Investing in our Futures

October 29-31, 2014

Inn at the Forks
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Aging

• The Independent Effect of Care-Related Out-of-Pocket Expenses on Care-Related Economic, Social, and Health Consequences: Results from the General Social Survey (GSS), Shahin Shooshtari, Karen A. Duncan, Kerstin Roger (Manitoba) and Janet Fast (Alberta)

Child health and development

• Development of Mental Health Problems Through Childhood and Adolescence Using National Longitudinal Data, Depeng Jiang (Manitoba)
• The Impact of Intrauterine Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Early Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories, Aniq Anam, Piotr Wilk, M Karen Campbell (Western)
• The effect of price on youth alcohol consumption in Canada, Stephenon Strobel and Evelyn Forget (Manitoba)

Disability

• Intersectional Identities and Disability Accommodation Requesting in the Workplace, Katherine Breward (Winnipeg)
• Dynamics of Disability and Work in Canada, Umut Oguzoglu (Manitoba)

Health

• New Evidence Regarding the Health Immigrant Effect: Cohort Analysis Using Matching Approach, Duangsuda Sopchokchai (Ottawa)
• The Effect of Acculturation on the Health of New Immigrants to Canada Between 2001 and 2005, Astrid Flénon (Montreal), Alain Gagnon (Montreal), Jennifer Sigouin (McGill), Zoua Vang (McGill) 
• Development of Mental Health Problems Through Childhood and Adolescence Using National Longitudinal Data, Depeng Jiang (Manitoba)
• Government-Insured Routine Eye Examinations and Incidence of Self-Reported Glaucoma, Cataracts and Uncorrectable Vision Loss, Yaping Jin (Toronto)
• The Impact of Intrauterine Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Early Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories, Aniq Anam, Piotr Wilk, M Karen Campbell (Western)
• Social Inequality of Mortality and Cancer Survival in Canada: 1991 – 2006 Census Cohort study, Wang Li (McMaster)

Immigration

• Earning Differentials Between Visible Minority Members and Whites: Quebec and Canada, Jennifer Sigouin (McGill)
• Social-Behavioral and Emotional Trajectories: Comparison Between Racialized and Non-Racialized Canadian Youth, Dora Tam (Western), and Sui Ming Kwok
• The Effect of Acculturation on the Health of New Immigrants to Canada Between 2001 and 2005, Astrid Flénon (Montreal), Alain Gagnon (Montreal), Jennifer Sigouin (McGill), Zoua Vang (McGill)
• New Evidence Regarding the Health Immigrant Effect: Cohort Analysis Using Matching Approach, Duangsuda Sopchokchai (Ottawa)

Labour Market Outcomes and Income

• Earning Differentials Between Visible Minority Members and Whites: Quebec and Canada, Jennifer Sigouin (McGill)
• Comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategies in Canada: Policy or Window Dressing? Charles Plante (McGill)
• Unemployment Duration During the 2008 Recession: a Statistical Analysis of the Canadian Experience, Lenin Arango-Castillo (Queen’s ) and Sora Froda (UQAM)
• The Effect of Quebec Childcare Policy Change on the Labour Market Outcomes and Time Distribution in the Family, Dana Bazarkulova (Manitoba)
• Post-Schooling Outcomes of Canadian University Graduates: A Tax Data Linkage Approach Stephen Childs (EPRI), Ross Finnie (Ottawa), Dejan Pavlic (EPRI), Nemanja Jevtovic (EPRI)
• Price Elasticity of Housing Supply Across Canadian Metropolitan Areas, Sadjad Kalhor (Manitoba) 

New Datasets

• Access to Justice Data - Accès aux données sur la justice, Kathy Aucoin (Statistics Canada)
• 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) : design and quality, Margaret Michalowski (Statistics Canada)
• Canadian Forces Mental Health Survey, Stephanie Lalonde (Statistics Canada)
• Life After Service Survey, Stephanie Lalonde (Statistics Canada)
• Overview of the Community Noise and Health Study 

Obesity

• The Impact of Intrauterine Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Early Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories, Aniq Anam, Piotr Wilk, and M Karen Campbell (Western)
• Age-Period-Cohort Analysis on Obesity Rates Among Off-reserve Aboriginal Children and Youth, Piotr Wilk (Western) and Martin Cooke (Waterloo)
• Universal Childcare, Child Obesity and the BMI Distribution, Michael Kottelenberg (Queen’s)

Retirement and Financial Well-Being Later in Life

• The Crowd-Out Effects and Welfare Implications of Automatic Retirement Savings, Derek Maessacar (Toronto)
• Perceived Financial Well-Being of Canadians in Mid to Later Life: A Longitudinal and Multi-Method Analysis, Susan McDaniel (Lethbridge), Adebiyi Germain Boco (Lethbridge), Amber Gazso (York), Karen Duncan (Manitoba)

Sports, Leisure and Society

• Exploring an Olympic “Legacy”: Sport Participation in Canada Before and After the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Tom Perks (Lethbridge)
• Longitudinal and Spatial Analysis of VLT Gambling in Manitoba: Impacts on Economic Outcomes at the Community Level, Prosper Koto, Umut Oguzoglu (Manitoba)
• The Impact of Thirteen Countries on Canada’s Inbound Tourism Demand, Matthew Stargardter and Xi Lu (Manitoba)
• Volunteer Opportunities and their Implications on Private Philanthropy, Forough Seifi (Ottawa)