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NB-IRDT Releases First Report in New Population Snapshot Series
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: December 13, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Media, Population Research
Since its establishment, the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training has been focusing on different aspects of the province’s changing population. From projects on immigration, graduation, employment, retention, and more, we have examined implications and potential solutions to a rapidly aging and migrating population. Now, in a new report series, our researchers are...
Read the full postIntroducing ExperienceGNB: A Policy Bootcamp for High School Students
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: December 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Partners, Media, Training, Youth
Calling all high school students in the Fredericton area! The Government of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training have partnered to host a one-week policy bootcamp for high school students, taking place this March Break. This experiential learning opportunity, called ExperienceGNB, offers students a chance to use research to solve relevant problems facing...
Read the full postRegional Health Authorities Dedicate Resources for the Coordination of Data Transfers to NB-IRDT
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: December 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Health, Media
Since its establishment, NB-IRDT has had a close relationship with both Regional Health Authorities in New Brunswick. Thanks to the Master Data Sharing Agreements in place, NB-IRDT holds various data sets from both the Horizon and Vitalité Health Networks on its secure platform, with more on the way. Recently, both Health Networks have partnered with NB-IRDT on the creation of a Data...
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Meet the BoostNB Team
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: November 22, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Media, Economics
BoostNB is a student research stream in the Pathways to Professions (P2P) experiential learning program at NB-IRDT. Launched in 2018 by Dr. Herb Emery, Vaughan Chair of Regional Economics, BoostNB serves as a dashboard of economic indicators that aims to provide straightforward, fact-based information about New Brunswick and its economy. This summer, BoostNB was comprised of four...
Read the full postLunch & Learn: Knowledge Transfer
April English
Posted: November 17, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Events
It takes on average 17 years for research to be translated into action (i.e., policy or practice). In this session, April English will dive into how researchers can help bridge that 17-year gap through Knowledge Transfer (KT) - the process involved in moving research (what we know) into action (what we do). Traditionally, KT involved sharing results through research papers - but KT is so much...
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Meet the PopNB Team
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: November 4, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Population Research
Population New Brunswick (PopNB) is a student research stream in the Pathways to Professions experiential learning program at NB-IRDT. Launched in 2020, PopNB describes various population demographics and identifies crucial trends that impact the economy and well-being of New Brunswickers. This summer, PopNB was comprised of four undergraduate students investigating the recent...
Read the full postAre there Labour Shortages in Canada’s Transport Sector?
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: November 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Economics
If you have watched the news lately, you may have seen long lines of vehicles blocking roads around the UK as drivers waited for a chance to fuel up. The emerging gas shortage overseas is just one symptom resulting from a truck driver shortage in Great Britain, with food and medicine shortages following to a lesser extent. A labour shortage in the Transportation industry can clearly have...
Read the full postRetention and Labour Market Outcomes of Registered Apprentices in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: November 1, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Media, Economics
Apprenticeships are a long-standing and valuable part of the training and education system in New Brunswick). Over the last decade, interests in apprenticeship programs have risen, driven chiefly by concerns over current and future shortages of tradespersons. Efforts to encourage young Canadians, especially those not university-bound, to become skilled tradespersons have increased in hopes of...
Read the full postUNB Students Take Hands-On Approach to Research and Policy in New Brunswick
Bethany Jones
Posted: October 28, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Population Research, Economics, Education, Health, Training
The end of 2021 is in sight, and as countries around the world begin to emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, there is a universal air of uncertainty about the future. In New Brunswick, however, this uncertainty predated the pandemic. For the past few years, the province of New Brunswick has been struggling to address the problems of an aging population, the out-migration of its youth, a shrinking...
Read the full postInitiatives for Elders of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nations
Micheline Plante, France Chassé
Posted: October 27, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
The research This study is part of a pan Canadian movement to find viable solutions for supporting aging in place. The Aboriginal population over the age of 65 has nearly doubled since 2006. Chronic diseases are more prevalent and recovery more difficult for Aboriginals compared to non-Aboriginals. Living in rural areas, limited access to family doctors and specialists, as well as social...
Read the full postHealthy Seniors Pilot Project Showcase
NB-IRDT
Posted: October 19, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
Nursing Homes Without Walls, Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard | Intergenerational Action Plan, Sharon MacKenzie Participatory Arts for Older Adults, Anita Punamiya | Zoomers for All, Danielle Bouchard Hearing equity through Accessible Research and Solutions, Kate Ellis | One Stop Community Support Services for Aging at Home (Guichet unique de services de soutien communautaire pour vieillir chez soi),...
