Robert LeBlanc, University of Lethbridge

Research

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Latest funding

Below the Digital Surface: Platforms, Disinformation, and Critical Digital Literacies
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,188
Crossing Southern Alberta: Stylized Speech Amongst Immigrant Teens in a Rural Meatpacking Town
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$47,248

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Below the Digital Surface: Platforms, Disinformation, and Critical Digital Literacies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021PCH-SSHRC Initiative for Digital Citizen Research (Connection)

Principal investigators: LeBlanc, Robert

Keywords: literacy; platform studies; digital citizenship

$24,188

Crossing Southern Alberta: Stylized Speech Amongst Immigrant Teens in a Rural Meatpacking Town

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: LeBlanc, Robert

Keywords: (1) Immigration; (2) Sociolinguistics; (3) Adolescence; (4) Classroom Discourse; (5) Rural Alberta

$47,248

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor LeBlanc, 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]. Your research 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 "Below the Digital Surface: Platforms, Disinformation, and Critical Digital Literacies" (2021), 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]