 4f: Research Network Involvement in 2016 14 g) Table 4g: Collaboration, Funding and Partnerships in 2016 15 h) Table 4h: Collaboration with NGOs in 2016 15 i) Table 4i: Research Chairs in 2016 15 j) Table 4j: Non-Government, Non-University Funding Agencies in 2016 15 k) Table 4k: Software Use, 2015-2016 16 Section Five: Achievements, Challenges and Objectives 18 a) Box 5a: Summary of Major Achievements and Challenges in the Past Year 18 b) Box 5b: Summary of Major Challenges and Objectives in the Next Year 18 Section Six: RDC Operating Budget – Revenue and Expenses Report for the Fiscal Year 19 a) Table 6a: Toronto RDC Operating Budget – Revenue 2016 19 b) Table 6b: Toronto RDC Operating Budget – Expenses 2016 20 c) Table 6c: Toronto RDC Operating Budget – Summary of Contributions 21 Section Seven: Complete List of RDC Output 22 Executive Summary The Toronto RDC, a partnership of Nipissing University, Ryerson University, York University and the University of Toronto, is a member of the CRDCN—the national network of RDCs that spans the country. Over the past year, under the leadership of the CRDCN’s new Executive Director Martin Taylor, the Network has moved to a new governance structure. In the past the Network was governed by a national committee of the academic directors of the individual RDCs. As the Network grew, so did this committee, and an Executive Committee was created to streamline decision making. While this model has worked well, it is at odds with the governance models used at other major research networks in the country. Starting this (2017) spring, the CRDCN is governed by an “Inaugural Board” which includes representatives of the participating universities, Statistics Canada, the academic directors, the US Census Bureau, major users and suppliers of RDC data and the research infrastructure industry. This new governance structure should give the CRDCN a higher profile in the research community and provide needed expertise in operations and organization. While not as structurally significant, the Toronto RDC has also experienced some changes in management over the past year. First, our administrative assistant Jessica Maitland is leaving us to pursue graduate studies. Jessica has done an exemplary work at the RDC and we will miss her. We have hired Emilie Jones to take up this position. Second, Dave Haans our long serving research and computing consultant is leaving us to take up a position at the CRDCN. Most of our researchers will know Dave, perhaps from his regular SAS workshops, more likely indirectly when he has somehow kept our systems working through software and hardware installations, overheating issues, network glitches etc., etc. Dave has been an invaluable member of the RDC team, and while we regret our loss of his services, we know we will remain in good “IT hands” at the Network level. We have hired Dawas Zaidi as our new IT consultant. These personnel transitions are inevitable, but remind us how well our University of Toronto and Statistics Canada staffs support RDC researchers. As I do each year, I am very pleased to thank them for their service to our community. Finally, the Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre grew over the past year as a new RDC opened on the campus of Nipissing University. The Nipissing RDC is a branch of the Toronto RDC, but its projects are serviced in part by Statistics Canada staff at the York University branch. We now count researchers in both the GTA and Northern Ontario as members of the “Toronto RDC” research community. Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre: Annual Report 2016 1 Section One: RDC Information a) Toronto RDC Contact Information Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre University of Toronto 130 St. George St., 7th Floor, Room 7032 Toronto, ON M5S 1A5 Phone: 416-946-8105, Web: http://www.utoronto.ca/rdc Table 1b: Toronto RDC Staff FTE FTE (Non- Name Position Contact Information (Students) students) Michael Baker Academic Director 416-946-8107 (Toronto RDC) .1 416-978-4138 (Economics) [email protected] Dave Haans Research and 416-946- .8 Computing Consultant, 8106 [email protected] Webmaster Angela Prencipe Analyst 416-946-8321 1.0 [email protected] Carmina Ng