The Ipsos Canadian Public Affairs Dataverse is a repository of over 60 Ipsos Canada surveys that shed light on Canadian culture, politics, and society. All data is open access. This resource has been graciously donated to LISPOP and Wilfrid Laurier University by Ipsos Canada.
Written by Matthew Arp and Simon Kiss G. Elliott Morris recently produced this chart of presidential approval ratings standardized by month since inauguration for Presidents Bush, Biden, and Obama. It’s exceptionally informative and gives us pause to evaluate where things are at in the United States as we head into […]
It is a common claim that we are living in an era of heightened political polarization and that social media platforms are to blame. But is this really the case? Eric Merkley (University of Toronto) is the author of the forthcoming book “Polarization, Eh? The Causes and Consequences of Affective […]
LISPOP is hosting Drs. Andrea Perrella and Andrew Basso presenting some of their recent work on Canadian attitudes to reconciliation on Tuesday, September 30 (DAWB 4-105). The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s final report marked a new moment in national consciousness: a recognition of Indigenous histories, an awareness of the injustices […]
The 2025 Ontario election is just under a week away. As an exercise, we thought we would try to identify which ridings might be the closest ridings. To do so, we pulled the results from the 2018 and 2022 election results and calculated the winner’s margin of victory as a […]
Bringing together diverse leaders in the housing policy sector, LISPOP (Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy) is hosting its 3rd annual Forum on Public Opinion and Housing Policy. This years’ forum will focus on the impact of housing on generational inequality. The day-long event will be […]
Melih Can is a third-year Ph.D. student in Social Psychology with a keen focus on how group-level concerns shape outgroup attitudes and sociopolitical preferences. Currently, he delves deep into the exploration of these concerns in the context of historical injustices in Canada. Melih has joined LISPOP as the R suite […]
Bringing together diverse leaders in the housing policy sector, LISPOP (Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy) is hosting its 2nd annual Forum on Public Opinion and Housing Policy. The day-long event will be held on October 20th, 2023, at Wilfrid Laurier’s Waterloo Campus, from 9:30am-4:30pm. Our […]
Anyone who has ever thought about buying a house in Ontario (especially first-time homebuyers) might have noticed an uptick in housing prices in the last decade (even prior to the COVID-19 price explosion). Between 2005 and 2020, the average cost of a house in Ontario increased over $27,000 per year. […]
