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What did we achieve in 2011?

A great deal was achieved in 2011 thanks to the hard work of our staff and the collaborative efforts of our partners and stakeholders. We thank the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, BC Ministry of Health, BC Ministry of Education, BC Vital Statistics Agency, WorkSafeBC, BC Cancer Agency, UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), EduData Canada and the Office of Chief Information Officer of BC for their continued support.

This year the Ministry of Health made a significant commitment to BC’s health research community:  guaranteeing a total application to approval tim

International Privacy Day 2012 Event

Celebrate International Data Privacy Day by learning about November’s changes to FIPPA and how it may impact your research.

Data Privacy Day logoResearch Implications of the Recent Amendments to BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA)

Speaker: Caitlin Pencarric

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Is there a "safe" level of air pollution in rural British Columbia?

See what a community-based study in Lillooet found out.

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Do we need to reassess our sewer system standards?

Read what a local study found out ...

New MoH data application process streamlines approvals & shortens approval times for qualifying research projects

Responding to the needs of BC’s health research community, the Ministry of Health has implemented a new process to streamline data application reviews and approvals.

Under this new approach, projects using Population Data BC holdings only and meeting certain requirements will have a total application to approval timeline of four months upon being submitted to the Ministry by Population Data BC on behalf of the applicant.  

Feb 8-10 2012 - Population Health Data Analysis conference

Population Data BC is partnering with the Canadian Population Health Initiative of CIHI to deliver a conference focusing on Population Health Data Analysis: From Infrastructure to Innovation. The conference  will take place from February 8th to 10th at the Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, downtown Vancouver.

The conference will be designed to meet the interests of researchers, faculty members, graduate students and representatives from government and health related organizations who work in the area of Population and Public Health. 

1st for PopData as groundbreaking project approved for study of developmental trajectories of BC’s at-risk children

Population Data BC has received approval for its first-ever health-education data linkage.

Dr Hillel GoelmanFollowing the linkage approval, Dr. Hillel Goelman and his research team at the University of British Columbia and B.C.

INTEGRATED CADASTRAL INFORMATION SOCIETY (ICIS) DATA

Through our data sharing agreement with Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS), Population Data BC is now authorized to provide Researchers* with one-stop access to the best available cadastral data in BC, providin

POPULATION HEALTH DATA ANALYSIS CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 8th
ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION

Thank you for your interest in our upcoming Population Health Data Analysis Conference on February 8th, 2012.

Due to the high demand for places at this event, we are currently taking a waitlist for late registrants.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

HEALTH OUTCOMES IN LONG_TERM CARE FACILITIES: DOES TYPE OF OWNERSHIP MATTER?

Data sets requested