Publications

Presentations and Papers

  • Hyman, I., Mercado, R., Galabuzi, G.E., Patychuk D. (2011). A Critical Review of Social Exclusion and Inclusion Indicators: Implications for the Development of a Canadian Framework. In Social Statistics, Poverty and Social Exclusion: Perspectives from Quebec, Canada and Abroad.  Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal. Montreal.
  • Messinger, H., & Smale, B. (2011, June). The Canadian Index of Wellbeing: An overview of evolvement, structure and objectives. 45th Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
  • Muhajarine, N., R. Labonte, and B. Winquist. (Accepted for Sept-Oct 2012 issue). Healthy Populations in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health.
  • Smale, B. (2011, March). The Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Data challenges. Canadian National Collaborative Data Infrastructure Project, Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Research Data Symposium, Toronto, ON.
  • Smale, B. (2011, September). The Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Data challenges to celebrating collaboration and innovation. Featured speaker, 2011 Canadian Research Data Summit: Mapping the Data Landscape, National Research Council and the CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC Tri-Council. Ottawa, ON.
  • Smale, B., (2011, May). The Canadian Index of Wellbeing: The contribution of leisure and culture. Thirteenth Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Canadian Association for Leisure Studies. St. Catharines, ON.
  • Smale, B. (in review). The critical role of leisure and culture within the Canadian Index of Wellbeing. Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences). [Note: this was an invited paper in lieu of the key note address at the 2011 International Leisure Development Forum in Hangzhou, China].

Lectures

  • Dr. Alex Michalos (CRAG member) lecture ‘Building the Canadian Index of Wellbeing’, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Hallman Visiting Professorship Lecture Series, uWaterloo, September 28, 2011.
  • Alexis Morgan (CRAG member) lecture ‘Canada’s Environmental Path: Jeopardizing our Country’s Long Term Quality of Life?’, uWaterloo, April 7, 2011.
  • Dr. Bryan Smale, guest lecturer, ‘Canadian Index of Wellbeing: The Leisure and Culture and Healthy Populations Domains’, uWaterloo Social Determinants of Health course HSG 260, June 2011