The Quebec inter-University Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS) was established in 2000 with a view to offering Quebec’s research community access to Statistics Canada microdata, as well as the spaces, equipment and professional and technical resources needed in order to make the best use of the data. In supporting the next generation of researchers, the QICSS offers training programs and grants, while also organizing a variety of events aiming to increase the visibility and the impact of the findings generated by research projects carried out in its secure laboratories. The QICSS has five labs, located at Université de Montréal, McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke and Université Laval.
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2021
Obtaining of the AGORA grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec
Launch of the Prix Lise-Quesnel
A CADRISQ opens at McGill University
2019
HEC Montréal joins the QICSS
2010
A CADRISQ opens at Université de Sherbrooke
2012
The Université du Québec network joins the QICSS
2007
The first international QICSS conference
2005
A first CADRISQ is established in the offices of the QICSS
First conference for young researchers (now known as the Emerging Excellence Conference)
2004
Université de Sherbrooke joins the QICSS
2003
Start of QICSS Scholarships Program
2002
Start of funding by FCAR (now Fonds de recherche du Québec)
Start of summer schools
2000
The CRDCN is created, funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and Canadian universities (they will later be joined by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the CFI Major Science Initiatives Fund)
Founding of the QICSS by six Quebec universities: Université de Montréal, Université Laval, McGill University, Concordia University, the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and Université du Québec à Montréal
