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What Sports do Canadians Watch Most Often? Is Hockey Viewing on the decline in Toronto?

Hockey season is officially set to begin in a few weeks. It arrives at a time of year when the most popular North American professional sports coincide for sports viewing public. In effect, Canadian Professional Football is well into the season, the NFL season is beginning, baseball in the last quarter , basketball season is not far off and soccer is readily available for its dedicated followers. What sports do Canadians watch most over the course of the year. It’s a question we put to Canadians in a Leger survey conducted in the middle of July (we asked them to select two if they so wished). The results confirm that that hockey remains the sport watched by the largest plurality of Canadians. But its viewership varies and continues to be affected by the country’s ever evolving demographics and this is reflected in the patterns of viewing in some of the country’s larger cities.

Inducing Fundamentalisms: Law as a Cultural Force in the Domain of Religion

Perceptions of prejudice towards selected groups, intergroup relations and concerns over hate expression

The results around prejudice towards groups are based on a survey of 1784 respondents by Leger for the ACS conducted between July 12 and 15, 2024. The mid to late May 2024 surveys in the two countries partly offer an update to surveys conducted by Leger-ACS in February 2023. but they go beyond by adding questions relative to online hate as well as intergroup relations. It also offers comparisons on such issues with opinion in the United States. The results to the new question around hate on line suggest a major challenge for the new Federal legislation around on line harms.

A clear majority of Canadians agree with the removal of the pro-Palestinian encampments

On the morning of July 5th Montreal police in riot gear removed protesters out ofa pro-Palestinian encampment in Victoria Square and on July 10th after 2½ months of courtroom pleadings, acts of vandalism, counter-protests and talk about divestment,on provincial police and security officials took down the pro-Palestinian encampment that had been on the Montreal downtown campus since April 27.

Concern with the numbers of immigrants to Canada continues to rise

In Canada, July 12-15 Leger poll for the Association for Canadian Studies saw the percentage saying there are too many at 60% the highest on record in this century. It comes at a time when we’re seeing global trends in immigrant receiving countries pointing to growing concern with immigration levels and the issues moving to the forefront of national elections in such countries.

Identifying Best Practices in Combatting Discrimination in the Settlement Process

This research project, conducted by the Association for Canadian Studies and funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), aims to inform and improve the settlement process by identifying barriers related to racism and discrimination. The study addresses barriers to integration related to discrimination when accessing settlement services. The primary objectives are to generate best practices, identify valuable lessons, and promote positive changes within the settlement sector concerning anti-discrimination and anti-racism efforts. Utilizing qualitative research methods, the project explores the challenges faced by racialized newcomers regarding systemic racism, discrimination, and service accessibility. The research provides insights into the lived experiences of these newcomers, highlighting both systemic barriers and effective practices within the settlement sector. The project aims to enhance the settlement sector's ability to assess and address the obstacles faced by racialized newcomers during their integration process. The findings offer key insights and recommendations for effective programming and policy development related to anti-discrimination and anti-racism. Ultimately, the goal is to ensure the best possible integration outcomes for racialized immigrants and refugees, fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment.

Canadian opinion on the removal of the encampments

Rising concern over immigrant numbers across North America

Canada: Nation of Minorities?

Over the week of June 24th through July 1 Quebecers mark the fete nationale and the following week is Canada day which for several decades has been the object of much less uptake in what was once described as la belle province. Neither the fete nationale nor Canada day give rise to meaningful reflection about our identities but rather serve as a widely appreciated break before summer. Identity debates nonetheless persist in Canada and without oversimplifying things, in Quebec, the existential question continues to pit those influencers who believe that we needn’t choose between our Quebec and Canadian identities and those who feel that a choice must be made between these two inevitably conflicting identities. Canada has been described as a nation of minorities and with its rapidly changing demographics and the growing ethnic and racial diversity to which it gives rise we re likely to see greater numbers of Canadians identifying themselves as members of minority groups. That’s partly because however important language identities are in Quebec they appear to be less so in the rest of Canada as regards to principal lens via which people define themselves

Global Conflict and Canadian views of selected nations

The Interplay Between Social, Economic, And Subjective Integration Factors Among Immigrants In Canada: The Case Of Quebec’s Latin Americans

Indigenous Peoples, Multiculturalism1 , Diversity And Inclusion

Canadian opinion of Americans and trust of Trump and Biden

Perceptions of hate and prejudice and it victims in Canada and the United States

Canadians’ Perceptions of University Encampments

To what extent are the encampments supported by Canadians? According to a survey conducted by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies and Robert Brym, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of Toronto, the encampments enjoy the support of just 16% of all Canadian adults, though opinion varies by age, gender, ideological preference, and other factors. The survey was conducted via web panel over the period May 17-20, 2024, with a sample of 1,519 Canadians. The poll results were weighted by population characteristics taken from the 2021 Census of Canada (age, gender, area of residence, educational attainment, and so on).

