CSLS Conference on The State of Living Standards and the Quality of Life in Canada

The second stage of a major CSLS project on the state of living standards and quality of life in Canada, coordinated by Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) and Andrew Sharpe (CSLS), involving nearly fifty researchers from Canada, the United States and Europe and overseen by a research advisory committee of more than thirty-five representatives of government departments and agencies and non-profit and private sector organisations. It is widely believed that the standard of living and quality of life of Canadians, while high internationally, had improved little or even deteriorated; the conference examined whether that was an accurate portrayal, across dimensions of economic and social well-being. The CSLS Index of Economic Well-being for Canada was unveiled here. Sessions covered trends in economic well-being, indicators of well-being, natural and human capital, children and families, social cohesion, quality of life indices, poverty and consumption distribution, the quality of working life, health and inequality, and personal security.