{"id":5280,"date":"2017-03-02T12:41:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T17:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=5280"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:00:12","slug":"infographic-challenge","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/infographic-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic Challenge:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Melissa Corbin, a third-year Carleton student in Health Sciences<\/a>, was awarded the inaugural Chief Statistician of Canada Infographic Challenge Award<\/a> at Statistics Canada on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI chose to cover this topic of cancer in Canada primarily because I myself lost several loved ones to this disease,\u201d she said. \u201cTherefore it\u2019s had a great impact on my life and it\u2019s something I think about on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her winning infographic, \u201cCancer in Canada 2016<\/a>\u201d, was designed to inform and educate Canadians about diagnoses and deaths related the diseases that annually cost the healthcare system $4.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infographic Challenge: Understanding Canada with Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Challenge, put forward by StatCan\u2019s Young Professionals Network, closed yesterday afternoon with Carleton and uOttawa students presenting in the Simon Goldberg Conference Room beneath the R. H. Coats building at Tunney\u2019s Pasture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are committed to provide Canadians with data that helps them understand their country in all its facets, and make informed decisions based on evidence and facts,\u201d said Anil Aora, Chief Statistician of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThis Challenge is really an opportunity to continue to work towards this goal while showcasing the talent and creativity of the nation\u2019s capital region\u2019s students.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Aora was one of seven experts on the judges\u2019 panel that included four Assistant Chief Statisticians and two branch directors. They voted Corbin\u2019s the best of the final five infographics, all of which had been chosen out of 44 team registrants with 81 post-secondary participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancer in Canada<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Corbin also received the most public votes during the week-long online polling portion of the competition. Her numbers pulled from Canadian cancer statistics included an estimated 202,400 Canadians would be diagnosed and 78,000 would die from various cancers in 2016. Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada, amounting to 30 per cent of all deaths in the country, and breast, lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers were estimated to form half of the diagnoses in Canada last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s Get Kids Moving<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Also from Carleton, Hailey Scott and Shayla Weedmark presented their \u201cLet’s Get Kids Moving, Canada!\u201d that illustrated the key benefits of physical activity, specifically how an hour of moderate to vigorous exercise in young Canadians aged five to 17 can develop motor skills and cognitive functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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