DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE - Statistics Canada · DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 4 DLI Licence Agreement In late November 2011, it was announced that Statistics

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012

For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012

DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE

Data Liberation Initiative

Microdata Access Division

Statistics Canada

R.H. Coats Building

100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway

Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6

E-mail: [email protected]

Fax : (613) 951-7574

DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012

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KEY ADVANTAGES TO DLI MEMBERSHIP

Access

o The Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Collection offers access to the

entire collection of Public Use Microdata Files (PUMFs) under one

licence agreement.

o Provides access to postal code information not freely available for

non-DLI members.

o Access to Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) data is

being negotiated for DLI members only.

Support

o The DLI listserv, a specialised research service for DLI contact

members seeking responses to statistical and data-related

questions. Carrying out user support through the DLI listserv is

imperative in reducing support costs and duplication of resources

and effort in answering reference questions.

Training

o DLI membership provides annual regional workshops that offer the

latest information about Statistics Canada and DLI products and

services. The workshops teach practical data skills with enhanced

theoretical knowledge about data literacy.

Advocacy

o The DLI acts as a forum for postsecondary community to convey

needs and interests to Statistics Canada via the DLI External

Advisory Committee (EAC). The DLI EAC is a strong influence in

ensuring that Statistics Canada’s development of new products

and the refinement of existing products meets end-users’ needs.

"I cannot imagine delivering data services without the support of the DLI and the

DLI community. The annual regional training sessions help me stay current,

informed, and recharged; the quadrennial national training session promotes the

cohesion and strength of the community at the national level; the DLI Web site,

particularly the DLI Survival Guide and the Training Repository, is a wealth of

information; and the DLI team find the answers to my questions in a timely and

efficient manner.” Gail Curry, MLS

University of Northern British Columbia

DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEY ADVANTAGES ..................................................................................... 1

YEAR IN REVIEW 2011-2012 ...................................................................... 3

MEMBERSHIP ..................................................................................... 3

DLI LICENCE AGREEMENT ................................................................ 4

SERVICES ........................................................................................... 5

DLILIST ............................................................................................ 5

TRAINING ........................................................................................ 6

TOOLS AND RESOURCES .............................................................. 7

DLI COLLECTION ................................................................................ 8

INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................ 9

DATA MANAGEMENT ......................................................................... 9

CONTINUUM OF ACCESS ................................................................ 10

PARTNERSHIPS ................................................................................ 12

LOOKING FORWARD ....................................................................... 14

GOVERNANCE .......................................................................................... 15

EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS .............................. 15

EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS ............................................... 16

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS .............................................................. 17

DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE SECTION ............................................... 19

DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012

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YEAR IN REVIEW: 2011-2012

Over the years the focus of the DLI Program has evolved from purchasing access

to major Canadian datasets collected by Statistics Canada to providing training

services and the continuous support required for the proper understanding and

usage of an ever expanding research collection.

As Statistics Canada’s dissemination model becomes more open, the DLI

Program will continue to play an important role in its promotion of data and

statistical literacy, to provide feedback to Statistics Canada on the relevancy of

its data to Canadian society and in its educational outreach to the DLI and

wider communities.

Membership

The vast majority of universities across Canada are members of the DLI, including

the 29 Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) university member

institutions and 46 other institutions for a total membership of 75.


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DLI Licence Agreement

In late November 2011, it was announced that Statistics Canada planned to

make its online standard data products free by February 2012, under the

Government of Canada’s Open Data Licence Agreement, allowing for

commercial re-use. While DLI subscription fees have not supported the purchase

of data for the DLI Collection for several years now, the DLI Licence agreement

needed to be updated to reflect the changes in Statistics Canada’s

dissemination of open data.

Under the new Licence agreement, standard data products in the DLI collection

are subject to Statistics Canada’s Open Data Licence. The DLI new Licence will

now allow the use of DLI data for non-profit, academic research and instruction,

as well as for commercial purposes. Under the new Licence agreement,

institutional members of the DLI have access to the entire PUMFs collection. They

can use the PUMFs for research, publishing and even commercial purposes but

they cannot share the data with non DLI members. Non DLI members would

need to contact Statistics Canada first to sign a licence and then obtain the

PUMFs required. Postal codes remain as is, meaning that they cannot be shared

with non DLI members and cannot be used for commercial purposes. Data that

will be coming from the Canadian Institute for Health Information will only be

available to DLI members and can not be used for commercial purposes.

