Ali Shiri, University of Alberta

Research

Inuvialuit settlement region Inuit communities digital storytelling Western Arctic digital libraries digital audio technologies real-time audio-recording user interfaces cultural heritage preservation

Latest papers

Text mining applications to support health library practice: A case study on marijuana legalization Twitter analytics.
Health information and libraries journal · 2024 · senior author
Health information support provided by professional associations in Canada.
Health information and libraries journal · 2012

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Title: Intergenerational digital storytelling for Inuvialuit cultural heritage preservation
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$47,145
Inuvialuit voices: cultural heritage preservation and access through digital storytelling in digital libraries
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$239,614
Digital library north: creating a path for information access in Canada's north
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$295,817

All 5 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Text mining applications to support health library practice: A case study on marijuana legalization Twitter analytics.

Kung JY, Ly K, Shiri A

Health information and libraries journal2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/hir.12473 PMID: 36598110

02

Health information support provided by professional associations in Canada.

Chatterley T, Storie D, Chambers T, Buckingham J, Shiri A, Dorgan M

Health information and libraries journal2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2012.00993.x PMID: 22925386

Title: Intergenerational digital storytelling for Inuvialuit cultural heritage preservation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shiri, Ali

Keywords: Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Inuit Communities; Digital Storytelling; Mobile applications; Digital Cultural Heritage Preservation and Access; Western Arctic

$47,145

Inuvialuit voices: cultural heritage preservation and access through digital storytelling in digital libraries

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shiri, Ali

Keywords: Inuvialuit settlement region; Inuit communities; digital storytelling; digital libraries; digital audio technologies; real-time audio-recording user interfaces; cultural heritage preservation; Indigenous communities; Western Arctic

$239,614

Digital library north: creating a path for information access in Canada's north

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shiri, Ali

Keywords: digital libraries; northern communities; Aboriginal communities; digital information access; digitization; preservation; cultural heritage; cultural collections

$295,817

What components matter most in secondary prevention interventions for coronary heart disease?: Better data for better knowledge usage

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Clark, Alexander M; Arthur, Heather M

Keywords: Access; Cardiac; Disease Management; Evidence Usage; Exercise; Heart; Knowledge Translation; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Taxonomy

$99,481

Multilingual thesaurus-enhanced visual interfaces for digital libraries

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Image, Text, Sounds and Technology

Principal investigators: Shiri, Ali

Keywords: visual user interfaces; multilingual information retrieval; thesauri; digital libraries; human-computer interaction; information search behaviour; visual communication

$45,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Inuvialuit settlement region Dear Professor Shiri, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Text mining applications to support health library practice: A case study on marijuana legalization Twitter analytics." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Title: Intergenerational digital storytelling for Inuvialuit cultural heritage preservation" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]