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Belton

Robert

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Advertising, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Canada, Censorship, Culture, Education, Europe, Film, Fine Arts, Literacy, Media, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Teaching, Television, Theatre, Women's Issues

art criticism, art history, art theory, computer music, creativity and cognition, cultural studies, experimental music, film studies, popular music, philosophy, skepticism

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Bournot-Trites

Monique

Education

French

Bilingualism, Education, Language, Literacy

Second language acquisition, French as a second language, French immersion, Core French, French schools, learning content in second language, language assessment, second language literacy (reading especially, intecultural competence, teacher education in second language

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Cameron

Maxwell

Arts

Spanish

Constitutional Issues, Free Trade, Government, Human Rights, International Studies, Law, Literacy, Politics, South America, Third World, Trade

Democratic politics, Latin America, law and constitutions, human rights, the separation of powers, elections, the media, Canadian foreign policy, political economy, NAFTA, development

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Chapman

Marilyn

Education

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Children, Education, Literacy, Students, Teaching

Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Literacy, Literacy, Early Reading, Early Writing, Primary Program, Kindergarten

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Dechaine

Rose-Marie

Arts

French

Aboriginal Issues, Africa, Bilingualism, Communications, Language, Literacy, Quebec, Third World

Native American languages; Algonquian language family, Cree, Blackfoot, Ojibwe; French / English bilingualism policy; formal linguistics; generative grammar (Chomsky); West African languages (Niger-Congo, Yoruba, Igbo, Edo); Nigerian languages; literacy vs. oralcy; language planning re: French, Indigenous languages

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Frankish

James

College for Interdisciplinary Studies; Healthcare & Epidemiology

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Ethics, Health Care, Human Behavior, Literacy, Mental Health, Suicide

population health, homelessness, health disparities, literacy and health, health literacy, health promotion, Olympics and healthy communities, health-system regionalization

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Fryer

Margo

Learning Exchange

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Community Planning, Culture, Education, English as a Second Language, Human Rights, Literacy, Students, Sustainability, Teaching, Olympics

Community Service Learning, University-Community Partnerships, Community-Based Research, Downtown Eastside, Strengthening Civil Society, Global citizenship.

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Giaschi

Deborah

Medicine

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Brain, Children, Human Behavior, Literacy, Psychology

visual development, amblyopia, dyslexia, functional MRI

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Gunderson

Lee

Education

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Bilingualism, Education, English as a Second Language, Immigration, Language, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Students, Teaching

language, ESL, reading, immigrant students, academic achievement

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Hare

Jan

Education

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Olympics, Aboriginal Issues, Literacy

Aboriginal youth mobility, Aboriginal family and community perspectives on early literacy, literature, identity construction and urban Aboriginal youth

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James

Kedrick

Education

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Culture, Education, English as a Second Language, Internet, Language, Literacy, Literature, Media, Teaching, Technology, Waste Management

secondary education, literacy, teacher education, multimodal arts, spoken word, poetry, writing assessment, data feeds, automated language generators, language filters, search engines, spam email, vinyl media, information environments, remixing, noise, cultural recycling

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Kazanjian

Arminée

Medicine

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Health Care, Immigration, Literacy, Medicine, Sociology

Health workforce planning & policy, health technology assessment, women's health indicators, chronic disease surveillance, healhcare organization & the public interest, health professions regulation

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Kendrick

Maureen

Education

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Literacy, Technology

literacy, digital literacy

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Krug

Don

Education

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Computers, Computers in Education, Culture, Education, Environment, Ethics, Fine Arts, Geography, Human Rights, Internet, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Research and Development, Sociology, Sustainability, Teaching, Technology, Telecommunications

teaching, learning, and social networking, media literacies, information and communication technologies and education, knowledge mobilization, cognition, formal and informal learning space design, cultural studies and rich media, sustainability and ecological literacy

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Laffin

Christina

Arts

English, Japanese, some Portuguese

Archives, Asian Affairs, Classical Studies, Culture, Fine Arts, History, Japan, Language, Literacy, Literature, Sex/Sexuality, Tourism, Women's Issues

