- Innovative surveys
which have focused on practical policy information:
Survey of On-line Users of the Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (for Environment Canada, 1999);
Evaluation of the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (for Health Canada, 1999);
Surveys of Youth Exchange Programs (for Canadian Heritage, 1997-98);
and SPR's $770,000 Urban Social Housing Survey (for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1993-96).
- Major evaluations,
such as: Evaluation of HRDC's Information Products and Web Delivery (for HRDC, 1999-2002);
Review of Grants and Contributions Programs for Environment Canada (Ontario Region, 2002);
Evaluation of the Tourism for Youth Internship Program (for the Canadian Tourism and Human Resource Council, 2001-2002);
Evaluation of the Ontario Base Closure Adjustment Program (for Industry Canada, 2000);
and Evaluation of the Canada Pension Plan (for Human Resources Development Canada, 1995-96, including follow-up studies to 1998).
- Studies Within a Balanced Scorecard Framework,
which apply the framework developed by Norton, Kaplan and others, examining systemic changes,
in longer-term strategic assessments of the interplay between organizational goal achievement, human and other resources,
internal processes, and capacity for organizational learning and future development.
SPR studies in a balanced scorecard framework include: Evaluation of Federal Labour Standards (for Human Resources Development Canada, 1996-2000);
Evaluation of Special Measures in Employment Equity in the Public Service (for Treasury Board Secretariat, 1998);
Strategic Review of Youth Exchange Programs (for Canadian Heritage, 1997-2000); and
SPR's $1.2 million Research Program in Occupational Health and Safety (for various Ontario agencies, 1984-1996).
- Sensitive studies,
such as: Evaluation of the Export Controls National Security Program
(for External Affairs, 1986); Year Three Evaluation of the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS (for Health Canada, 2000-2002);
Mid-Term Review of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Decision at Health Canada (for Health Canada, 1999);
Patient Evaluation of Fertility Clinics in Canada (for the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, 1993-94);
or SPR's Research Program on Family Violence Issues (for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation,
Health Canada, Revenue Canada and others, 1992-2002).