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The Canadian government’s excessive policing of privacy makes it intolerably onerous to access its datasets, says researcher Karen Robson (McMaster University)

New publication from Researcher Karen Robson, McMaster University, on obstacles in Education Data

Gateway Cities Team Researchers publish new findings using data from the TDSB around the socially constructed nature of giftedness and challenge its usage in schools

"Perhaps the most striking findings in our analyses were the changing PSE confirmation patterns for Blacks and Southeast Asians" - Gateway Cities Team members publish new findings about student transitions to Post-secondary Education between two Toronto District School Board student cohorts.

Gateway Cities Team members from Toronto and Vancouver publish new journal article: "Ethnicity and Effectively Maintained Inequality in BC Universities" in the Canadian Review of Sociology

The Toronto team presented at the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Annual Meeting (SLLS) in Scotland, UK on October 12, 2017 in the Paper Session on Further Education

The Toronto and Chicago team presented at the American Sociological Association's 112th Annual Meeting (ASA) in Montreal, Quebec on August 12, 2017 in the section on Sociology of Education: Overcoming Obstacles to Postsecondary Attainment.

McMaster University’s Karen Robson, an expert in at-risk youth, advocates for a better understanding of race and paths to post-secondary education.

"McMaster is one of 63 Canadian universities that cannot provide a breakdown of its population" Article published in The Silhouette newspaper by Shane Madill