Being a blog by Leslie Regan Shade
I participated in the first International School on Digital Transformation, sponsored by the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Porto. A stimulating, energizing and dynamic environment, I met many new colleagues and renewed other collegial ties. It was held in beautiful Porto at the Reitoria:
Communication and Research in the Public Interest
Les communications et la recherche dans l’intérêt public
A special joint roundtable presented by the
Canadian Communication Association & the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Une table ronde spéciale présentée par l’Association canadienne des
communications et le Centre canadien pour les alternatives politiques
Friday May 29 - 3:30 to 5 p.m. / vendredi 29 mai de 15h30 à 17h00
302 Azrieli Theatre, Carleton University
Selected Resources
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca
–For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada, ed. Moll and Shade (2008).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2008/03/reportsstudies1847/?pa=bb736455
–Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice Communications in the Public Interest Vol. 2 (2004), ed. Moll and Shade (2004).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2004/09/reportsstudies812/?pa=bb736455
-E-Commerce vs. E-Commons Communications in the Public Interest, Vol. 1 (2001), ed. Moll and Shade (2001).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2001/01/ReportsStudies798/
Campaign for Democratic Media
http://democraticmedia.ca/
Save Our Net
http://saveournet.ca/
TeleCommunities Canada
http://www.tc.ca
Internet for Everyone
http://internetforeveryone.ca
Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking
http://www3.fis.utoronto.ca/iprp/cracin/
Community Wireless Infrastructure Project (CWIRP)
http://www.cwirp.org/
Mobile Digital Commons Network (MDCN)
http://www.mdcn.ca
Social Science Research Council Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere Project
http://programs.ssrc.org/media/
-Program Background Papers
http://programs.ssrc.org/media/background/
-Making Communications Research Matter
http://www.ssrc.org/essays/mcrm/
–Bridging Scholar/Activist Divides in the Field of Communications, International Communication Association, Montreal, May 22, 2008
http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2008/scholaractive.asp
Becky Lentz. Why Grantmaking on Media Policy Still Matters (Part 1 of 2). Baltimore: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (2009).
http://gfem.org/node/496
Joseph S. Nye Jr. Scholars on the Sidelines. The Washington Post (Monday, April 13, 2009; Page A15).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041202260.html
