Research with the Angus Reid Institute

A Portrait of social isolation and loneliness in Canada today (June 17, 2019)

• Featured on Global News: “UK launches new campaign to tackle loneliness”
• Cardus Executive Vice President Ray Pennings joins VOCM in St. John’s: “Almost Half Of Canadians Not Speaking To Their Neighbours: Angus Reid/Cardus Survey”
• Ray Pennings joins the Sheldon MacLeod Show: “Almost One Quarter of Canadians Experience Experience Extreme Loneliness and Isolation”
• Ray Pennings joins the Jon McComb Show: “Does Canada Need a Minister of Loneliness?”
• Prince George Daily News: “A portrait of social isolation and loneliness in Canada today”

Faith in the Public Square? A comprehensive study of the segments of Canadian society (November 23, 2018)

• News story in the National Post: “Supporters of public faith in Canada are young, educated, Liberal and ‘quite dug in’: pollster”

Religious Freedom in Canada: Perspectives from First and Second-Generation Canadians (September 13, 2018)

Faith and Immigration: New Canadians rely on religious communities for material, spiritual support (July 9, 2018)

Faith and Religion in Public Life: Canadians deeply divided over the role of faith in the public square (November 16, 2017)

• News story in the National Post: “A quarter of Canadians think religious diversity is a bad thing…”
• Op-ed by Ray Pennings in the National Post: “The Canadians who most embrace this country’s diversity…”

Canada at 150: Religion seen to have played a positive role in local communities, less so on the national stage (June 29, 2017)

• News story in the National Post: “Residential schools seen as ‘major black mark’…”
• Op-ed by Ray Pennings in the National Post: “Don’t overlook the contribution faith has made…”

Spirituality in a changing world: Half say faith is ‘important’ to how they consider society’s problems (May 17, 2017)

• News story in the National Post: “Altruism vs. self-fulfillment: Faithful in Canada…”
• Op-ed by Ray Pennings in the National Post: “Faith plays a big role…”

A spectrum of spirituality: Canadians keep the faith to varying degrees, but few reject it entirely (April 13, 2017)

• News story in the National Post: “Canadians may be vacating the pews but they are keeping…”
• Op-ed by Ray Pennings in the National Post: “It’s time to change the narrative around religion…”
• Additional Coverage:
  • National Post: “Doubting Thomas redeemed: Once an obstacle…”
  • Coverage by Alliance 150: “Keeping the faith alive…”