Dr. Clarke Wilson's primary academic interest is development of methods for analysis of daily time use and activity sequences. He introduced dynamic programming alignment methods, as developed for protein similarity computations in biochemistry, to the analysis of daily activities and time use in the urban planning and transportation engineering disciplines. That research produced the ClustalTXY software package for analysis of activity sequences and spatial coordinates. For the past five years he has applied Statistics Canada time use survey data to assessment the degree of integration of disabled persons into wider society, with eventual applications to evaluation of disability programming.
Dr. Wilson is retired from the program evaluation unit at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge, Department of Architecture.
Research Interests
Examining relationships between daily activity routines and health and social service delivery outcomes; tracking and assessing trends in integration of disabled persons; applications of dynamic programming methods to analysis of travel and access to service opportunities
Research in Progress
Statistics Canada Queen’s Research Data Centre project: Measuring Integration of Disabled Persons: A Time Use Metric
Previous research showed some reduction in the overall differences between disabled and non-disabled activity patterns over an 18 year period ending in 2010. The purpose of the QRDS research is to extend the comparison to 2015 survey data. This will examine the strength of the trend towards increasing daily activity similarity found thus far. In addition, the expanded disability screening questions implemented by Statistics Canada since 2012 will allow us to assess the relative degree of integration for different kinds of disability. We anticipate that mobility-limited persons may have made more progress than certain other groups as a consequence of public investments in accessibility.
Research Network/Group Involvement
Covid19 daily activity and health outcome research group, School of Rehabilitation Therapy