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Posted on: Jul 24, 2018
On August 21, participate in the free University of Alberta lunch & learn event, “Support Needs and Service Pathways for Parents with Learning Difficulties.” Learn more about the latest research on parents with learning difficulties and the Support Needs and…
Posted on: Jun 15, 2018
Congratulations to Samantha Tram, Anika Winn, Genna DiPinto, and Newsha Mahinpey (pictured below from left to right) who were awarded the 2018 SAGE Studentship! The focus of this Studentship is to train students on data analytics, data management, data sharing,…
Posted on: May 30, 2018
AUTHORS: Kiran Pohar Manhas, Shawn X Dodd, Stacey Page, Nicole Letourneau, Xinjie Cui, and Suzanne Tough Many funders, institutions and journals now insist that researchers share data from completed studies to enable new research questions to be answered, especially…
Posted on: May 29, 2018
Come visit us in our new spaces as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of PolicyWise! This will be a community event to thank you for your continued support throughout the years. At each open house, we will be showcasing some…
Posted on: Apr 30, 2018
Our SAGE Secondary Data Use grant is now officially closed. We at PolicyWise would like to thank everyone for their interest and applications. We will be reviewing the submissions over the next few months and contacting the grant recipients directly…
Posted on: Mar 15, 2018
LinkWise is a data linkage software product created by PolicyWise for Children & Families to link population-level data. It follows a probabilistic data linkage model and supports clear-text (unencrypted) and privacy preserving (encrypted) record linkage. The clear-text technique is a…
Posted on: Mar 15, 2018
SAGE and All Our Families (AOF) are excited to announce that new data from the AOF study is now available through SAGE, just in time for our SAGE Secondary Data Use Grant. Researchers can now apply to use the AOF…
Posted on: Feb 5, 2018
Did you know… among children and youth who received Child Intervention services in Alberta (aged 0 to 22), 1 in 5 used mental health services between 2005/06 and 2010/11. View the full Data Byte here. Explore the full report here. PolicyWise…
Posted on: Jan 12, 2018
Did you know…among post-secondary students in Alberta (aged 18 to 25) using mental health services between 2005/06 and 10/11, 1 in 5 received an injury/harm diagnosis. View the full Data Byte here. Explore the full report here. PolicyWise for Children…
Posted on: Jan 2, 2018
Kiran Pohar Manhas, and PolicyWise staff Jason Lau and Xinjie Cui recently published an article titled “Sharing Data and Protecting Privacy: A Case Study from Alberta” in The Philanthropist. This article is a shorter, peer-reviewed portion of a full report titled “Law…