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, and the YMCA of Greater Toronto, is launching a major new study focusing on the Black community in the Greater Toronto Area. Survey launches in January 2015.
See research detailsAn upcoming update on the 2006 survey of the country's Muslim population
In 2006 the Environics Institute conducted the first-ever national survey of Muslims in Canada. Fast-forward to 2014, how are Muslims in Canada faring today? The Environics Institute, in partnership with the Tessellate Institute, the Olive Tree Foundation and the Inspirit Foundation, is planning a second national survey of Muslims in 2015 to update the original research and identify both important trends and emerging issues.
See research detailsThe Environics Institute and the Institute on Governance have partnered to conduct a landmark national public opinion survey on governance and the public service. Read more in the Ottawa Citizen December 27 - 30, 2014.
See research detailsAs part of its ongoing Focus Canada research, the Environics Institute partnered with the David Suzuki Foundation this fall to ask Canadians about climate change, and determine how opinions have changed or not over the past year. REPORT JUST RELEASED
See research detailson 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
The following piece by Michael Adams appears in the 150 Canada series published by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Growing up in the 1950s, I was under the impression that God Save the Queen was our national anthem and the Canadian Red Ensign was our national flag, and that...
The following is an expanded version of commentary by Michael Adams was published in the February 7, 2015 edition of the Globe and Mail, as a counterpoint to an accompanying story by Globe columnist John Ibbitson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What has Stephen Harper done to Canada? To some, that’s a ru...
The following op-ed by Michael Adams and Maryantonett Flumian was published in the January 26, 2015 edition of the Globe and Mail >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn’t long ago that Canadians voted in large numbers. Just a few decades ago it was normal to see turnout rates for federal elections in the mid-70s. In s...
Almost any time you read about a public opinion poll you will see a sentence, usually at the end, stating a “margin of error” percentage, “plus or minus.” Those who know something about research will understand this to be a statistical measure of the ... Read More
Public opinion surveys are used for many purposes, and some have much less profile than others. A good example is how survey research is now being used by governments and their militaries as a counter insurgency tool in conflict areas. This research flies largely under the m... Read More
Perhaps the most significant trend in market and public opinion research in the past decade has been the emergence of online research methods as the dominant form of survey data collection. This trend has taken for three reasons: a) to leverage the expanding array of digital... Read More
When organizations, students and newcomers to the survey research business look for “how to” guidance, the choices are largely limited to textbooks, consultants and on-the-job experience. Now there is a new resource in the form of short practical advice videos th... Read More
Last fall the widely-respected US-based Pew Research Center released the results of a comprehensive survey of American Jews, which generated considerable attention in Canada as well as in the USA. The survey addresses many themes, but chief among them is how Jewish identity... Read More
