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Posted on: Apr 24, 2020
Like other population-level crises and disasters, the COVID-19 pandemic will have short- and long-term impacts on the mental health and psychosocial well-being of individuals and communities. However, Albertans have faced disaster before and shown great resilience. We know that, in…
Posted on: Nov 6, 2019
*indicates this event takes place on the same day every year bold indicates STAT holidays January *January is Mentoring Month *January 1 – New Years Day January 17 – International Mentoring Day January 29 – Bell Let’s Talk Day February…
Posted on: Sep 17, 2019
On September 27, 2019, PolicyWise will be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the YMCA Family Resource Centre in Birch Hall (gymnasium). This will be a community event to share the work we’ve done this past year, as well…
Posted on: Jul 4, 2019
The Maternal, Youth, Children and Infant Linked Data Alberta Initiative (MyCHILD) is a collaboration between the Maternal, Newborn, Child and Youth Strategic Network of Alberta Health Services, Alberta Community and Social Services, PolicyWise, and Alberta Innovates. The goal is explore…
Posted on: Apr 4, 2019
On February 5, 2019, PolicyWise for Children & Families, in partnership with the Alberta Nonprofit Network (ABNN), facilitated the one-day Data to Action event in Edmonton. The purpose was focused on learning and developing better data competency. Participants worked together with other…
Posted on: Dec 14, 2018
Here is a quick summary of the Secondary Analysis to Generate Evidence (SAGE) work we did in the last 3 years! Want to learn more and collaborate with us? Contact us at data@policywise.ca. To download the infographic, click here.
Posted on: Nov 30, 2018
The Bissell Centre recently consulted their clients’ opinion on consent, privacy, and data governance. Among the topics discussed, the clients emphasized the importance of ownership, control, and security of their information.
Posted on: Sep 19, 2018
If you are interested in the relationship between neighborhoods’ socioeconomic status, preterm birth, depression, and anxiety, take a look at the poster created by our 2017 SAGE grant recipient, Kamala Adhikari, that she presented at the Society for Pediatric and…
Posted on: Sep 13, 2018
One of our 2017 SAGE Secondary Data Use grant recipients, Dhwani Paul, presented at the 2018 Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting. This work was done though secondary analysis of All of Our Families data. Access both of the posters here….
Posted on: Sep 13, 2018
On August 22, 2018, our recent SAGE summer student created this poster, “How a Demographic Review will Contribute to the Development of a Consent Form in a Non-Profit Community-based Organization” for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI ) Summer…