Amid the threat of trade tariffs on steel and the changing realities of everything from crossing the border to American-style politics in Ontario’s recent provincial election, there’s never been a more pressing time to understand President Donald Trump and his influence on Canada and the world at large. Join experts from McMaster University Political Science as they discuss “The Trump Effect” in national and international politics.

Featured speaker: Michael Adams.
Michael Adams is the president of the Environics group of research and communications consulting companies which he co-founded in 1970. In 2006 he founded the non-profit Environics Institute for Survey Research. The Institute conducts groundbreaking projects, including surveys of Canadian Muslims, an in-depth survey of Indigenous Peoples living in urban Canada, and most recently a community-based survey of self-identified Black residents of the Greater Toronto Area. Adams is the author of seven books, most recently Could it Happen Here? Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit. In 2016 he was awarded the Order of Canada for his work in helping Canadians understand who they are as a country and a people.

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