Japanese literature, medieval Japanese history, women's writing, Japanese women's history, Japanese women's education, travel writing, autobiography, diaries, wet nurses, narratology

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Marinova-Todd

Stefka

Medicine

Bulgarian, Russian, German, French

Bilingualism, Children, Education, English as a Second Language, Language, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Speech Sciences

bilingualism, second language acquisition, language development, literacy, ESL children, children at risk of language difficulties, language disorders in bilingual children and adults

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Norton

Bonny

Education

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Education, Literacy

literacy, education

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Perry

Nancy

Education

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Children, Disabled Persons, Education, Literacy, Students, Teaching

motivation and self-regulated learning in young children; social perspectives on teaching and learning, reading and writing; accommodating individual difference in general education classrooms; learning disabilities; special education

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Purcell-Gates

Victoria

Education

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Education, Literacy

literacy, education

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Raj

Aditya

Education

Hindi, Urdu, Bengali

Asian Affairs, Canada, Culture, Education, Film, History, Human Rights, Immigration, India, International Studies, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Quebec, Research and Development, Sociology

International Curriculum Studies, Comparative Education, Post-Colonial / Globalization / Diaspora Discourse, Multiple Literacies, Immigration & Multiculturalism, India and Indians Abroad.

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Reeder

Ken

Education

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Bilingualism, Children, Computers in Education, Education, English as a Second Language, Literacy, Technology

early literacy, technology and language learning, applied linguistics, language acquisition, French Immersion

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Riddell

Craig

Arts

-

Economics, Education, Labour Issues, Literacy, Work

labour economics (wages, employment, unemployment); labour relations (unionization, collective bargaining); social policy: education, training, income support programs (unemployment insurance, welfare)

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Rogers

Theresa

Education

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Adolescence, Children, Education, Literacy, Teaching

literacy, education

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Rouse

Robert

Arts

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Culture, Europe, Geography, History, Law, Literacy, Literature, Middle East, Multiculturalism, New Zealand, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality

medieval, crusades, Chaucer, middle ages, monsters, medieval islam, medieval maps, medieval sexuality, spatial theory, historical racism, medieval law, arthurian literature,

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Schreyer

Christine

Arts

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Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Archives, Bilingualism, Canada, Communications, Community Planning, Education, English as a Second Language, Environment, History, Human Rights, Language, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Natural Resources, Speech Sciences, Sustainability

linguistics, endangered languages, language curriculum development, Aboriginal languages, language revitalization, language planning and policy, language rights, sociolinguistics, Tlingit, Cree, language documentation, Hudson's Bay Company, fur trade, ethnohistory, oral histories

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Sidhu

Manj

Arts

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Asian Affairs, Canada, English as a Second Language, Exercise, Immigration, India, Law, Literacy, Management, Religion, Sex/Sexuality, Students, Sustainability, Waste Management, Women's Issues

SUB, AMS Clubs, students, GAP, postering, sustainability, renovations, student groups, AMS resources

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Somers

Sean

Arts

Japanese, Irish Gaelic

Asian Affairs, Culture, English as a Second Language, Film, Human Rights, International Studies, Japan, Language, Literacy, Literature, Media, Religion, Theatre

Irish literature, W. B. Yeats, Japanese modernism, folklore, Japanese legends, ghosts in popular culture, occultism, translation, comparative religious studies, Japan in intercultural genres, contemporary haiku, calligraphy

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Walter

Pierre

Education

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Education, Literacy, Asian Affairs, Sex/Sexuality

Adult education, environmental education, literacy, comparative education, gender and development, Southeast Asian studies.

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Zuberi

Dan

Arts

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Canada, Community Planning, Education, Immigration, Labour Issues, Literacy, Sociology, United States, Urban Planning, Work

Poverty, Inequality, Urban Issues, Social Policy, Work and Labour, Immigrants, Social Welfare Policy, Health Care Policy, Working Poor

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