I Just Found the North Pole

I recently found the North Pole online, well, actually it’s the The North “Poll”, commissioned by ITK and conducted by Ipsos/Reid in late 2009. It’s a study of how much the Canadian public know about the north. It involved answering 20 questions about the Arctic – and it turns out only 16% of Canadians “passed” the questionaire.

Highlights of the poll:

  • 65% said they have a fondness for the Arctic
  • 74% said they would like to learn more about the Inuit way of life
  • 81% know that climate change is affecting Inuit more so than the rest of Canadians
  • 75% do not know that Inuit pay taxes
  • 63% do not know Inuit are not First Nations
  • Canadians have a romantic idea of the north; we like to believe it is part of what defines us, yet we know little about it. In an audio documentary titled ‘Arctic Re-Imagined’ Chris Wodskou explores what it means for Canadians to be an Arctic Nation.

    View more results from the North Poll:

     http://www.itk.ca/north-poll-results

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