Angus Reid was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, “in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the development of the field of public opinion research.”
Angus Reid is chief executive officer of Angus Reid Strategies, an innovative market research firm, and chairman of its sister company Vision Critical Interactive, a software and technology company specializing in new Internet solutions for market research and polling.
Five years after earning a doctorate degree in sociology from Carleton University in 1974, Reid founded Angus Reid Group, which grew into the largest research enterprise in the country with North American revenues of $60 million. In 2000, the company was sold to the Paris-based Ipsos SA.
Reid published the bestseller Shakedown: How the New Economy is Changing our Lives in 1996, and has also written columns on economic, social and political issues for newspapers and trade journals. He works as a consultant with numerous corporations, government agencies and special interest groups, and serves on many prestigious boards, including the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., and the Distinguished Advisory Council for Carleton’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.
Among his many philanthropic activities, he directs the Angus Reid Foundation and is past chair of the CKNW Orphans Fund. He is senior fellow at the Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues in Vancouver, and has received a Canada Council doctoral fellowship, several awards and two honorary doctorate degrees.