by Richard Jenkins | Mar 30, 2011 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
The evolving nuclear disaster in Japan raises an important question? How long do these events continue in our collective memory. Are they enduring or does our heightened fear give way to other salient issues? We can only give our attention to a limited set of issues...
by Richard Jenkins | May 6, 2010 | Public Policy
When governments back down from a policy announcement or change it has the media image of the people’s will being brought to bear against an out of touch government; something, perhaps, to applaud. When governments back down from a policy, especially when they did not...
by Richard Jenkins | Mar 16, 2010 | Survey methodology
Technology gives us gimmicks and toys but it also gives us interesting tools. Where does the Word Cloud — a process that reduces a series of text into a picture based on word frequency — come in? The images are simply cool. Don’t be fooled...
by Richard Jenkins | Mar 10, 2010 | Public Policy
Science may not provide the answers to all questions, but when we ignore science to pursue other policy objectives we undermine our ability to convince the public. Consider how the approach to social marketing in relation to H1N1 used science. The Public Health Agency...
by Richard Jenkins | Feb 19, 2010 | Public Policy
More and more Canadians will have to plan for their own retirement and public policy makers have provided some and are no doubt contemplating further mechanisms to help. The Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) is the latest but unlikely to be the last. Unfortunately, all...