Any other data that may be added to the DLI collection coming from outside

Statistics Canada will be added to the Licence under an Appendix.

"What does free data mean to DLI? The DLI stopped using membership

fees to pay for data in 2000 (since 2000, fees paid to DLI by members are

devoted to loading and maintaining the data on the DLI servers,

supporting the listserv and providing training for members). We sign one

license per institution that covers all data--public use microdata and

databases as usual. Non-DLI members must sign one microdata license

per user per file. That would be impossible in an academic setting! We

also have access to valuable data outside of Statistics Canada, notably

the PCCF and soon to have the Canadian Centre for Health Information

(CIHI) microdata Discharge Abstract Database (DAD).” "Open Sesame: Open

Data, Data Liberation and New Opportunities for Libraries", presented at the Canadian Library Association National Conference, June 2012

Wendy Watkins, Carleton University Margaret Haines, Carleton University

Ernie Boyko, Carleton University Tracey P. Lauriault, Carleton University


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Services

The DLI offers specialised research services to member institutions as well as

access to an active network of data librarians across Canada. Many of these

questions flow directly to the DLI Reference Services Coordinator while other

inquiries are sent to the DLIlist.

The DLIlist

The DLI listserv (DLIIist) is a dedicated, online help desk for members seeking

responses to statistics and/or data-related questions as well as a forum to discuss

data issues and concerns. The DLIlist is extremely active, receiving over 2000

messages last fiscal year. The high number and the growing complexity of

questions appearing on the discussion list reflect the importance of this service to

the academic research community.

Note: The figures displayed above do not include the requests received by the DLI unit by email and

telephone, off the DLIlist. We estimate that as many requests are received through these channels as through

the DLIlist.

“We are a medium-sized university with a small, but growing demand for data.

We are especially grateful for the excellent advice we receive from DLI staff

each time we submit to them a question that was beyond our ability to answer.”

Brenda Philip

University of the Fraser Valley


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Training

Equitable access to and use of all data products in the DLI Collection is a

fundamental requirement for all member institutions throughout the country. As

data use increases on local campuses, so does the need for the knowledge and

skills to support researchers. Investment in building regional data expertise is one

strategy being pursued with great success by the DLI training program.

Through DLI membership, librarians and staff supporting the DLI on their

campuses have the opportunity to attend specialised data-related training

sessions and workshops.

During 2011-2012 training events that were held included ACCOLEDS, the

National Training Day and Boot Camp in Vancouver, as well as several Webinar

sessions. The DLI Boot Camp is a special training series, where subsidized DLI

training sessions are designed to equip new DLI contacts with the basic skills and

knowledge required to perform their new DLI duties.

Workshops are always well attended with many institutions opting to send more

than the one participant (DLI subsidizes one participant from each member

institution annually). Participants can then use the knowledge and skills acquired

at these workshops to train faculty, students and staff at their own institutions.

In collaboration with Carleton University, the DLI started using distance training

tools as a means of addressing training needs between workshops. The DLI’s first

webinar took place on November 8, 2010 and was on the topic of the

Households and the Environment Survey, which was well received. As a result, a

couple of webinar sessions were held in the past year, notably the Canadian

Community Health Survey (CCHS) on Healthy Aging in April 2011, as well as the

Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) on the Annual component in

November 2011.

Copies of the presentations given during the training sessions are archived and

made available online through the DLI Training Repository. The following table

depicts participation in DLI training events. In 2011-2012, a total of 167 DLI

contacts and their colleagues participated in DLI regional training sessions.


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1 Due to the National Training Day in 2007/08 and 2011/12, there were no regional training events held in these

regions. 2 The first day of the 2008/09 Atlantic Training included the boot camp in the Atlantic Region. 3 ACCOLEDS covers the Western provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba). 4 The National Training Day was held in Vancouver. 5 56 DLI contacts linked to the webinar, which included multiple participants

Tools and Resources

The DLI program offers additional training tools and resources

Publishes the DLI Update: a newsletter geared towards DLI contacts,

which serves to educate participants on issues related to the DLI

community and provides useful tips to help with DLI activities.

