NEWS
The Government of the Northwest Territories’ Procurement Shared Services Division has posted a procurement Event which we think your members may be interested in.
Event 4870 - NWT Fish Sales Marketing and Research Strategy can be found on the Contract Event Opportunities website, here: https://contracts.fin.gov.nt.ca/
If a member’s company is not registered on their site, they may take the time to do so by going to the Contract Event Opportunities website (above), and by clicking the link to Register as a Bidder, then following the steps. Please note that the process may take up to two days for approval.
Once a username and password has been set up, you will be able to view current tenders; however, you will not be able to view or download the procurement documents until the registration process is complete.
Also, any addendum notifications for an Event will not be received unless the member has gone into that particular Event and clicked the required “express interest” link. Therefore; once you do have access to the system, go into any active Events in which you are interested, and be sure to click express interest.
We are communicating with you again today to provide a clarification on our previous statement and to provide additional information.
Starting on March 19th, there was an unauthorized rebranding of the MRIA social media accounts including Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn. These pages and groups were rebranded as the “Data Insights School”. To be perfectly clear, this was not a mistake, this was not an accident, this was a deliberate and methodical dismantling of the MRIA across its digital platforms. This was done without communication, without the knowledge of the Board or MRIA and certainly without the authorization of anyone or group at MRIA who would have the authority to do so. Fortunately, we were able to reverse this.
We have retained the services of a professional Forensic Digital investigator to review the extent of the damage and exposure. The investigators have also been provided cellular phone records and related material to both validate existing evidence and to search for additional evidence.
At this time, we have no evidence of a third party being involved. While our investigation continues, we want to be clear that CRIC has denied any involvement in these actions and we are taking their word for it.
We will continue to keep you updated if we learn anything further regarding this data breach.
Sincerely,
MRIA-ARIM and its Board of Directors
Five accomplished research professionals earned their CMRP designation in 2020. Four of these were exam takers, whereas the fifth was an experienced practitioner who qualified for the industry certification under the experienced professional pathway reserved for those with over eight years of proven experience in the industry.
These achievers are:
Chris Bandak, CMRP, Executive VP, MDB Insight
Jennifer Suzanne Henderson, CMRP, Research Analyst, Royal Bank of Canada
Ahmed Serag, CMRP, Data Scientist (Customer Analytics), Cogeco Connexion
Latika Sharma, CMRP, Consultant, Frost & Sullivan
Liam Macdonald, CMRP, BC Lottery
The next exam dates fall on 18th and 19th of February, with consequent sittings fairly regularly through the months of March-April, June, August and November with some flexibility in custom schedule. The programme, hosted on a secure virtual learning management platform that also delivers the corporate Gold Seal to member firms, is supported by partners and institutes like the ICCP (Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals) to enable a seamless proctoring experience in keeping with the international standards the certification curriculum maintains. Experienced practitioners with over eight years of experience are eligible to apply for a pathway that matches their professional outcomes in a stream reserved for successful applicants in this category.
The MRIA’s certification committee is chaired by Dr. Mark Loo and includes John Corbett, CMRP, Albert Lam, CMRP, and Arundati Dandapani, CMRP, MLITT. Active CMRP members come from a variety of firms and can be found here.
For more information on how to obtain your CMRP, write to info@mria-arim.ca.
This is to advise you that PSPC has posted a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain feedback from Industry on a draft Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) for public opinion research (POR):
Please follow this link.
La présente a pour but de vous informer que SPAC a affiché une demande de renseignements (DDR) afin d'obtenir les commentaires de l'industrie sur une ébauche d’une demande d'offres à commandes (DOC) pour la recherche en opinion publique (ROP): https://achatsetventes.gc.ca/donnees-sur-l-approvisionnement/appels-d-offres/EPS-20-WS2665464632-Doc2665497044.
SPAC coordonne la ROP au gouvernement du Canada (GC) et est responsable de l’élaboration d’outils d’approvisionnement pangouvernementaux, comme les offres à commandes et les arrangements en matière d’approvisionnement, pour les services de ROP.
SPAC vous invite à répondre à la DDR afin de nous aider à mettre au point la DOC, qui devrait être affichée sur Achatsetventes.gc.ca en 2021.
Link to registration for the virtual information Session.
Public Opinion Research services (WS2665464632)
Tender Notice - Letter of Interest (LOI)/Request for Information (RFI)
Publication date 2020/10/20
Amendment date 2020/10/20
Date closing 2020/11/17 23:59 Eastern Standard Time (EST
A virtual information session will be held on November 3, 2020. The English session will be from 10:00 a.m. EST to 12:00 p.m. EST. The French session will be from 1:30 p.m. EST to 3:30 p.m. EST. The scope of the requirement outlined in the Request for Standing Offers (RFSO) will be reviewed during the session and questions will be answered. It is recommended that Suppliers who intend to submit an RFI response attend or send a representative.
Suppliers are requested to register before the session to confirm attendance via the web-based registration form below. Participants will be provided with the attendance details following their registration. In their registration form, suppliers should provide the name of their organization, the name(s) of the person(s) who will be attending, which session they will be attending (English or French) and a list of questions they wish to put on the table, no later than October 27, 2020.
