Black Experience in the GTA

What does it mean to be a Black person today in Canada’s largest city?

The Environics Institute, in partnership with Ryerson University's Diversity Institute, United Way Toronto, the YMCA of Greater Toronto, and the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, is launching a major new study focusing on the Black community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

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Focus Canada 2012

Revisiting the ties that bind

Focus Canada is the most comprehensive research program on Canadian public opinion about issues of importance to the country. This year's Focus Canada theme is "Revisiting the ties that bind", looking at key issues around the forces that tie our country together and those that are pushing us apart, including such issues as national identity, federalism, bilingualism, foreign investment, and Canada-US relations. The Final Report is now available.

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The Environics Institute

Promotes public opinion and social research

on important issues of public policy and social change. Social science-based evidence is key to helping organizations and citizens better understand Canada and our world as it is today, how it is changing, and where it is heading. Read More

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June 18, 2013

Presentation Event: Fire and Ice in the era of Obama and Harper: The surprising trajectory of social values among Americans and Canadians

The Environics Institute for Survey Research and the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted a special presentation event: in Toronto on June 17, 2013. WATCH THE EVENT HERE The event featured: Michael Adams, President, the Environics Institute for Survey Research Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners (USA)    WIth commentary by a panel...

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April 19, 2013

Environics Institute partnering with the Tessellate Institute to launch 2013 Survey of Muslims in Canada

The Environics Institute is pleased to announce a new partnership with the respected Tessellate Institute, to jointly launch a new national public opinion survey of Muslims in Canada.Thiis new research - scheduled to launch in Fall 2013 - will provide a long-overdue update of the first-ever national survey of Muslims in Canada which was conducted by the Envi...

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April 04, 2013

Michael Adams on the demise of the long form census

In October, 2012, Environics Institute President Michael Adams gave an invited address at the 20th Anniversary celebration of Caledon Institute of Social Policy, to address the demise of the long form census in Canada and what this means for the country. Catch his address on video

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New international survey about national economies reveals diverging views between developed and emerging countries

The latest international public opinion survey from the Pew Research Center focuses on citizens’ views about their nation’s economies and standard of living.  This study was conducted in March-April 2013 in 39 countries that include more than 10 countries in... Read More

Major new report on non-probability sampling for survey research

A central foundation of public opinion research over the past 50 years has been the use of probability sampling, the method by which it is possible to extrapolate the results from a survey of 1,000 respondents to a country’s entire population with remarkable accuracy. ... Read More

MPO Post launches as new US non-profit polling source

The US media and digital town square is chock full of published opinion research – every day produces a handful of new polls revealing Americans’ opinions on the issues of the day, mostly around politics but also public policy and social issues (e.g., legalizatio... Read More

Israelis and Palestinians both want peace, but can agree on little else

The conflict between Israelis and the Palestinians has been intractable, with no meaningful hope for resolution in sight.  But this is not because the people on both sides of the conflict do not want peace. Gallup International recently reported on a notable survey it c... Read More

Polling for the 21st century

The Internet and social media are rapidly transforming our world, and most certainly changing the rules of the game for public opinion and market research. The latest marker for how this trend is unfolding comes with the recent introduction of a new online product called Zip... Read More

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