Other Resources
VIDEO: Using FOI requests for research, advocacy and organizing
Alicia Massie, lead researcher at SEIU Local 2 and a Joseph Armand Bombardier Doctoral Scholar, Ben Parfitt, investigative journalist and CCPA-BC’s resource policy analyst, and Bill Kilgannon, CCPA-BC’s Interim Director, former executive director of Parkland Institute and Public Interest Alberta, and former chief of staff to three Ministers in the Alberta NDP government, share their experience and tips for submitting FOI requests and using them in research, advocacy and organizing activities.
VIDEO: Finding and using Statistics Canada data on labour issues: jobs, workers and wages
In this workshop, Iglika Ivanova, Senior Economist and the Public Interest Researcher at the CCPA–BC and a co-Director of UP-BC, and Alicia Massie, lead researcher at SEIU Local 2 and a Joseph Armand Bombardier Doctoral Scholar and PhD Candidate at SFU, show you how to navigate Statistics Canada’s website, find and manipulate data tables and publicly available microdata files (PUMFs), and share tips on making custom data requests.
