Student projects from Wilfrid Laurier University's school of music are also included, as well as works by professional artists. In fact, people are required by law to provide census information, which ranges from addresses to details about income and language. The long questionnaire contains the same questions as the short form plus 52 additional questions, including three new ones on religion, birthplace of parents and language of work. Sue Moskal, a UW reference librarian who specializes in government information , says students use census data in a variety of assignments. Some examples are planning for the location of services for seniors, determining where to locate schools or where to set up professional practices, e.g., optometrists.
Some assignments involve tracking trends or comparing data from various census years.
Faculty have used data to examine patterns of travel to and from work, and to study the migration of families from one area to another. Students attending school out of town but who return home when school is not in session should be included on their parents' questionnaire, as part of the regular household. Because a school residence is considered a collective dwelling and each resident of a collective dwelling must complete a census questionnaire, Students living in residences must complete the first two pages of the census form, seal it in the envelope provided, and return it by May 15th to the location in the residence which is noted on the outside of the envelope. Students working out of town on Census Day should be included in their regular household. Leanne O'Donnell, director of residence life at UW, says dons in Village I, the Columbia Lake Townhouses, the Minota Hagey residence and Beck Hall of UW Place have been trained to collect that two pages' worth of census information there.