Leslie Shade

Leslie Regan Shade is a Professor in the Faculty of Information. Her research focus since the mid-1990’s has been on the social and policy aspects of information and communication technologies (ICTs), with particular concerns towards issues of gender, youth and political economy. Her research promotes the notion of the public interest in ICT policy; publications, community outreach and student supervision have as their goal the promotion of a wider popular discourse on information and communication policy issues and media reform in Canada and internationally for a diverse public and policy audience. This includes an ongoing commitment to building participatory scholar-activist networks.

One of her notable projects includes The eQuality Project (2015-2022), a seven-year SSHRC partnership that explores young people’s experiences of privacy and equality in networked environments.


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