Provides and maintains the Statistics Canada Best Practices Document:

Tagging Files Based on Data Documentation Initiative

Produces a comprehensive report highlighting the DLI’s annual

accomplishments

Maintains the DLI Survival Guide, a valuable resource for understanding

and using the DLI collection and resources

Provides online training exercises using data available from the DLI

Training Repository, including DLI Research Paper series

Training Event

Participants from Postsecondary Institutions

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12

Atlantic Training 18 21 25 0 ¹ 29 ² 24 24 0¹

Quebec Training 24 25 14 0 ¹ 17 17 14 0¹

Ontario Training 40 41 43 43 35 41 48 0¹

ACCOLEDS training ³ 35 35 37 21 28 39 33 30

National Training Day 63 554

Boot Camp 29 26

Webinars 36 56 5

TOTAL 117 122 119 127 138 121 119 167


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The DLI Collection

The DLI collection contains all of Statistics Canada’s public use microdata files

(PUMFs), as well as standard tables, detailed Census data files, databases and

geographic (GIS) files. These products are downloaded by DLI contacts and

disseminated to students, faculty and staff within the member institutions for

academic research, teaching and institutional planning.

The DLI collection is continually growing as new data files are released and as we

conduct outreach to Statistics Canada divisions and other agencies, such as

Health Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Canadian Institute for

Health Information (CIHI).

The DLI offers access to all public data products

such as:

More than 350 Public Use Microdata surveys

All public Statistics Canada databases, such as

the Social Policy Simulation Database and Model,

and Inter-Corporate Ownership

An enhanced line of Census products

Aggregated data on subject such as justice

and education

All standard geographic files and databases.

“At Athabasca U, we

really like the DLI. Our

Institutional Studies

department uses the

Postal code conversion

file (PCCF) and several

of the University

Financial Reporting

information sets regularly

when creating reports.” Doug Kariel

Athabasca University Library


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Infrastructure

The DLI offers member institutions a reliable online infrastructure to access the DLI

collection.

The DLI FTP Site and Website

Through Internet access to the DLI FTP site and website, DLI contacts can

download all of the Statistics Canada data files and documentation that are in

the DLI collection for their institutions’ researchers, students and staff. DLI files are

also redistributed through several secondary repositories hosted and maintained

in DLI institutions.

The DLI continues to improve its web presence in order to better serve its

members. Several projects are currently underway to enhance the

communication tools available to the DLI community. The Reference Services

Coordinator with input from the DLI community is currently updating the DLI

Survival Guide kit, an online document that serves as a key reference for both

new and seasoned DLI contacts alike. The DLI unit is also working towards

migrating the DLI repository and listserv to new infrastructures.

Data Management

Valued research and high quality data are founded on the principles of sound

data management practices. When data is properly organized and preserved,

the result is increased visibility and impact on research. The DLI supports data

management practices through the creation of valuable metadata that is DDI

compliant.

Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)

DDI is an international XML-based standard for content, presentation, delivery,

and preservation of metadata for microdata. As part of an international

standardization effort related to social science data, the DLI is currently

preparing DDI-compliant XML-based survey files. Datasets are ‘tagged’

according to internationally recognized documentation schema, which allows

for detailed and structured information searches down to the variable level. The

interoperability of the XML format and precise encoding ensure the preservation

of data and metadata over time, and promotes data sharing and accessibility

within the DDI community.

The DLI unit is responsible for looking at each survey over time to ensure that the

documentation matches the data, is complete, and available in both

languages, enabling the DLI to have a warehouse of good and complete

archived information. Our goal is to load the complete DLI PUMF collection into

Nesstar.


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Continuum of Access and Open Data

There exist several channels to access Statistics Canada’s products and services.

These various modes of access can be organized along a continuum using three

characteristics that largely govern access: cost, conditions, and content. By the

nature of their confidentiality, master files have the most restricted access, public

use files permit more access but conditionally with less detail on the file, while

most aggregate statistics have wide open access.

Recently Statistics Canada has released all of its standard data table products

online under an open access Licence Agreement; however direct access to

microdata is not available online. For instance, PUMFs have been free since the

beginning of 2011 but a licence must be signed first before gaining access to the

data. Likewise, detailed microdata files are only accessible for approved

projects in highly secure Research Data Centres in over 25 university campuses

across Canada.

