The event will take place Jan. 13, from 2:30 to 5pm, on the聽5th Floor of the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)聽Building, Keele campus. In addition, there will be some short remarks at 3:30pm in 5084 TEL Building, at the south end of the hallway. Refreshments will be served.

The open house will showcase faculty- and student-led research projects, along with short presentations by researchers.

The LaMarsh Centre conducts interdisciplinary research in health, education, relationships and development of infants, children, adolescents, emerging adults and families. Its particular focus is on the health and well-being of Canada鈥檚 youth, preventing youth violence and promoting positive development. The aim is to foster a centre of learning, productivity and exchange for new and senior scholars and to create a critical mass of related research activity.

The YIHR takes a determinants approach to health research with sub-areas including diversity and health, health equity and social justice, health and the environment, health law and ethics, health care and health governance. YIHR draws together a range of social, biomedical, environmental and behavioural scientists, as well as researchers from business, law, education and the physical sciences, bridging the divide between the sciences and social sciences to deliver real-world solutions.

The houses the largest university-based survey centre in Canada, conducting major surveys on population health, education, gender, the environment and voting behaviour. It conducts more than 25 survey research projects annually, as well as a range of qualitative research, including focus group studies. ISR staff complete all stages of the survey research process from questionnaire design, sample selection and data collection to the preparation of machine-readable data files, statistical analysis and report writing.

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In fact, a report for the Ontario legal regulator, the Law Society of Upper Canada, says it鈥檚 changing 鈥渄ramatically鈥�. What isn鈥檛 changing though is the ability of women and visible minorities to crack the pay scale to the same extent as white males.

Ironically, the research is based on the 2006 long-form census, which the federal government wants to modify by increasing the number of long forms sent to people, but eliminating the mandatory nature of replying. The proposed changes have caused a ruckus in Ottawa [and with 91亚色 faculty members].

The study by Michael Ornstein, a sociology professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and director of the, shows the value of the long-form census for researchers. His report found there has been a 鈥渄ramatic increase鈥� in the number of lawyers who are visible minorities. Today they make up 11.5 per cent of lawyers practising in Ontario, compared with 9.2 per cent in 2001. That鈥檚 still well below the 23 per cent of the population provincially that comprises minorities, and below the 30 per cent of those with university degrees, suggesting there鈥檚 still a long way to go.

Ornstein鈥檚 report says the 鈥減rogress of visible minority lawyers can be seen in the dramatic increases in the percentage of lawyers between the ages of 25 and 34.鈥� While in 1981 they accounted for two per cent of the profession, today they account for 20 per cent. 鈥淭his trend will continue as older, predominantly white lawyers retire,鈥� Ornstein writes in his April report.

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