In the spring of 2001, the HCI program of the Institute for Information Technology at the National Research Council Canada undertook a survey of Canada’s HCI research community. The goal of the survey was twofold: first, to help the IIT’s HCI program set strategic directions, and second, to profile the Canadian HCI community and determine its demographics, strengths, weaknesses, and needs. There was also a desire to help the community ameliorate some of the problems with conducting research in Canada, and achieve greater national and global recognition.
The results of the survey are now available (PDF; 748 KB).
In addition, to further discuss issues, a discussion group has been created at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canadahci/
At this Yahoo Group you can download the report, post messages and files, engage in discussions, and keep in contact with what’s happening in the Canadian HCI community.