Analyst 416-946- 1.0 8108 torontordc.cng@utoronto .ca Joanna Jacob Analyst 416-946-8105 .8 [email protected] Siyue Tian Analyst 416-946-8105 .8 [email protected] Jessica Maitland Admin Assistant 416-946-7002 .3 [email protected] Susan Murphy Admin Manager 416-978-7037 .45 416-946-7002 (Toronto RDC) [email protected] Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre: Annual Report 2016 2 Table 1c: Toronto RDC Steering Committee Members Name Institution Position Cameron Mustard Institute for Work and Health President and Senior Scientist Valerie Preston York University, Geography Professor and Academic Director of York RDC up to as of July 1, 2015 Mike Ornstein* York University, Sociology Professor and Director of Institute of Social Research (ISR) and Director of York RDC up to July 2013 Georges Monette York University, Math & Stats Professor Debra Peplar York University, Psychology Professor and Director of LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution Kevin Manuel Ryerson University, Library Data Librarian Enza Gucciardi Ryerson University, Nutrition Professor and Scientist at UHN and Director of Socio-ecological Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Research Interest Group, Ryerson Andrea Noack Ryerson University, Sociology Professor and Undergraduate Program Director Leanne Trimble University of Toronto, Library Head, Map and Data Library as of December 1, 2015 Jenny Jenkins University of Toronto, OISE, Professor and Chair of Atkinson Centre Applied Psychology and Human Development Mark Stabile University of Toronto, Economics Professor and Founding Director, SPPG and the School of Public Policy and Governance Linda White University of Toronto, Political Professor and Interim Director, SPPG as of April 1, Science and the School of Public 2015 Policy and Governance Michael Baker University of Toronto, Economics Professor and Academic Director of Toronto RDC Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre: Annual Report 2016 3 Blair Wheaton University of Toronto, Sociology Professor and former Academic Director of Toronto RDC Ex-Officio Members d) RDC Partnerships and Branches Ryerson University York University* Nipissing University Institute for Work and Health University of Toronto (supported by Faculty of Arts and Science, Medicine and Robarts Library) *Note: York University remains a partner, though they became a successful branch operation in early 2009. e) Operation of the RDC The RDC is open 9am to 6pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 5pm on Fridays. The Toronto RDC has 25 lab workstations and 2 internet computers. f) Square Footage The Toronto RDC occupies 3,513 square feet. Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre: Annual Report 2016 4 Section Two: Toronto RDC Activities Table 2a: Projects Started, Withdrawn and Ended Projects Started Projects Withdrawn Projects Ended 2016 49 7 85 Source: Statistics Canada RDC Program Manager’s Report, Table 9 Table 2b: Summary of Activity in 2016 Un-weighted Total Weighted Rating Output Total 0.5 Completed Projects 85 42.5 2.0 Books 0 1.0 Edited Books 0 1.0 Book Chapters 1 1 1.5 Refereed Articles 35 52.5 0.5 Working Papers 2 1 1.0 Policy Reports 18 18 2.0 PhD Theses 4 8 1.0 MA Theses 0 0.5 Undergrad Theses 0 2.0 Full Year Course (6 credits) 0 1.0 Semester Course (3 credits) 1 1 RDC Data in Conference Presentations or 0.5 invited Talks (same presentations may 67 33.5 be counted only once) 2.0 CRDCN Annual Conference Organization 0 0.5 Organize Conference Sessions, Workshops, to 3 1.5 Symposia 1.0 Total 216 159.0 Source: CRDCN Researchers Survey (Completed Projects), CRDCN Bibliography (Books to Undergrad Theses), RDC (Courses, Conferences and Workshops) Table 2c: Average Monthly Research Activity in 2016 Contracts Raw Dyads Adjusted Dyads Toronto RDC 142.2 456.2 553.4 Source: Statistics Canada RDC Program Manager’s Report, Table 1 Toronto Region Statistics Canada Research Data Centre: Annual Report 2016 5 Box 2d: Summary of Substantive Comments on Publications In 2016, there were 85 completed projects at the Toronto RDC as counted using the calculations from the Researcher Survey output, a marked increase from 49 last year (2015) and 38 reported the year prior (2014).