From the Globe and Mail - When it comes to basic data about its own citizens – from divorce rates to driving patterns to labour trends – Canada simply doesn’t have the answers. If information is power, this country has a big problem.

Some captions from the in-depth report:

2019 marks CCEDNet’s 20th anniversary, but the movement for fair and inclusive economies stretches back much further...

Stewart Perry is one of the pioneers of community economic development, and also CCEDNet’s first honorary lifetime member. Stewart was part of the US Office of Economic Opportunity and helped create the first federal CED support program nearly 50 years ago.

January 16 at 3 pm EST/12 pm PST//7 am on 1/17 AEDT

Data Days are gatherings that focus on building a common understanding and improving literacy around data and highlight ways that data can improve the community. Data Days are designed to help increase connections between data producers and data users and allow local users to network and learn from each other.

This webinar will illustrate how and why three community groups have organized and delivered Data Days as they share lessons learned and good practices for a successful event in your community.

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development is is seeking members to fill the planned establishment of a National Advisory Council on Poverty (hereinafter referred to as “the Advisory Council”) to advise the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development on poverty. 

Specifically, the Advisory Council will:

Recently, the CDP hosted a webinar with the Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP), a program based on administrative data.

With some new 2018 data, their StatCan daily release includes the following information:

Last summer Open Government invited the to comment on the draft commitments for Canada’s 2018-2020 National Action Plan on Open Government. The Action Plan is now complete and offers ten commitments aimed at advancing progress on government accountability and citizen participation. It includes commitments and activities, such as upgrading digital government services, renewing relationships with Indigenous Peoples, and opening up more access to federal scientific research and data.

 YouthfulCities has launched their first-ever YouthfulCities in 13 Canadian cities, measuring 121 indicators spanning all 20 youthful infrastructure areas!

Read the report here: https://www.youthfulcities.com/canadian-urban-index

The Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-Being is a framework to communicate to Canadians what Canada is like for kids from birth to age 18, track progress for their rights and well-being, and a guide action to address the greatest challenges. 

The Index contains:

Open Government needs your help!

This year the Government of Canada assumed the role of co-chair of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). As part of its role, Canada will be hosting the OGP Global Summit in May 2019.