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The 2023-24 CAnD3 Annual Report is here!

Team Members

Our team members are made up of leading-edge researchers in population aging, population data science, digital and computational demography, award-winning teachers, and directors, chief data officers, and analysts.Ìý

Please see governance for team members’ involvement in CAnD3 committees.

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Monica AlexanderÌý

Assistant Professor, Statistical Sciences and Sociology, University of TorontoÌý

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Daniel Béland

Director, Â鶹AV Institute for the Study of Canada, Â鶹AVÌý

James Â鶹AV Professor, Department of Political Science

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Simona BignamiÌý

Associate Professor, Department of Demography, Université de Montréal

Full Member, Centre on Population Dynamics, Â鶹AVÌý

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Sarah Brauner-Otto

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Â鶹AVÌý

Director, Centre on Population Dynamics, Â鶹AVÌý

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Sébastien Breau

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Â鶹AV

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Colin Busby

Research Director, Institute for Research and Public Policy (IRPP)

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Marie Connolly

Professor, Department of Economics,ÌýUniversité du Québec à Montréal

Director, Research Group on Human Capital (GRCH)

Fellow, CIRANO

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Theodore CoscoÌý

Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser UniversityÌý

Research Fellow, Oxford Institute of Population Aging, University of Oxford

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Tom DiPrete

Giddings Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Columbia UniversityÌý

Director, Institute of Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP)

Co-Director, Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality, Columbia University

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Benoit Dostie

Director and Professor, Department of Applied Economics, HEC Montreal

Academic Director, Quebec Inter-University Center for Social Statistics (QICSS)

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Greg Eirich

Director, Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, Columbia University

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Tom Emery

Deputy Director, Generations and Gender Programme, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)

Executive Director, Dutch National Infrastructure for Social Science, Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations (ODISSEI)

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Aaron ErlichÌý

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Â鶹AVÌý

Founding Member, Centre for Social and Cultural Data Science (CSCDS), Â鶹AVÌý

Member, Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, Â鶹AVÌý

Associate Member, Centre on Population Dynamics, Â鶹AV

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GrantÌýGibson

Assistant Research Program Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN)

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Michel GrignonÌý

Professor, Department of Economics andÌýHealth, Aging, and Society, McMaster UniversityÌýÌý

Graduate Chair, Department of Health, Aging, & Society, McMaster University

Associate Scientist,ÌýInstitut de Recherche et Documentation en Èconomie de la Santé

Editor-in-Chief, Health Reform Observer

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Neeru GuptaÌý

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick

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Catherine Haeck

Associate Professor, Department of Economics,ÌýUniversité du Québec à Montréal

Director,ÌýCIQSS-UQAM-INRS Laboratory

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CAnD3 Team member Paul Holness from ESDC

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Paul Holness

Acting Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Horizontal Integration,ÌýEmployment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

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Paul Holyoke

Director, SE Research Centre, SE Health

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Janice Keefe

Professor, Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent UniversityÌý

Lena Isabel Jodrey Chair in Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University

Director, NS Centre on Aging,ÌýMount Saint Vincent University

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Eric Kim

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Research Affiliate, Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University

Research Affiliate,ÌýLeeÌýKumÌýSheung Center for Health and Happiness, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Nicholas KingÌý

Associate Professor, Department of Social Studies of Medicine & Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Â鶹AV

Director, Policy and Data Science Program at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Â鶹AVÌý

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Susan Kirkland

Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie UniversityÌý

Associate Director, Geriatric UnityÌý

Principal Investigator, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

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Ãœmit Kiziltan

Chief Data Officer, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

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Anaïs Lacasse

Professor & chronic pain epidemiologist, Department of Health Sciences, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

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Lacey Langlois

Senior Consultant, Office of VP Research & Analysis, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

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Tony Lea

Senior Vice President &ÌýChief Methodologist, Environics Analytics

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Leah Macfadyen

Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Master of Educational Technology, University of British Columbia

Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia

Director, Changing Eye Educational ConsultingÌý

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Rachel Margolis

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario

Associate Member, Centre on Population Dynamics, Â鶹AVÌý

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Patrik Marier

Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University

Scientific Director, Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS)

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Anne Martin-MatthewsÌý

Professor, Department of Sociology, University of British ColumbiaÌý

Associate Vice-President, UBC Health, University of British ColumbiaÌý

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Kimberlyn McGrail

Scientific Director, SPOR Canadian Data Platform and Population Data BC (PopDataBC)

Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC

Director of Research, UBC Health

Data Director, BC Academic Health Sciences Network

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Peter McMahan

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Â鶹AV

Associate Member, Centre on Population Dynamics, Â鶹AV

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Karen Mihorean

Director General, Statistics Canada

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Melinda Mills

Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford

Director, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford

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Sylvain Moreno

Associate Professor, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser UniversityÌý

CEO & Scientific Director, Digital Health Circle (AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub)

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Doug Norris

Senior Vice President & Chief Demographer, Environics Analytics

Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta

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Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

Canada Research ChairÌýof the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy (DEEP), School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Director, Â鶹AV Observatory on Health and Social Services Reforms (MOHSSR)

Director, International Research Infrastructure on Social inequalities in health (IRIS)

Professor, Departement of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and Department of Sociology, Â鶹AV

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Derek Ruths

Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, Â鶹AV

Chief Data Scientist, Petri.ai

Chief Architect, Charitable Analytics InternationalÌý

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Claudia Sanmartin

Director, Strategic Analysis, Publications and Training Division, Statistics Canada

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Emily Daina Å aras

Chief Executive Officer and Data Scientist, Knowli Data Science

Instructor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University

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Markus SchaferÌý

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology,ÌýUniversity of Toronto

Faculty Associate, Institute of Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto

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Thomas Soehl

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Â鶹AVÌý

Canada Research Chair in International Migration

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Vernon Southward

CEO, Easel.ly

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Lisa Strohschein

Professor, Department of Sociology, University of AlbertaÌý

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Erin Strumpf

Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Â鶹AV

Founding Member, Public Policy and Population Health Observatory (3PO), Â鶹AV

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Miles Taylor

Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University

Research Associate, Center for Demography and Population Health, Florida State University

Faculty Associate, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University

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Christina Wolfson

Lead Principal Investigator, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, Â鶹AVÌý

Senior Scientist, Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience Program, Â鶹AV Health CentreÌý

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Laura Wright

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,ÌýUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Emilio Zagheni

Director,ÌýLaboratory of Digital and Computational Demography,ÌýMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Data Science Fellow, Science Institute, University of WashingtonÌý

Research Affiliate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology,ÌýUniversity of Washington

Affiliate, Center for Statistics and Social Sciences,ÌýUniversity of Washington

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Anna Zajacova

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario

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Zachary Zimmer

Professor, Department of Family Studies and Gerontology,ÌýMount Saint Vincent University

Canada Research Chair in Aging and Community & Director,ÌýGlobal Aging and Community Initiative,ÌýMount Saint Vincent University

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