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).
See research detailsRevisiting 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.
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 Environics Institute for Survey Research and the Munk School of Global Affairs will host a special presentation event: in Toronto on June 17, 2013 (3 to 6pm), featuring: Michael Adams, President, the Environics Institute for Survey Research Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners (USA) WIth commentary by a panel of distinguished ...
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...
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
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
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
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
These days the media is awash with stories featuring public opinion polls, covering topics serious and otherwise. Polling has proven to be a relatively inexpensive source for journalists to fill papers and websites. The quality of this reporting on polls is wildly uneven. T... Read More
Race has always been an important but controversial identifier in the USA, and so it is worth noting a recent Associated Press story reporting that the US Census Bureau will stop using the term “Negro” in future surveys. This term, used on census forms sinc... Read More
