Environics Institute: Canadian Citizen

Sara Jhangiryan Dept: Canadians also don't appear to have problems with dual citizenship or with Canadian citizens living abroad, according to the telephone survey, which the Environics Institute says is the first poll to directly ask Canadians their views on citizenship, according to CBC. "To be a good citizen, it means to contribute to the society, to obey the laws of the country, to help other citizens, to volunteer, and it's a rewarding feeling when you do all those things," said Sara Jhangiryan , an Armenian-born resident of Toronto who became a Canadian citizen last year and most Canadians feel immigrants are just as likely to be good citizens as people who were born here, a recent Environics Institute survey suggests. A group made up of five national organizations , the Environics Institute, Maytree, The Institute for Canadian Citizenship and the RBC Foundation commissioned the public opinion poll, which asked over 2,000 Canadians what they think are the characteristics of a good citizen and other questions about citizenship. Armenian-Canadian Sara Jhangiryan became a citizen last year and says giving back to the country that let her in is an important part of her idea of citizenship. Roma Andrusiak/ (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.