Activities, Conferences and Workshops

CERF's main activities have been the organisation and funding of applied research through conferences, workshops and by supporting research projects of particular relevance to the policy community. Since its inception in 1991, CERF has organised the following major conferences and workshops:

 

·               Founding CERF Conference.
Kingston, Ontario, May 31, 1991

·               Policy Research in Training, Unemployment and Income Support, and Immigration.
Aylmer, Quebec, March 6-7, 1992

·               Labour Markets in the Last Two Recessions: A Comparative Perspective (with Statistics Canada).
Ottawa, Ontario, March 5, 1993

·               Income Support Programs and Policies (with Health & Welfare Canada).
Ottawa, Ontario, September 24, 1993

·               Immigration and the Labour Market.
Hull, Quebec, March 11, 1994

·               Labour Markets and Income Support: Focus on British Columbia (with B.C. Ministries of Social Services and Skills Training).
Vancouver, British Columbia, March 25, 1994

·               Workshops in conjunction with the Learned Societies Annual Conference.
Calgary, Alberta, June 13, 1994

·               Youth Labour Market Adjustment (with B.C. Ministry of Education and UBC).
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 25, 1994

·               International Conference on the Evaluation of Unemployment Insurance.
Ottawa, Ontario, October 14-15, 1994

·               Policy Responses to Displaced Workers (with University of Quebec at Montreal & Ekos Research Associates).
Montreal, Quebec, December 2-3, 1994

·               Retooling the Employed Workforce: Focus on New Brunswick (with HRDC NB Region & UNB).
Fredericton, New Brunswick, March 31-April 1, 1995

·               Environmental Policies and Labour Markets (with HRDC Innovations).
Ottawa, Ontario, September 15-16, 1995

·               The Canada - U.S. Unemployment Rate Gap (with Centre for the Study of Living Standards).
Ottawa, Ontario, February 9-10, 1996

·               Changes in Working Time in Canada and the United States (with Upjohn Institute, Statistics Canada, HRDC).
Ottawa, Ontario, June 13-15, 1996

·               Social Experiments, Evaluation and Employment and Social Policy.  1996.

·               Immigration, the Labour Market, and the Economy.
Richmond, British Columbia, October 17-18, 1997
       List of papers presented

·               Participation Rates and Employment Ratios.
Ottawa, Ontario, December 17, 1997
       Workshop Report

·               Labour Market Transitions and Income Dynamics (co-sponsored by Statistics Canada and HRDC).
In conjunction with the CEA meetings in Ottawa, Ontario, May 28-29, 1998
       Information
       Program (English) (Français)

·               Self Employment Conference (with the Canadian International Labour Network and the OECD).
Burlington, Ontario, September 24-26, 1998
       Program
       Paper Summaries

·               CERF/CEA Workshop on Social Experimentation.
Toronto, Ontario, May 27-28 1999
       Program (English) (Français)

·               A Workshop on Government Productivity and Competitiveness: What are the Issues?
June 1, 1999
       Program

·               CERF and IRPP (Institute for Research on Public Policy).  Creating Canada's Advantage in an Information Age.
Ottawa, Ontario, May 4-6, 2000
       Program

·               CERF and Statistics Canada Conference.  Families and Labour Markets.
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 1-2, 2000
       Program and Conference Papers

·               Rural/Urban Differences in Economic Development.
Sudbury, Ontario, September 2000
       Program and Conference Papers

·               10th Anniversary Conference.
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, May 31, 2001
       Program

·               Conference on Immigration.
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, May 30-31, 2002
       Program and Conference Papers

·               Conference on Workplace Issues in Canada.
Ottawa, Ontario, November 14-15, 2002
       Program and Conference Papers
       Conference Summary (English) (Français)

·               Conference on Education, Schooling and The Labour Market.
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, May 29, 2003
       Program and Conference Papers
       Conference Highlights

·               Helping People Out of Low Income - What Strategies Do Analysis of Patterns of Low Income Suggest?
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, June 3-4, 2004
       Program and Conference Papers

·               Conference on Health Human Resources.
Hamilton, Ontario, May 26-27th, 2005
       Program and Conference Papers

·               Conference on the Evolving Workplace.
Ottawa, Ontario, September 28-29, 2005
       Introduction (English) (Français)
       Conference Papers

·               Understanding Cultural Diversity and the Economics of Social Inclusion/Participation.
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, May 25-26, 2006
       Program and Conference Papers

·               Gender and Work/Family Balance:  New Policies, New Approaches, New Directions?
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Quebec, May 31-June 01, 2007
       Program and Conference Papers

 

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