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Meet the VitalSignsNB Team
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: October 12, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Media, Training, Health
NB-IRDT’s recent VitalSignsNB project on vaccination delivery in New Brunswick has sparked a great deal of public interest – leading to radio interviews, newspaper articles, and conference proceedings on the results. VitalSignsNB is an important project at NB-IRDT, not only because of its timely and relevant focus but also because it allowed us to partner with the upcoming...
Read the full postVitalSignsNB: The Results Are In
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: October 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Media, Health
Vaccines have been dominating news outlets this year, with COVID-19 vaccination rates a topic of great interest and even greater concern. In New Brunswick, COVID vaccines are provided free of charge at pharmacies, joining the yearly flu shot as the only other vaccine pharmacists can provide to New Brunswickers at no personal cost to the recipients. Pharmacist-administered COVID vaccines are...
Read the full postNew NB-IRDT Project: Profiling the Francophone Population in Greater Saint John
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: October 6, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Population Research
Every New Brunswickers has the right to receive healthcare in the official language of their choice. However, for Francophones living in majority Anglophone areas, practical challenges can make it difficult to access services in French. Communication barriers in healthcare are a serious issue that can negatively impact access to...
Read the full postDisease Pathway Management in Lung Cancer Care: Reducing Wait Time for Diagnosis and Treatment
Dr. Tony Reiman, Samantha Fowler
Posted: September 29, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
The research Under the supervision of Dr. Tony Reiman, there is a program of myeloma research underway at the Saint John Regional Hospital. Two noteworthy projects are the Multiple Myeloma Molecular Monitoring (M4) cohort study and the Canadian Myeloma Priority Setting Partnership (PSP). Although the focus of these two projects is vastly different; there share the goal of...
Read the full postData Services at NB-IRDT: How Can We Help You?
Donna Curtis-Maillet
Posted: September 22, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
NB-IRDT provides secure access to a variety of New Brunswick administrative data, which is available for world-class research to help inform policy decisions. But where does a researcher start if they want to access NB-IRDT? How can data be shared with NB-IRDT? And how does one go about accessing these data? The NB-IRDT Data Services Team is here to answer these questions and to...
Read the full postRetention and Labour Market Outcomes of Registered Apprentices in New Brunswick
Eton Boco
Posted: September 13, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
As the second phase of a two-part analysis looking at retention rates and labour market outcomes of post-secondary graduates in New Brunswick (NB), this report examines the trends, retention, and incomes of those who receive apprenticeship certificates in the province. Using the Canada Research Data Centre Network’s Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP), it analyzes...
Read the full post2021 Pathways to Professions Program in Review
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: September 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Team News, Media
As Summer 2021 comes to a close, so too does the 2021 Pathways to Professions. This year, NB-IRDT is proud to have hosted 20 students from the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University – all of whom completed NB-relevant research projects and participated in our full curriculum of research and professionalism workshops. 2021 students, we wish you all the best as you return to...
Read the full postDigging Deeper into Graduate Retention: International and Domestic Students
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: September 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Education
The retention of post-secondary graduates is of great importance to New Brunswick, as keeping qualified graduates in the province has the potential to boost the labour market, produce higher returns on investment in post-secondary education, and combat the shrinking and aging of the NB population. The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training has been exploring graduate retention...
Read the full postOpportunity for Citizen Partners to Join NB-IRDT’s Data and Research Committee
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: September 8, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Partners, Media
The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) is committed to research that benefits New Brunswickers. To accomplish this, we are always looking for ways to incorporate NB citizens in our research process. At the moment, we are seeking two NB residents to join our Data and Research Committee (DRC) Working Group as Citizen Partners. What is the NB-IRDT Data and...
Read the full postWho Are New Brunswick’s Low-Skilled Workers?
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: September 1, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Labour Markets, Datasets, Economics
What does it mean to be low-skilled in New Brunswick? And which New Brunswickers are most likely to have low levels of skills in the workplace? NB-IRDT researchers explore these questions in a recent report, in which they construct profiles of low-skilled workers in the province. By focusing on groups with low levels of education, jobs with low...
Read the full postA Better ‘Shot’ for Health Care in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: August 23, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Health
Over the past few years, New Brunswick’s health care system has been struggling to improve service delivery, given the shortage of primary care providers and increasing need for health care services among the province’s aging population. With the additional strain COVID-19 has placed on the system, the need to free up resources is more urgent than ever. In 2009, changes in...
Read the full postUpdate: Survey Results on Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: August 11, 2021 11:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Health
Background Pollara Strategic Insights and Mental Health Research Canada are conducting a series of 13 nationwide surveys to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of Canadians. At NB-IRDT, we are focusing on how New Brunswickers responded. Previously, NB-IRDT reported on the results of Survey 2 (conducted in August 2020). We present here the results from Survey 6 (conducted in...
