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#Metoo: Moment or movement?
Comprehensive study finds one-in-two women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace “Gender wars” do not appear to be as intensive as media, social media, may suggest Nine-in-ten women say they use strategies at work to avoid sexual harassment Two-thirds
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Most take pride in Canadian NGO’s development work abroad, express frustration over continued suffering
Canadians show most concern over children’s safety and well-being, natural disaster relief March 13, 2018 – Development aid has never been a bigger part of the fabric of the global community. Since the turn of the century, the amount of
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Fifi forced out? Spike sent packing? Canadians weigh in on whether landlords should be able to prohibit pets
Nearly two-thirds say landlords should be able to refuse renters with pets; renters themselves are divided March 29, 2018 – Finding a place to live in one of Canada’s largest cities is a notoriously painful exercise. And it’s one often
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Budget 2018 & foreign aid: Two-thirds see moral obligation to help abroad and half that many say Canada should raise spending
Comprehensive study looks at perspectives on international aid at governmental and individual levels March 6, 2018 – The 2018 federal budget includes a defibrillator for Canada’s foreign aid spending: $2 billion in new contributions to international development over the next
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The Colten Boushie case: Canadians divided on jury’s verdict, but think Trudeau was wrong to weigh in
Six-in-ten say reforms are needed to ensure juries better reflect the communities they come from February 26, 2018 – The acquittal of Gerald Stanley – the white Saskatchewan farmer accused of shooting and killing 22-year-old Cree man Colten Boushie in
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Confidence in the justice system: Visible minorities have less faith in courts than other Canadians
Overall confidence in five elements of the justice system has declined slightly since 2016 February 20, 2018 – As a Saskatchewan jury’s not-guilty verdict in the trial of a white farmer accused of killing a young Indigenous man on his
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