Upcoming Webinars

All webinars take place at 1:30 pm ET.

Dec 8, 2020: Monitoring Community Vulnerability with CDP Data
Jan 19, 2021 (To be confirmed): Housing data
Feb 9, 2021: Just for Leads
Feb 23, 2021 (To be confirmed): Deep dive into Immigration data
Mar 30, 2021 (To be confirmed): Overview of Small area economic data
Apr 20, 2021 (To be confirmed): CDP Members monitoring COVID-19
June 8, 2021: Orientation to the Community Data Program

Webinar Series

The Community Data Program webinar series fall under one of the following three themes. Webinars range from 60 to 90 minutes and can host up to 100 participants!

Program Orientations

Learn how to use the CDP catalogue and Beyond 20/20 software.

Past webinars:

May 26, 2020: Orientation to the Community Data Program and the Catalogue
October 1, 2019: Treasure Hunt - Tips on searching the CDP Catalogue and finding data to solve problems
September 17, 2019: Orientation to the Community Data Program and the Catalogue
May 15, 2019: CDP 101 - Orientation given by Jasmine Ing at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Calgary
October 23, 2018: Using the CDP catalogue and Beyond 20/20
Feb 8, 2018: LIP - CDP Orientation

CDP Product Profiles

Get insight into CDP data products, including product methodology, examples of use, and limitations and challenges.

Past webinars:

November 10, 2020: Exploring Canadian Business Counts
June 25, 2020: Resources for the Local Immigration Partnership Portal
November 12, 2019: Energy Poverty: What is energy poverty and how is it measured?
May 15, 2019: Panel Discussion: The National Poverty Strategy and the Market Basket Measure - 2019 Annual Meeting, Calgary
Feb 12, 2019: Understanding Canada's New Poverty Line: The Market Basket Measure
Nov 6, 2018: Target Group Profiles - Excel Workshop
May 8, 2018: Statistics Canada on Taxfiler Data
Feb 5, 2018: Statistics Canada on the 2016 Census
Nov 6, 2017: CDP Data Party on the latest Census release
Feb 1, 2017: Taxfiler (T1FF) Data
Sept 20, 2016: Indigenous populations in Calgary and Alberta: data sources and resources
May 3, 2016: Community Data Roundtable 2016: Updates to the 2016 Census

Transforming Data into Intelligence

Make use of analytical tools, data visualization, and infographics.

Past webinars:

Nov 24, 2020: Doing More with Tableau
Oct 20, 2020: Introduction to Tableau
March 3, 2020: Amplifying the Voice and Stories of Data
November 26, 2019: Roundtable for Not-for-Profits
May 15, 2019: Too Many Infographics, Too Little Time: Save Time by Linking Excel and PowerPoint - 2019 Annual Meeting, Calgary
April 30, 2019: Data analysis tools for small places, Big Data for Small Places (BD4SP) and Data Analytics for Rural Transformation (DART)
March 26, 2019: A Tracking-progress tool for Community Indicator Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Jan 22, 2019: Designing 3D Excel Maps - Social Planning Council of Ottawa
Jan 15, 2019: Dashboarding community economic development data - Townfolio
Dec 18, 2018: The Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP)
Apr 10, 2018: Manitoba Collaborative Data Portal (MbCDP)
Oct 5, 2017: Using Social Data in Community Evaluation
Jun 26, 2017: GIS in a Small-Medium Sized Public Health Agency
Mar 7, 2017: Data Visualization - Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health

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