User Survey Feedback Summary: Period of April 2024 to June 2024
Six survey responses were received from April 2024 to June 2024. Considering cumulative responses to date:
- Forty four percent of respondents were from the public sector (slight decrease), followed by 21% from academia/researchers (slight decrease) and 15% from private sector users (same), 14% from private citizens (slight increase), 6% from ENGOs (same) and 1% from Indigenous communities (same).
- Forty nine percent of respondents reside in Ontario (slight decrease),12% from B.C. (slight increase), followed by 10% Alberta (slight decrease), 5% from Manitoba (same), 5% from Quebec (slight increase), and 3% from Prince Edward Island (same). The balance of responses is distributed among other jurisdictions.
- Reason for using the Open Science and Data Platform:
- 28% “for background or insight on projects related to my work/research” (slight increase),
- 27% to “understand and/or better manage cumulative effects” (same),
- 10% “for background or insight on information relevant to studies” (same),
- 10% to “facilitate participation in impact assessments and/or regulatory processes” (same),
- 8% stated “for background or insight on information for the purpose of social causes and spreading awareness of cumulative effects-related issues” (slight increase), and
- 17% stated “for other reasons” (slight decrease).
- Users were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the following features of the Open Science and Data Platform in the following proportions:
- Learn about Development Activities section (74%, slight increase),
- Search Function (72%, same),
- Learn about Cumulative Effects (69%, same),
- Filter Classification (69%, slight increase), and
- Map Creation function (61%, same).
- Seventy nine percent were either ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the “Relevancy of the content” (same). Seventy eight percent were either ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the “Quality of the content” (same). Seventy eight percent were either ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the “Accessibility of the content” (slight increase).