New! Carleton Branch Research Data Centre - Opening Spring 2020

The COOL Research Data Centre will be opening a branch office at Carleton in Spring 2020. It will be located in MacOdrum Library, Room 120.

Carleton University, the University of Ottawa and the Université du Québec en Outaouais are collaborators of the COOL RDC, which is located in the Morisset Library at University of Ottawa. The COOL RDC is part of the CRDCN (Canadian Research Data Centre Network) and provides secure access to detailed Statistics Canada data for researchers with approved research projects. The RDC is part of a national university initiative to use Statistics Canada master files with a view to strengthen social research capacity and support social and economic policy analysis in Canada.

New! Professional  Harrassment Survey

This report details a survey which looks at sexual harrassment in the fundraising profession. Almost half of those in the profession have had personal exposure to it. And one-fifth agree that sexual harrassment is rampant within the fundrasing profession. Even more concerning is the fact that in 2 of 3 cases, the prepetrator is a donor. Check out this report for more interesting information.

Prepared for: The Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (March 9, 2018)

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