K to 12 Student Demographics and Achievements data set
Data source: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care
Date range
September 1, 1991 onward (academic year)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Permanent Residents data set
Data source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Date range
1985 onward
Stage 6: Data analysis and Pre-publication Review
- Where does data analysis take place?
PopData projects
For PopData projects Research Extracts will be housed on the PopData Secure Research Environment (SRE) unless otherwise authorised (see below).
Stage 5: Data provisioning and release
PopData projects
After a Data Access Request (DAR) has been approved and contracts and agreements have been signed, PopData’s Data Services Unit (DSU) will begin to prepare and provision the linked data in accordance with the approved DAR.
Stage 7: Project closure
PopData projects
Data Access Unit staff at Population Data BC (PopData) must be informed when a research project is complete, and access to the data is no longer required.
Stage 4: Contracts, accounts and privacy training
Once a DAR has been approved the Researcher signs a number of legally binding contracts and agreements.
Stage 3: Data Steward Review
Each body with data available through Population Data BC (PopData) and the Health Data Platform BC (HDPBC), retains the right to approve all uses of their data. Each body appoints a designated Data Steward, who is responsible for reviewing and approving every Data Access Request (DAR).
Data Access Requests are assessed on their individual merits.
Patient Centered Measurement: The Office of the Seniors Advocate’s (OSA) Long-Term Care (LTC) 2016/17 Survey
NO LONGER AVAILABLE THROUGH POPDATA
Data sources
292 long-term care facilities in BC, both Health Authority and contractor operated.
Date range
September 1, 2016 - March 31st 2017
University of British Columbia, 201-2206 East Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3
Health Data Research Network Canada (HDRN) member
International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN) member
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