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Learning what works
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 recruiting participants for CareerMotion
SRDC is conducting the CareerMotion project, a research study to test the efficiency of a new Web-based career planning tool designed to respond to the needs of recent graduates who want to 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.

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

Encouraging savings to help promote adult learning among low-income Canadians
A report released by SRDC offers some new results on the effects of the learn$ave project. SRDC is conducting this national demonstration project to test the effectiveness of individual development accounts (IDAs) as a tool to promote adult learning and small-business start-up for low-income Canadians.