NEWS

Admin Data 101 workshop now online!

This free workshop explains the basics of what administrative data are, where they come from, how they can be used for research, what the data produced for a research project actually look like and what skills are needed to work with them. More ...

2009 in review: milestones and accomplishments

As we head into 2010 it is timely to reflect on the many things that were accomplished in 2009. More ...

PopData BC operating as normal despite government funding cut

Population Data BC will continue to provide data access and linkage services to Canada’s research community despite a
recently announced budget cut from the Ministry of Health Services (MoHS). More ...

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Our Funders

Canada Foundation for Innovation logo

The Canada Foundation for Innovation

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure. The CFI's mandate is to strengthen the capacity of Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions to carry out world-class research and technology development that benefits Canadians. Since its creation in 1997, the CFI has committed almost $4.5 billion in support of 6,200 projects at 129 research institutions in 64 municipalities across Canada. For more information visit: http://www.innovation.ca/en

Michael Smith Foundation Health Research logo

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Funded by the Government of British Columbia, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research is the provincial support agency for health research in BC. For more information visit: http://www.msfhr.org/


The BC Ministry of Advanced Education

The ministry supports the province's social and economic prosperity through post-secondary education, labour force development and immigration programs that enable British Columbians to compete in the twenty-first century. For more information visit: http://www.gov.bc.ca/aved/



Our Partners

Centre for Health Services and Policy Reseach logoThe UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)

The UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research stimulates scientific enquiry into population health and into ways in which health services can best be organized, funded and delivered. CHSPR researchers and staff carry out a diverse program of research and development designed to deliver data, tools and analysis useful in understanding and renewing health care, and in improving the health of Canadians.

CHSPR has a proud history as a partner in the development of the BC Linked Health Database (BCLHD), known as one of the world's largest collections of health care and population health data. In 2009, the Health Services Data transitioned to Population Data BC, and CHSPR's role shifted away from data management. As a major partner in Population Data BC, CHSPR now emphasize support for development of and access to new data resources.

CHSPR's tradition in innovation and excellence in research data use remains unchanged. It continues to provide expertise and leadership in health care data use and development through research that draws upon the rich data resources available at Population Data BC. For more information visit: http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/


Human Early Learning Partnership logoHuman Early Learning Project (HELP)

The Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) is an interdisciplinary research network of faculty, researchers and graduate students from British Columbia's six major universities. Led by Dr. Clyde Hertzman, HELP facilitates the creation of new knowledge, and helps apply this knowledge by working directly with government and communities. HELP works in partnership with, and receives funding from, the BC Ministries of Children and Family Development (MCFD), Education and Healthy Living and Sport. For more information visit: http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/


School of Envrionmental Health logoSchool of Environmental Health (SOEH)

SOEH is a multidisciplinary teaching and research unit whose mandate is to study exposures, health effects, and control strategies in occupational and community settings. For more information visit: http://www.soeh.ubc.ca/


Faculty of Health Sciences logoFaculty of Health Sciences (SFU)

Established in September 2004, SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences offers Canada's most comprehensive program in population and public health. Researchers and students from disciplines as diverse as molecular biology, epidemiology, geography, political science and anthropology, work together on studies spanning everything from the cell to society. For more information visit: http://www.fhs.sfu.ca/


University of Victoria logoSpatial Sciences Lab (UVic)

The Spatial Sciences Laboratories, housed in the Geography Department, University of Victoria, were established in 1985 with the specific goal of providing the University of Victoria with a centre of expertise and equipment required to undertake a high level of Geographic Information Sciences and Geomatics related research and analysis. Today this goal has evolved to encompass research in a variety of applications, including coastal studies and oceanography, human and environmental health, aquaculture, community mapping and public participatory geomatics, cultural geography, forestry, criminology and tourism. For more information visit: http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/ssl/index.htm


Children and Family Research Institute logoChildren and Family Research Institute (CFRI)

The Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) is dedicated to world-class research spanning a wide range of children's and women's health concerns. It is the largest research institute of its kind in Western Canada. For more information visit: http://www.cfri.ca/