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Join us for an evening of networking and important conversation about the role of climate change in our federal elections.

In recent Canadian elections, climate change's role has evolved from non-issue, to wedge issue, to election-defining issue. As we look ahead to the next federal election, climate change is among Canadians' top priorities, but affordability concerns are dominant.

In this event, we will hear from some of Canada's top pollsters about what survey data from Canadians is telling them about the shifting relevance of climate change in our federal elections, how the issue dovetails with other top voter priorities, and what current polling suggests about how this issue might play out in the next one.

SCHEDULE

5:15 - 6 pm - Networking (light refreshments will be served)
6:00 - 7:00 pm - Panel Discussion

LOCATION

This event will take place at the amphitheatre inside The Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre (SLC) at 341 Yonge St.

PARTNERS

Hosted in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University’s Democratic Engagement Exchange and the Dais

Panelists

Shachi Kurl

Shachi Kurl is President of the Angus Reid Institute, Canada’s non-profit foundation committed to independent research. She works with public opinion data to further public knowledge and enhance the national understanding of issues that matter to Canada and the world.

Kurl is often found offering analysis on CBC’s “Power and Politics”, in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, and on the editorial pages of the Ottawa Citizen, among other places.

She spent the first part of her career as political reporter and holds a degree in Journalism and Political Science from Carleton University. She returned to Carleton University as an Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication in 2022. Kurl is a recipient of the prestigious Jack Webster Award for Best TV Reporting.

Éric Grenier

Éric Grenier covers Canadian politics at TheWrit.ca and is host of The Writ Podcast and co-host of The Numbers and Les chiffres podcasts. He has been writing about elections and polls for over 15 years and was the CBC's polls analyst and member of its Parliamentary Bureau from 2014 to 2021. He has also written for The Globe and Mail, The Hill Times, Le Devoir and L'actualité and has contributed chapters to several books on Canadian politics. He lives in Ottawa.

Andrew Enns

Andrew is the executive vice-president of Leger’s Central Canada operations, including the company’s Winnipeg and Toronto offices. He joined Leger in 2019 (when Leger acquired NRG).

Andrew has over 20 years of experience in the Canadian market research industry, providing strategic advice for a wide range of public and private sector clients. As part of his responsibilities for Leger Central Canada, he actively participates in the company’s national public affairs practice and supports the healthcare and insights research divisions. Andrew is also a media spokesperson at Leger (specifically with respect to public affairs).

Prior to his time in the research industry, Andrew spent almost a decade working in the governments of Canada, Ontario and Manitoba, which provides a solid foundation of policy and communications experience to support clients’ research needs.

David McKie

David McKie is the deputy managing editor for Canada’s National Observer.

Before joining the Observer, the Ottawa-based, award-winning journalist, author, and educator spent 26 years honing his skills at the CBC as an investigative producer and reporter.

David teaches at the schools of journalism at Carleton University, the University of King’s College, and Toronto Metropolitan University, and has co-authored three journalism textbooks and two user guides on freedom-of-information laws and privacy, respectively.

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