The registration form may be found by clicking here.
Any clarifications or changes to the RFI resulting from the information session will be included as an amendment to the RFI. Suppliers who do not attend will not be precluded from submitting an RFI Response.
The MRIA is proud to introduce Excelerate, your very own learning management system meant to power your career and educational aspirations in research.
We are here to help you gain your research certification, and bring you courses and connections to better position you as an industry leader.
We hope to bring you truly accelerated excellence in research through MRIA's Excelerate program. Whether you are a learner or a teacher, there is an opportunity for everyone to meet their professional outcomes.
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It is with great sadness that we share the news of the untimely passing of Margaret Imai-Compton, MLIS, CUG, FMRIA, a distinguished Fellow of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association and long-standing leader in the qualitative research community in Canada and the US. Imai-Compton served as an experienced group moderator and innovation facilitator for nearly three decades. She was the Principal of Imai-Compton Consulting Inc., and also worked at Research Management Group for the last five years.
Her legacy can be found here. Imai-Compton leaves behind a life of enduring courage and inspiration for all. She was a monthly columnist at the VUE magazine, and you can read one of her many articles on the MRIA blog in memorium. Her legacy of a life led by character and purpose casts resilience and hope for Canada’s research industry. May her soul rest in peace. We urge you to reflect on her contributions and share your favourite memories of her on our social forum.
Albert Lam, of Canada's Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA), says that in the wake of the recent public health crisis COVID-19, opinion and market research firms in Canada continue operating as essential services.
Albert Lam Marketing Research and Intelligence Association +1 855-561-4286 board@mria-arim.ca
Calling All Data Wizards and Marketing Heroes! If you are looking to expand your horizons in the insights marketplace and have the next million-dollar idea you want to talk about, here’s your chance. We are looking for your unique take on marketing research and insights. Consider diverse ranging themes in the marketing insights landscape that bridge connections across technology, data, marketing, and information systems. Send us a brief 50–100 word pitch/synopsis of your proposed article Accepted articles will be featured in our newsletter, website, and partners’ websites, as well as being promoted widely on our social platforms. Creativity is encouraged, as is access to new and unique data sources. We can’t wait to read your work. Send your submissions to info@mria-arim.ca.
No matter how you look at the numbers—be they seats, votes, or polling results before the vote on Oct. 21—everyone claims some sort of victory and points out someone else’s loss.
In analyzing the federal election in which everyone seems to have lost something, the only winners may be the pollsters. With the exception of a few outliers, most of the major polling houses did very well in the Canadian 43rd General Election.
Here is a quick look at the score of the final polls of the top five finishers, all taken between the 16th and 20th of October:
All pollsters did a good job; Leger, best of all. The one party that tripped up the most polls was the NDP, predictions for whom varied between 16% and 21%. Apart from this, however, none of the top pollsters were further away than one or two points from the actual election result for each party.
While this lends credence to the assumption that pollsters observe each other's' work and "herd" toward the end of an election period, this is not the case. Each pollster has his or her own weighting formula, which take into account turnout modelling, allocating undecided votes and estimating late shifts. While they are all different, these formulas have the effect of harmonizing towards Election Day, as voters become more sure of their intentions and late trends become clearer.
In Election 43, the online pollsters were the most accurate, but not by much. Random selection methods are also in the top five. It is obvious, however, that online, self-selection polling methodologies can no longer be dismissed out of hand.
So, while the Liberals lost 20 seats and their majority, the Conservatives lost their chance at forming a government, and the NDP lost half their caucus, the Greens lost the battle of the millennium, and the PPC lost their leader, Canada's pollsters—the best of them, at least—won the day with uncannily accurate prescience about the outcome of our quadrennial bun fight.
Technology has changed the way research professionals are doing their work.
There are interactive voice-recognition phone surveys, online communities, and new software programs that make surveys quick and convenient on cell phones. There is also an array of dashboards and analytics programs, complemented with unique links that track a customer’s journey.
“A lot has changed in the years since we formed in 2004,” said Albert Lam, board chair of Canada’s Marketing Research and Intelligence Association.
“In response, we are changing our logo to better reflect who our members are and what they do.”
The new logo remains green and blue, as it recognizes the history of the association. The colours, however, shift in colour to show adaptability, which has been and continues to be critical as technology and society change.
“The data points on the logo represent not just the data, but the insightful analysis our members do, as well as the many varied research concentrations that make up our Canadian insights industry,” said Lam.
About the MRIA
The Marketing Research and Intelligence Association has served as the voice of Canada’s survey industry, which includes social research, competitive intelligence, data mining, insight and knowledge management, since 2004. Newly reorganized, the MRIA is a member-driven association that advocates for ethical and transparent conduct by all who do qualitative and quantitative research, including polling, customer surveys, and online panel communities.
For more information
Albert Lam, Board Chair: 905-604-6620; 1-833-604-6620; albert.lam@brainvision.ca
Lee Robinson, Executive Director: 905-767-2195; lrobinson@mria-arim.ca
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