While Statistics Canada has changed the approach to how people access

aggregate data holdings and information on the website, a data user wishing to

go beyond what is already provided to them continue to have several options

open to them.

Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)

The Data Liberation initiative offers DLI member institutions access to Statistics

Canada‘s complete PUMF collection under one Licence agreement. Non DLI

members would need to contact Statistics Canada first to sign the Licence

Agreement and then obtain the individual PUMFs required. DLI member

institutions can use PUMFs in their classroom without additional licenses. In the

case of non DLI members, PUMFs could not be used in classrooms without each

individual having to sign a Licence Agreement with Statistics Canada.

In order to gain access to detailed microdata for in-depth academic research

purposes, Statistics Canada has developed two other programs: The Research

Data Centres Program and Real Time Remote Access.

Research Data Centres (RDCs)

The RDC Program provides secure access to Statistics Canada’s detailed

microdata files. The RDCs are located on more than 25 university campuses

across the country. The link between the DLI and the RDC Program continues to

strengthen every year. The two programs work together in applying the DDI

standard for data documentation of Statistics Canada data.


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Real Time Remote Access (RTRA)

RTRA is an on-line remote access facility allowing users to run more or less in real-

time, data analyses on microdata located in a central, secure location. This

point of access is currently being piloted for academic use and is intended to

assist researchers who require tabular output and who have the skills to prepare

analysis code in SAS programming language. Looking forward, the program

plans to expand its capacity to produce a wider range of statistics to better

meet the academic community’s needs.

“One of my motivations is what I experienced when being briefed by our Stat.

Can. colleague who is in charge of CIQSS (which serves U de M and INRS, as I

recall). She went on and on about her confidentiality screening procedures and

rules and the requirement that the **numerators** of ratios have at least 30

sample members. I feel that two students I was helping were rather "terrorized"

by these rules, not knowing how to get around them (not in the sense of

violating the rules but in the sense of producing derived coefficients of various

kinds that cannot be associated with any respondent).

My policy now will be to urge students to take a hard look at the PUMFs before

they jump to the conclusion that they need access to the confidential files. A

huge volume of good research has been done by professors in the USA using

PUMFs released by government agencies. And so I will gladly explain to anyone

who cares to ask why the DLI is of critical importance -- an importance that has

suddenly grown with the exit of Stat's Can. from ALL of its longitudinal surveys.“

Dr. Leroy O. Stone, Associate Professor,

Demography Department, University of Montréal


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Partnerships Partnership is at the foundation of the DLI program ensuring its continued success

over the years.

Statistics Canada’s Role in the DLI

The publically available data within the DLI are acquired by the DLI Unit from

various author divisions within Statistics Canada (STC). Statistics Canada

encourages the development of the DLI collection by ensuring all standard

products, including PUMFs, education and justice tables released are added to

the DLI repository. Participation by, and support from, Statistics Canada Author

divisions remains high, ensuring that request from DLI contacts are answered in a

timely and effective matter. What’s more, Author divisions have supported the

DLI training programs over the years by providing education and training to DLI

contacts.

Benefits of DLI to Statistics Canada

DLI members provide quality control for the PUMFs

STC data producers benefit from the user feedback

DLI has created a central repository for PUMFs at STC

The DLI unit, supported by the academic community, has led the way

for STC to use the DDI standard for creating well documented, archival

files

Academic community’s Role in the DLI

A key link in the DLI structure is access to the data access services that were

established at each university or college. At each data center, one DLI Contact

was put in charge of responding to requests for data from users within the

university and managing the data that were resident in that university’s data

collection.

Treating post-secondary institutions as partners rather than customers has

provided an efficient method of reaching a large audience, has improved the

quality and management of the DLI collection, has acquainted tens of

thousands of students with Statistics Canada’s data and the skills to use them,

has improved relations with the academic sector and is contributing to a better

informed society.

The DLI recognizes that a commitment from Statistics Canada’s survey-producing

Divisions is crucial to the development of quality data products and

documentation. To that end, the DLI External Advisory Committee periodically

bestows the Exemplary Access Award to a deserving division. This Award

honours those divisions that have made concerted efforts to provide ready


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access to high quality data and documentation to researchers in Canada. Last

year’s recipient of the award was Industry Accounts Division (2011), for providing

input/output tables over the years, as well as providing training at the DLI

Regional Training session. Previous recipients of this award include Health

Statistics Division (2009), Special Surveys Division (2008) and Census Operations

Division (2006).

