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Angus Reid is Chief Executive Officer of Angus Reid Strategies, a Vancouver-based Canada-wide full service public opinion and market research company. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Vision Critical, a Canadian software company specializing in new Internet solutions for market research and polling.

From 1979 to 2001, Angus was founder and CEO of Angus Reid Group, a market research supplier. Under his direction, the company grew into the largest research enterprise in Canada, with North America revenues of $60 million. It was sold to Paris based Ipsos SA in 2000.

Angus was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and received his early education in Vancouver. He earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Manitoba, and in 1974 he received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Carleton University in Ottawa. He has been the recipient of a Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, the National Health Research Scholar Award, the Davidson Dunton Award for Carleton University’s graduate of the year, the Entrepreneur of the Year award (Services Category), the Marketer of the Year award from the BC AMA and the annual award of distinction from the Canadian Public Affairs Association. Angus holds honorary doctorates from the University of Manitoba (1996) and Simon Fraser University (2002).

Angus has written numerous columns on economic, social and political issues that have regularly appeared in various newspapers and trade journals. In 1996, Doubleday published his Canadian best-seller; Shakedown: How the New Economy is Changing our Lives was published.

As a consultant, Angus works with a wide range of corporations, government agencies, and special interest groups. In addition, he serves as a member of the advisory board of Rick Hansen Enterprises, Cityfone Communications, The Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, DC. and the Ottawa based Public Policy Forum. Among his many philanthropic activities, he directs the Angus Reid Foundation and serves as chair of the CKNW Children’s Fund. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Liu Center for the Study of Global Issues based at the University of British Columbia.

Angus Reid lives in West Vancouver with his wife Margaret.

Presentations Include:

• Shakedown: How the New Economy is Changing our Lives


• Tomorrow's Customer... Marketing Strategies for the Future


• Trends in Canadian Society.

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