Read the full postThe Patient Engagement Phenomenon in Research: Trendy or Viral?
Dr. Caroline Jose
Posted: July 28, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
It has been almost a decade since the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) launched Canada’s national Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR). SPOR views the lived experiences and perspectives of the public (known as “patient partners”) as an untapped skillset vital to conducting relevant and impactful health research. Yet many health researchers remain hesitant...
Read the full postImmigrant Retention, Income and Labour Market Outcomes in New Brunswick
Dr. Ted McDonald
Posted: July 14, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
One of the central goals for the province of New Brunswick is to boost economic development by increasing labour market participation, and immigration is key to this plan. However, while NB has welcomed a growing number of immigrants over time, a substantial number still choose to leave the province years after landing. This raises questions, such as, “Who decides to stay? Who decides to...
Read the full postPathways to Professions: Then and Now
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: June 4, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Labour Markets, Population Research
April showers bring May flowers, and the launch of Pathways to Professions – 2021 is our second annual experiential learning program providing UNB students with hands-on workplace experience and training in research methods and job readiness. From May 17 until August 13, we will be virtually hosting a new cohort of undergraduate and graduate students as they complete our curriculum of...
Read the full postLunch and Learn: Data Privacy: Linking to Administrative Data, is Consent Necessary
Donna Curtis-Maillet
Posted: May 12, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
Many of us are becoming increasingly familiar with provincial legislation allowances for the disclosure, access and use of pseudonymous (i.e., unique identifiers removed) personal information for research purposes. We are not however, always as familiar about consent requirements. While the privilege exists for receiving a consent waiver when accessing and using administrative data, this...
Read the full postImpacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: May 10, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Health
What impact is COVID-19 having on your mental health? New Brunswickers were asked this very question in a 2020 survey carried out by Mental Health Research Canada and Pollara Strategic Insights. At NB-IRDT, epidemiologist Dr. Sandra Magalhaes and her research team analyzed New Brunswickers’ survey responses. In a recently released report, they identify the impacts of social, economic,...
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Income Evolution in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: May 3, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Economics
Some New Brunswickers are more vulnerable to social, educational, and health issues than others – and low income is a significant factor contributing to their vulnerability. Policies and programs targeting low-income groups could help reduce vulnerability going forward, but how do we know which NB populations to target? This summer, Pathways to Professions student Madeleine Gorman-Asal...
Read the full postGiving New Brunswick Our Best Shot
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 12, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Health
At one time, only physicians were allowed to administer vaccinations. In 2009, however, the province of New Brunswick passed legislation allowing pharmacists to do the same. As COVID-19 vaccines are now available, the ability to receive a vaccination from a local pharmacist is becoming more and more important to New Brunswickers. Could pharmacist-administered vaccines boost healthcare in...
Read the full postConcepts in Epidemiology
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 8, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Health
When diseases like SARS-CoV-2 emerge, epidemiology is key to understanding and controlling the spread of infection. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, “epidemiology” has become a common term in the public realm, appearing in news articles and interviews worldwide. But what exactly is epidemiology? And what does this field of study entail? Epidemiology is the study of how...
Read the full post1 Year of Data Literacy
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 6, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Population Research, Datasets
Data Literacy Training Partnership with GNB: One Year Later At NB-IRDT, we believe data is the way of the future. One year ago, we put this belief into practice by partnering with the Government of New Brunswick to develop a data literacy training program for public servants. In April 2020, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council awarded NB-IRDT and GNB a four-year $200,000...
Read the full postLabour Force Survey Enhanced with COVID-19 Questions
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: April 2, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Labour Markets
Wondering how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent disease containment measures have affected the Canadian and New Brunswick labour market? So has Statistics Canada. In April 2020, a series of survey enhancements were included in the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to fully measure the shock to the Canadian labour market resulting from COVID-19 and subsequent economic shutdowns. Over the past year,...
Read the full postData Privacy: Linking to Administrative Data, is Consent Necessary?
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: March 30, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Datasets
Many of us are becoming increasingly familiar with provincial legislation allowances for the disclosure, access, and personal information for research purposes; but are we as familiar with the consent requirements? Consent requirements must be compliant to ensure timely access and appropriate use of administrative data to inform research. This session will provide an overview of why and when...
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Non-Government Employment in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: March 25, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Labour Markets
Non-government employment has a direct impact on New Brunswick’s GDP through the manufacturing and service industries, as well as export and trade – making it extremely important to the province. While an increase in non-government employment would likely grow the economy, the numbers have been slowly decreasing since the 2008 economic recession. Is that likely to change in the...