Benefits of DLI to Canadian Universities and Colleges

Researchers and students have unprecedented access to STC data

Increased data literacy among Post-secondary students and

researchers

Local DLI contacts received training by STC experts enhancing local

data delivery services and resulting in a successful training the trainer

program

Central backup from the STC DLI team

Students acquire valuable skills which are marketable

Agencies and institutions contribution

The DLI program’s partnership model has been so successful that other

departments and agencies have sought to share their data with the DLI, notably

Health Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Citizenship and Immigration

Canada, as well as Canadian Heart Database Centre. What’s more, the

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is looking at how to become a

partner with this initiative to make their data available, in addition to providing

training and support, to academic institutions.

Benefits of DLI

Canadians are better informed about social and economic issues and

changes in society

Provides Canadians with evidence to guide policy makers

International model

Over the years, the DLI has become an internationally recognized “brand”. In

fact, other statistical agencies and the international research community have

expressed an interest in copying the DLI model to make their own data more

accessible to researchers around the world. Furthermore, a history of the DLI,

entitled The Canadian Data Liberation Initiative. An Idea worth Considering?, has

recently been published by the International Household Survey Network, a

network of International Development agencies.


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Looking forward

Key activities

Review of electronic communication strategy, including

investigating new infrastructure opportunities for the DLI listserv,

website and FTP site.

Investigate new webinar and training session opportunities in

accordance with identified interests from the DLI community.

Continue to advocate the creation of public use microdata files as

a minimum output for Statistics Canada’s social surveys.

Increase access to valuable research data from other institutions,

such as the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) from the

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).


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Governance

External Advisory Committee

The External Advisory Committee (EAC) provides general guidance and direction

to the DLI program. This committee is comprised of data professionals, data

librarians and researchers from participating member institutions, providing a

voice for colleges and universities of various sizes and from across the country.

Also included on this committee are members of the DLI Section and

representatives from subject matter divisions within Statistics Canada. The EAC

meets twice a year and offers insight and guidance to the DLI program on both

short and long-term objectives and oversees the training component of the

program.

External Advisory Committee Members (As of September 2012)

Academic Members Non-academic Members

Chuck Humphrey (Chair)

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Pamela Best

Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON

Peter Webster (co-chair)

Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS

Nancy Darcovich (Until April 2012)


Richard Boily

Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC

Heather Dryburgh


Lisa Dillon

Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC

Bernie Gloyn (Until July 2012)


Suzanne Drapeau

Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax, NS

David Price (Starting September 2012)


Margaret Haines

Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Michel B. Séguin (Until September 2012)


Sylvie Lafortune

Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON

Nancy Lemay

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Peter Peller

University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Gaston Quirion

Université Laval, Québec, QC

Ernie Boyko

Senior Advisor, Ottawa, ON

Wendy Watkins

Senior Advisor, Ottawa, ON

Robert McNutt

Executive Director CRDCN, *non-voting member


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Education Committee

The Education Committee is responsible for the ongoing development of a data

services curriculum and for planning national and regional DLI training activities.

The Committee met November 2011 and discussed the evaluation of the last

National Training Day and the National Boot Camp.

Education Committee Members (As of September 2012)

Academic Members Non-academic Members

Jean Blackburn (Chair)

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB



Marilyn Andrews

University of Regina, Regina, SK

Chantal Ripp (Starting May 2012)


Gail Curry

University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC

Michel Séguin (Until September 2012)


Siobhan Hanratty University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Elizabeth Hill

Western University, London, ON

Sandra Keys

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Caroline Patenaude

Université de Montréal, Montréal, Qc.

Ann Smith

Acadia University, Wolfville, NS

Natalie Vachon (Replacing Alex Guindon)

Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Quebec, Qc.


