Dr. Darrell Bricker is a Canadian author,

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and

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Profession

Pollster

Bricker is the current Global

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of Ipsos Public Affairs, a polling, research, marketing, and analysis company. While Bricker was completing his B.A. studies, he began to specialize in research, polling, and analysis methods. This led to further specialization during his M.A. and Ph.D. After completing his Ph.D. at

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...

in 1989, Bricker was hired in the Office of Prime Minister

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as the Director of Public Opinion Research. After a year in the Prime Minister's Office, Bricker was hired by the Angus Reid Group, a polling and analysis company that eventually merged with Ipsos.

Author

Bricker has published several academic articles and five books. All five books have become Canadian bestsellers: * ''Searching for Certainty: Inside the New Canadian Mindset'', DoubleDay (2001) * ''What Canadians Think About Almost Everything'', DoubleDay (2005) * ''We Know What You’re Thinking'', HarperCollins (2009) * ''Canuckology'', HarperCollins (2010) * ''The Big Shift: The Seismic Change in Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture and What It Means for Our Future'' (with

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), HarperCollins (2013) * ''Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline'' (with John Ibbitson), McClelland & Stewart, 2019

Honorary Colonel

In 2010, The Queen's York Rangers, a

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armoured reconnaissance reserve unit in

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, appointed Bricker as an honorary colonel. Honorary colonels are appointed by the Minister of National Defence for being "distinguished Canadians who have contributed to the country through business, politics, the arts, sports, education, entertainment, or through previous military service."

Media commentator

As a pollster, Bricker is regularly called upon to give media commentary on a variety of topics, including Canadian politics, social demographics, immigration, military policy, industry and business affairs, and federal and provincial affairs. Bricker regularly writes columns for ''The

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'' and ''

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.''

Other

Bricker also holds numerous other positions: * Senior Fellow,

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*Board Member, Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy * Member, Fundraising Cabinet,

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's Visitor Centre * Member, Royal Canadian Military Institute * Advisor, Economic Development Committee, Business Advisory Group for the City of

* Member, American Association of Public Opinion Research * (Former) Doctoral Fellow, Social Science and Humanities Research Council

Education

Bricker completed his B.A. in 1983 and his M.A. in 1984, both at

Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a Public university, public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, Brantford, Ontario, Brantford and Milton, Ontario, Milton. The ...

. He completed his Ph.D. at

in 1989 and received an Honorary

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from

in 2010.

Background

Bricker lives in

with his wife, Nina, and his daughter, Emily.

References

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