Catherine Haeck, professor at UQAM and principal investigator in economics of education for the theme Skills at CIRANO, is involved in the implementation of the new Observatory for Children's Education and Health (OPES) based at CHU Sainte-Justine. The mission of the OPES is to coordinate the efforts of the Quebec scientific community in order to observe the state of children's development in terms of education, psychosocial development, health, and economic well-being, among others, and to identify risk and protective factors (school, individual, family, biological), as well as to measure the effectiveness of social and technological innovations, all in order to support children with problems. 

Catherine Haeck will co-lead the Education axis with Simon Larose, from Laval University, in addition to leading the Economic Development axis. This will allow synergies with the research work Catherine is doing at CIRANO. 

For more information : https://recherche.chusj.org/fr/Communications/Nouvelles/2021-(1)/L-Observatoire-pour-l-education-et-la-sante-des-en