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The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) is a non-profit research organization, created specifically to develop, field test, and rigorously evaluate new programs. Our mission is to help policy-makers and practitioners identify policies and programs that improve the well-being of all Canadians, with a special concern for the effects on the disadvantaged, and to raise the standards of evidence that are used in assessing policies. Our offices are located in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver.

SRDC newsletter, June 2010
Read the June 2010 issue of SRDC's newsletter.

SRDC recruiting participants for CareerMotion
SRDC is conducting the CareerMotion project, a research study to test the efficiency of an innovative Web-based career guidance tool designed to help graduates make better use of their skills in the labour market.

New study on data-readiness of PSE access and retention programs for under-represented groups
SRDC's findings indicate that institutions likely do not have the data required to fully assess the effectiveness of their access and retention programs for under-represented students.

Interim impacts report on the Future to Discover project
SRDC released a report which shows that offering career education and an early guarantee of financial aid to high school students can have significant impacts on their interest in post-secondary studies.

SRDC-QICSS Symposium in Ottawa
SRDC and the Quebec Inter-University Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS) held the symposium Des statistiques sociales aux politiques publiques : le défi des données probantes (From social statistics to public policy: The challenge of evidence-based policy). The symposium took place in French as part of the 77th congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) at the University of Ottawa on May 12, 2009.

SRDC newsletter, April 2009
Read the April 2009 issue of SRDC's newsletter.