Comparing skepticism about the Holocaust in Quebec with the rest of Canada

What might be described as skepticism about the Holocaust is somewhat higher in Quebec than it is in the rest of Canada as revealed in a Leger poll conducted for the Association for Canadian Studies over the period February 23-26, 2024 with a sample of 1590 Canadians ( 368 respondents in Quebec and 1222 respondents in the rest of Canada). That which follows compares such skepticism in Quebec with the rest of Canada in particular on the basis of age, gender, educational attainment and looks at the extent to which Holocaust skeptics in Quebec harbor anti-Jewish sentiment . On that last point it reveals that amongst the minority of Quebecer s who feel that the Holocaust is exaggerated some 7 in 10 hold negative sentiment towards Jews.

What underlies growing skepticism about the Holocaust in Canada and the United States?

According to a December (2-5), 2023 survey of Americans by YouGov for the Economist, a fifth (20%) of Americans ages 18-29 believe the Holocaust was a myth and 23% agreed the Holocaust was exaggerated. Less than one in ten Americans over the age of 30 agreed with these statements which are described as a worrisome trend that appears to be gaining traction. While there has been some question about the veracity of the survey, its findings are similar to the results of a recent Leger poll conducted for the Association for Canadian Studies over the period February 23-26, 2024 with a sample of 1590 Canadians and 1005 Americans . It reveals that one in six Canadians between the ages of 18 and 24 agree that the Holocaust is exaggerated and a similar share of Americans concurred. Equally worrisome is that a majority of those who think that the Holocaust is exaggerated think that they have a good knowledge about historic genocides. And we also found an important link between favorable opinions of Hamas (held by some one in ten respondents in Canada and one in six in the US and higher in each country amongst the youngest cohorts).

‘I AM CANADIAN’ – OR NOT

Citizenship can be viewed as a badge of honour but also as a system of indoctrinating the population in ever-evolving sets of values and narratives serving state imperatives. It’s an elusive dream for many but an expensive, burdensome source of aggravation for others – one increasingly being rejected by many applicants-turned-“onward migrants” who no longer embrace the value proposition of becoming Canadian.

Quebecers Political Engagement: Knowledge, involvement and the perceived impact of politics on our lives

Measuring Intergroup Relations in Canada during and after the Pandemic

Consensus Volume 45 Issue 1 Finding Common Ground in a Time of Polarization Article 2 1-25-2024

Newcomer Pathways to Employment

In 2022, the Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Ted Rogers School of Management and research lead by the Future Skills Centre, partnered with Canadian Diversity in the writing of a special issue focusing on key factors influencing Canada’s excellent record supporting newcomers from around the globe. Once again, the research shows that while there are opportunities to provide better support for the development of skills or newcomers, we need always to consider the ways to address bias and barriers in their pathways to employment. Newcomers are key to Canada’s future prosperity, and we need to do better.

Beyond 2020: Renewing Canada’s Commitment to Immigration - Volume 2

The 2020 edition of the conference promised to be bigger than ever, with more than 1,000 participants registered and over 100 workshops and roundtables scheduled. Along with the plenaries, these breakout sessions are one of the great attractions of the Metropolis format, allowing conference participants to form partnerships across sectors and exchange in smaller settings on cutting-edge research and innovative pilot projects, throughout the three-day event. A small selection of the scheduled presentations is being shared here in this two-volume E-book.

Metropolis eBook - Beyond 2020: Renewing Canada’s Commitment to Immigration

The annual Metropolis Canada Conference, the country’s largest immigration forum, brings together immigrant service providers, academics, as well as representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations and the private sector. Creating an opportunity for deliberation on some of the most pressing issues of the day, Metropolis has a longstanding tradition of thoughtful productive conversations that play a vital role in the development of future policies. Metropolis Canada was in its 22nd edition when the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced a last-minute postponement of the March 2020 conference. Entitled, Beyond 2020: Renewing Canada’s Commitment to Immigration, the conference aimed to examine some of the country’s key immigration-related opportunities and challenges. Reviewing and renewing how Canada attracts, settles and integrates newcomers is an ongoing process, particularly in the context of the need for inclusion, diversity, human rights and a commitment to reconciliation in our society.

QUEBEC’S ENGLISH-SPEAKING MINORITY COMMUNITY AND THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT