Best Article in Canadian Studies in Population Award

The best article in CSiP award is given to the best article in the Canadian Studies in Population journal published during the prior two years. Both single and co-authored papers are eligible. The awards committee will conduct a search of works published in the past two years for potential candidates for the awards. Further, anyone may nominate any paper and self-nominations are accepted. The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Population Society.

Recipients

2026:

Life Expectancy at Birth and Infant Mortality Rates of Indigenous Populations in Canada from 2004 to 2016. Can. Stud. Popul. 51, 3 (2024)

  • Patrice Dion (Statistics Canada)
  • Marilyn-Anne Tremblay (Statistics Canada)
  • Roxanne Gagnon (Statistics Canada)
  • Elham Sirag (Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Boston, MA)
2026 Canadian Studies in Population Award Recipents

2026 award winners

Dion, P., Tremblay, MA., Gagnon, R., Sirag

Abstract

Life expectancy and infant mortality rates are two important indicators of the well-being of a population. However, it is not possible to compute these indicators for specific Indigenous populations in Canada from vital statistics databases because information about the identity of individuals is lacking. We use alternative data sources, linkages between the long-form census questionnaire and the Canadian Vital Statistics, namely the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts and the Canadian Birth Census Cohorts, to compute life expectancy at birth and infant mortality rates among Indigenous populations. We describe the data, explain the methodology, and analyze the results to demonstrate the usefulness of these databases for the regular reporting of these health outcomes and monitoring of trends.

Past Recipeints

  • 2024: Luca Maria Pesando (New York University/McGill University), Audrey Dorélien (University of Minnesota), Xavier St-Denis (INRS), and Alexis Santo (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Pesando, L.M., Dorélien, A., St-Denis, X. and Santos Alexis. Demography as a Field: Where We Came From and Where We Are Headed. Can. Stud. Popul. 50, 4 (2023).
  • 2022: Ana Fostik (Statistics Canada) and Céline Le Bourdais (McGill)         
  • Fostik, A., Le Bourdais, C. Regional Variations in Multiple-Partner Fertility in Canada. Can. Stud. Popul. 47, 73–95 (2020).