Viewpoint Alberta

Overview

The Viewpoint Alberta project involves a series of online surveys probing political attitudes in the province since 2019.

Findings

October 2021

• Albertans & COVID-19 Vaccinations

• Albertans & Equalization: Divided and Misguided?

March 2021

• Saskatchewan Public Opinion on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs)

• Trust in Political Leaders’ Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Perceptions of Stress in Alberta & Saskatchewan

  • Part 1: Levels of Stress

  • Part 2: Contributors to Stress

• On the Rebound? Perceptions of Discrimination in Alberta

• Views of Political Leadership in Saskatchewan

• Ethnicity and Class: Booming in Alberta & Saskatchewan

• Viewpoint Saskatchewan: Vote Intentions & Party Identifications

• Views on Leadership in Alberta

• Economic Perspectives in Alberta & Saskatchewan

• Western Alienation in Alberta & Saskatchewan

• The Politics of COVID-19 in Alberta & Saskatchewan

• Viewpoint Alberta: Major Shifts in Vote Intentions

August 2020

• Alberta’s Economic and Fiscal Future

• Support for Political Parties & Leaders in Alberta

• Economic Perspectives and Security during COVID-19

• The Politics of Substance Use and Addiction in Alberta

• Shifting Opinions: Perceptions of Discrimination in Alberta

• The Politics of COVID-19 in Alberta

• Bridges over Firewalls: Albertans’ Views on the Fair Deal

• Western Alienation Persists Amid Pandemic

November 2019

• Carbon Tax Attitudes in Alberta

• Feelings in Alberta

• Separatism in Alberta

• Alberta and the Rest of Canada

• Albertans’ Views on Gender

• Albertans’ Views on Immigration

• Economic Perspectives & Security in Alberta

• Partisanship in Alberta

Principal Investigators

Research Team

Daniel Béland, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

Frédéric Boily, University of Alberta, Campus Saint--Jean

Joel Bruneau, University of Saskatchewan, Economics

Pamela Downe, University of Saskatchewan, Archaeology & Anthropology

Adam Gaudry, University of Alberta, Native Studies

Elaine Hyshka, University of Alberta, School of Public Health

Rob Innes, University of Saskatchewan, Indigenous Studies

David McGrane, University of Saskatchewan, Political Science

Michelle Maroto, University of Alberta, Sociology

Haizhen Mou, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Tanya Park, University of Alberta, Nursing

Steve Patten, University of Alberta, Political Science

David Rast III, University of Alberta, Psychology

Geoffrey Rockwell, University of Alberta, Philosophy & Humanities Computing

Malinda Smith, University of Calgary, Political Science

Feodor Snagovsky, University of Alberta, Political Science

Lori Thorlakson, University of Alberta, Political Science

Linda Trimble, University of Alberta, Political Science

Angelia Wagner, University of Alberta, Political Science

Yang Yang, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Heather Young-Leslie, University of Alberta