Read the full postShared Research Space Success in Saint John
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: March 19, 2021 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Datasets
In March 2020, the Saint John Research Data Centre officially opened its doors. While we had to close them again two weeks later in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this anniversary can still provide an opportunity for some reflection. With the RDC’s opening, this marked an event virtually unique in Canada: a Statistics Canada facility operating in the same location as a provincial data...
Read the full postAre Post-Secondary Graduates Staying in NB?
NB-IRDT
Posted: March 9, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Education, Population Research
College and university graduates are among the most mobile Canadians, and when they relocate, they take their human capital (and potential earnings) with them. New Brunswick invests substantially in educating post-secondary students, but when qualified graduates leave the province, much of that investment is lost. Understanding what kinds of graduates are leaving or staying can help inform...
Read the full postCanadian Perspective Survey Series Data
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: March 5, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Datasets
Launched in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS) is a new initiative using survey approaches never before deployed by Statistic Canada. It is comprised of a pool of individuals who complete several short online surveys over the course of a single year. The current focus of the CPSS is the COVID-19 pandemic, with 6 series completed to...
Read the full postMeasuring COPD in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: March 2, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Health, Seniors
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is among the most common chronic diseases in New Brunswick, impacting a person’s ability to breathe and, as a result, their participation in daily social, work, and school activities. COPD has been estimated to affect 24,800-57,000 New Brunswickers over age 35 – and while this large range of numbers indicates just how widespread the...
Read the full postHDRN - CLSA Partnership Making Data Available for Research
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: February 17, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Datasets
Through a partnership between the Health Data Research Network (HDRN) and the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) 20 years of data on more than 50,000 aging Canadians will soon be available for research at research data centres throughout Canada. The goal of CLSA is to find ways to help people live long and live well by gaining understanding in the different factors that impact health....
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Real GDP Growth in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: February 12, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Labour Markets, Economics
The economic recession of 2008 severely impacted GDP growth in New Brunswick – not only at the time, but also for the years that followed. If the province’s GDP growth rates were on par with the Canadian average, NB would see higher tax revenue, more funding for public services, and greater interest from prospective businesses. So, how does our GDP growth measure up? This summer,...
Read the full postIntroduction to Regression Workshop
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: February 11, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Education, Health
Regression is a powerful statistical tool that is used to understand or to make predictions about the world around us. Understanding what regression is and when and how it is used is the focus of this introductory workshop. The workshop includes a comprehensive introduction to regression methods and its utility. Equipped with this knowledge, participants will feel more confident in their...
Read the full postAsk Me Anything: A New Brunswick Sexual Health Education Survey
Nancy Gesner and Samantha Fowler
Posted: February 9, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Events, Health
New Brunswick youth have high incidence of sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy, sexual violations, and dating violence suggestive of high-risk sexual behaviors and a lack of knowledge regarding sexual consent, personal safety and understanding of healthy relationship characteristics. Positive sexual health communication between parents and their children is an important...
Read the full postNB-IRDT Expands Service Offering Through MEKTU
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: January 25, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Seniors, Health
It’s one thing to implement a program – it’s a whole other matter to determine if the program works and how it can be improved. This is where MEKTU comes in. The Monitoring, Evaluation and Knowledge Transfer Unit (MEKTU) is the new program evaluation unit in NB-IRDT, currently supporting healthy aging in Canada through program evaluation of the Healthy Seniors Pilot Project. A...
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Postsecondary Enrolments and Graduate Outcomes
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: January 14, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Education, Population Research
From 2018 to 2027, New Brunswick is projected to have 120,000 job openings across the province, leading to concerns over an impending labour market shortage alongside increasing youth outmigration. Education, however, may offer a solution. Education serves as a vehicle for social and economic progress. Practices such as targeting postsecondary enrolments could help address the impending labour...
Read the full postStudent Spotlight: Tourism Expansion in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT
Posted: January 11, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: Pathways to Professions, Economics
Tourism has a direct impact on the development of the New Brunswick economy, contributing toward employment and income creation. The Government of New Brunswick’s tourism growth strategy states that NB should aim to increase GDP generated through tourism by 57% -- reaching $2 billion by 2025. Are we on track to meet this goal? This summer, Pathways to Professions student Aya Benotmane...
Read the full postAsk Me Anything: A New Brunswick Sexual Health Education Survey
Dr. Nancy Gesner, Samantha Fowler
Posted: May 31, 2019 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Events
New Brunswick youth have high incidence of sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy, sexual violations, and dating violence suggestive of high-risk sexual behaviors and a lack of knowledge regarding sexual consent, personal safety, and understanding of healthy relationship characteristics. Positive sexual health communication between parents and their children is an important...
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