Frank Graves (pollster)

Canadian pollster

Frank Graves is a Canadian author and applied social researcher. He is the founder and president of Ekos Research Associates.^[2]

Education

Graves received a Bachelor of Arts in social anthropology from Carleton University in 1976 and a Master of Arts in sociology from Carleton University in 1977.^[3] In 1980, he quit his doctoral studies in sociology and founded Ekos Research Associates using $5,000 he borrowed from his father.^[4]

Career

Graves is a contract instructor with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University^[5] and serves on the advisory board at Carleton's Sprott School of Business.^[6]

In April 2010, Graves was criticised making disparaging remarks against the Conservative Party, such as "If the cranky old men in Alberta don't like it, too bad. Go south and vote for Palin."^[7] As he provided polling services to the Canadian Broadcasting Company, a review was carried out, which concluded the matter had been dealt with.^[8] Graves later apologized for "incendiary" comments.^[9]

Awards and recognition

In 2024, Graves was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Carleton University.^[10]

Bibliography

• Northern Populism: Causes and Consequences of the New Ordered Outlook, University of Calgary School of Public Policy SPP Research Papers, Vol. 13:15 (June 2020), University of Calgary.
• Redesigning Work: A Blueprint for Canada’s Future Well-Being and Prosperity. Graham Lowe and Frank Graves. Canada: Rotman/UTP Publishing, 2016. Print.
• Understanding the New Public Outlook on the Economy and Middle-Class Decline, University of Calgary School of Public Policy SPP Research Papers, Vol. 9:6 (February 2016), University of Calgary.
• The Reinstatement of Progressive Canada, Institute for Research on Public Policy, 11 January 2016
• "Being Canadian Today: Images in a Fractured Mirror", Canada: the State of the Federation 2012, Loleen Berdahl et al. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015. Print.
• "Canadian Public Opinion on Taxes", Tax is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada, Alex Himelfarb et al. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 4 October 2013. Print.
• "Canada-US in Flux: Toward a Big North American Idea", In Canada-U.S. Project (2009): 2-8.
• North America: Mosaic, Community, or Fortress? Published in NORTEAMÉRICA revista académia Year 2, number 2, July–December 2007
• The Shifting Public Outlook on Risk and Security, One Issue, Two Voices (Volume 4 - Threat Perceptions in the United States and Canada), Joint Publication of the Canada Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, October 2005
• Polling on Trial: Lessons from the 2004 Canadian Election, Imprints, December 2004.
• Rethinking Government as if People Mattered: From Reaganomics to "Humanomics". In Leslie A. Pal, ed. How Ottawa Spends 1999-2000: Shape-Shifting: Canadian Governance Toward the 21st Century. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Identity and National Attachment in Contemporary Canada, with Tim Dugas and Patrick Beauchamp. In Harvey Lazar and Tom McIntosh, eds. Canada: The State of the Federation 1998-99 (Vol. 13: How Canadians Connect). Kingston: Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, 1999.
• Canadians and their Public Institutions. Frank L. Graves and Paul Reed. Optimum: The Journal of Public Sector Management, 28:4 (1999), pp. 1–8
• La question du chômage et le caractère distinctif de l’électorat québécois au scrutin fédéral de 1993, with BenoÎt Gauthier and François-Pierre Gingras, Revue québécoise de science politique, no 27, Spring 1996
• The Role of Economics in Evaluating Public Investment in the Arts in Paying for the Arts, published by The Association for Cultural Economics, Editors H.H. Chartrand, W.S. Hendron, and H. Horowitz. Akron, Ohio, 1987
• Towards Practical Rigour: Methodological and Strategic Considerations for Program Evaluation, in Optimum, Bureau of Management Consulting, Vol. 15:4 (1984)
• Functional and Elective Illiteracy in Canada with B. Kinsley, Canadian Journal of Education, Vol. 8:4 (Autumn 1983), pp. 315–331

References

1. Lowe, Graham; Graves, Frank (2016). Redesigning Work: A Blueprint for Canada's Future Well-being and Prosperity. Rotman-UTP Publishing. p. iv. ISBN 978-1442644458.
2. Andrew-Gee, Eric (20 August 2015). "Margin of error". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
3. "The EKOS Team". EKOS Research Associates Inc. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
4. Valpy, Michael (17 June 2011). "A pollster's painful reckoning: 'How could I have screwed up so badly?'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
5. "Contract Instructors". Carleton University Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Carleton University. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. "Our People". Sprott School of Business. Carleton University. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
7. "Michael Ignatieff is tacking left - finally". The Globe and Mail. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013.
8. "Frank Graves on a possible strategy for the Liberal Party". CBC Office of the Ombudsman. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
9. Curry, Bill (23 April 2010). "Pollster Frank Graves apologizes, denies anti-Tory bias". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
10. "Francis L. Graves to Receive Honorary Doctorate at June 2024 Convocation". Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Carleton University. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.