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Participating Institutions (As of September 2012)

Institution DLI Contact

Newfoundland

Memorial University of Newfoundland Aspi Balsara

Prince Edward Island

University of Prince Edward Island Dawn Hooper

Nova Scotia

Acadia University Mike Beazley

Cape Breton University Laura R. Syms

Dalhousie University Phyllis Ross

Mount St. Vincent University Terrence Paris

Nova Scotia Community College Suzanne Drapeau

Saint Mary's University Joyce Thomson

St. Francis Xavier University Carolyn DeLorey

New Brunswick

Mount Allison University Brian McNally

Université de Moncton Julie Marcoux

University of New Brunswick Siobhan Hanratty

Québec

Bishop’s University Daniel Bromby

Concordia University Rajiv Johal

École Polytechnique de Montréal Manon Du Ruisseau

HEC Montréal Diane Bégin

INRS Université du Québec Nathalie Vachon

McGill University Susan Hook Czarnocki

Université de Montréal Caroline Patenaude

Université de Sherbrooke Myriam Beaudet

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Nadia Villeneuve

Université du Québec à Montréal Jean St-Amant

Université du Québec en Outaouais Carmen Rousseau

Université du Québec à Rimouski Richard Boily

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Catherine Leduc

Université Laval Gaston Quirion

Ontario

Algoma University Dr. Michelle Atkin

Brock University Heather Whipple


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Carleton University Wendy Watkins

Fanshawe College Donna Sevenpifer

Georgian College Joanne Fowlie

Humber College Institute of Technology and

Advanced Learning

Alexandra Ross

Lakehead University Linda Mitchell

Laurentian University Sylvie Lafortune

McMaster University Vivek Jadon

Nipissing University Tom Power

Queen's University Jeff Moon

Royal Military College of Canada Suzanne Burt

Ryerson University Kevin Manuel

Trent University Barbara Znamirowski

University of Guelph Michelle Edwards

University of Ontario Institute of Technology Stephanie Orfano

University of Ottawa Susan Mowers

University of Toronto Berenica Vejvoda

University of Waterloo Sandra Keys

Western University Vince Gray

University of Windsor Kristi Thompson

Wilfrid Laurier University Michael Steeleworthy

York University Walter Giesbrecht

Manitoba

Brandon University Chris Hurst

Université de Saint-Boniface Daniel Beaulieu

Red River College Norman Beattie

University of Manitoba Gary Strike

University of Winnipeg Ian Fraser

Saskatchewan

University of Regina Marilyn Andrews

University of Saskatchewan Sunny Kaniyathu

Alberta

Athabasca University Doug Kariel

Concordia University College of Alberta Erica Hebert

Grant MacEwan University Brian Jackson

Mount Royal University Kalen Gibb

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology(NAIT) Karen Schlegl

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology(SAIT) Susan Brayford

University of Alberta Chuck Humphrey


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University of Calgary Peter Peller

University of Lethbridge Maxine Tedesco

British Columbia

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Chris Burns

Okanagan College Gilbert Bede

Royal Roads University Will Meredith

Simon Fraser University Walter Piovesan

Thompson Rivers University Christina Nilsen

University of British Columbia Mary Luebbe

University of Northern British Columbia Gail Curry

University of the Fraser Valley Brenda Philip

University of Victoria Daniel Brendle-Moczuk

Vancouver Island University Jean Blackburn

Data Liberation Initiative Section (As of September 2012)

The DLI team is changing and we are working hard to ensure a smooth transition

and transfer of the corporate knowledge. On October 5th Michel Séguin will be

taking a well earned retirement, David Price will step in as the chief of the DLI

and will lead the program through this transition ensuring relevant on-going

service. Chantal Ripp continues to liaise with the DLI Contacts as the Reference

& Outreach Coordinator; while Renée Rocan, our Project Officer and Jackie

Godfrey our Infrastructure Manager continue to anchor our team. These

changes provide an excellent opportunity for the DLI to continue its commitment

to providing the best service to its DLI members.

Michel Séguin (Until September 2012)

Chief DLI


Chief DLI

Jackie Godfrey

Infrastructure Manager

Chantal Ripp (Starting May 2012)

Reference Services Coordinator

Linda Harding-Devries (Until July 2012)

Data Document Initiative (DDI) Project Officer

Renée Rocan

Project Officer

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DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE - Statistics Canada · DATA LIBERATION INITIATIVE ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 4 DLI Licence Agreement In late November 2011, it was announced that Statistics