b6 evidence-based research in action
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Evidence-based research in actionPresentation to the OCASI ED Forum
Maryse LemoineCoordinator
Toronto Immigrant Employment Data InitiativeYork University
Table of contents
• What is TIEDI?
• How does it work?
• Publications
• Challenges
• Future
What is TIEDI?
• Knowledge mobilization project
• Funded by SSHRC and York University, for the period of 2008-2011
• Steering committee: – faculty members from York and Ryerson– community representatives from OCASI,
TRIEC, WES
How does TIEDI work?
Forum October 2008 June 2010
Workshops Labour market outcomes Barriers to employment Workplace/career information Mapping
Circulate questionsWrite reports
TrainingRapid Data
TIEDI’s publications
• 13 analytical reports
• Labour market update (May 2010 – )
• 30+ fact sheets
Challenges in working with data
• Amount of information
• Datasets & getting access to them
• Reliability
• Availability
Challenges: Amount of information
• Census• Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS)• International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey
(IALSS)• Labour Force Survey (LFS)• Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada
(LSIC)• Permanent Residents Data System / Landings
data• Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics• Workplace and Employee Survey (WES)
Challenges: Datasets
Statistics Canada data CICdataStatCan
websiteData Liberation
InitiativeResearch
Data CentreCustom
order
Census x x x
Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS) x x
International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS)
x x
Labour Force Survey (LFS) x x x x
Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC)
x
Permanent Residents Data System / Landings (IMDB)
x
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)
x x
Workplace and Employee Survey (WES)
x
Challenges: Reliability
• Sample size
• Definitions– Immigrants: permanent residents, naturalized
citizens (Census, LFS), temporary foreign workers, anyone who is not Canadian-born (WES)
Challenges: Availability
• Data not collected
• Data no longer collected– Census – data from long form questionnaire
won’t be comparable to earlier years– Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada– Workplace and Employee Survey
Future of TIEDI
• Funding ending in 2011
• Focusing on existing findings vs. creating new knowledge
Maryse Lemoine
416-736-2100 ext. 22826
www.yorku.ca/tiedi