Government data from a variety of departments previously unaccessible will now be available for researchers in three provincial cities.
The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training announced last week it is adding satellite locations on the campuses of UNB Saint John and Universite de Moncton and that is considered good news for those working on the front lines of poverty reduction.
UNB Saint John will host a new satellite location of the NB-IRDT in a shared facility with the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre https://t.co/XTUpmx26jX @StatCan_eng
— UNB Saint John (@UNBSaintJohn) December 11, 2018
Randy Hatfield of the Human Development Council tells CHSJ News it opens up a whole new level of analysis that they really haven’t had before.
“It’s one thing to look at a Stats Canada profile, it’s another to look at large numbers that are in the public domain. At the Human Development Council, we try to look at what it means on the ground, what it means to local communities and to neighbourhoods.” Hatfield says.
Hatfield says having access to this data, they can look with greater detail at our neighbourhoods, the role of government in our neighbourhoods and at outcomes.
