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Views on Aboriginals In canada Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Association for Canadian Studies March, 2013. Methodology.
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Views on Aboriginals In canadaCanadian Race Relations Foundation and the Association for Canadian StudiesMarch, 2013
Methodology The findings were collected from a survey of 1800 Canadians which included an oversample of 500 respondents born outside of Canada. It was conducted by the firm Leger Marketing for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Association for Canadian Studies during the week of March, 2013. Done via web panel, the probabilistic margin of error is 2.9 percent 19 times out of 20
Amongst Several Groups Canadians least likely to report contact with aborignals; Immigrants Least likely to report having such contact
Between 2012 and 2013 slight decline in favorable view of aboriginals which is most pronounced in English Canada and mistrust also rises amongst same group
Canadians divided when assessing whether relations between aboriginals and non-aboriginals are positive
Immigrants most concerned about relations between aboriginals and non-Aboriginals and Muslims and non-Muslims
Principal Factors Canadians attribute to aboriginal Challenges
Canadians divided around factors they attribute to social and economic problems encountered by aboriginals
Eastern Canada more likely to blame government for problems while prairies and BC more likely to hold leaders responsible
Nearly Seven in Ten Canadians report knowledge of idle no more
Western Canada more familiar with aboriginal protest movement
Greater Contact with Aboriginals results in more positive views
Those reporting greater contact with aboriginals have higher degree of trust
Those reporting greater contact with Aboriginals more likely to hold a favorable view of relations
Those who often have contact with aboriginals more sympathetic to protest movement
Contact with Aboriginals has little impact on assessment of factors influencing social and economic challenges