Population Research Laboratory
Encyclopedia
Established in 1966, the Population Research Laboratory is a centre for social science research
at the University of Alberta
in Edmonton.
With close to 120 employees, the PRL is the largest academic centre of its kind in Western Canada
. It has extensive experience in conducting research in the areas of health
, education
, labour markets, environment
, science
and technology
, immigration
, social policy
and public opinion. The PRL utilizes a variety of research methods, including telephone
(CATI) and web surveying, census
and population
projections, focus groups, interviewing, consensus conferencing, and general project management
.
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
in Edmonton.
With close to 120 employees, the PRL is the largest academic centre of its kind in Western Canada
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...
. It has extensive experience in conducting research in the areas of health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, labour markets, environment
Environment (biophysical)
The biophysical environment is the combined modeling of the physical environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and includes all variables, parameters as well as conditions and modes inside the Earth's biosphere. The biophysical environment can be divided into two categories:...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
, social policy
Social policy
Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. Thus, social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues...
and public opinion. The PRL utilizes a variety of research methods, including telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
(CATI) and web surveying, census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
and population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
projections, focus groups, interviewing, consensus conferencing, and general project management
Project management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
.
See also
- Faculties and departments of the University of AlbertaFaculties and departments of the University of Alberta-Agriculture:* Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences ** Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science ** Devonian Botanic Garden ** Department of Human Ecology ** Department of Renewable Resources...
- Presidents of the University of Alberta
- Chancellors of the University of AlbertaChancellors of the University of AlbertaThe list of chancellors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada:# Charles Allan Stuart # Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck # Alexander Cameron Rutherford # Frank Ford # George Fred McNally...
- List of agricultural universities and colleges