Robert Hackett, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Latest funding

Climate justice paths to an equitable and sustainable BC economy
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
Democratic media reform as a social movement
SSHRC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$75,914
Telling stories: news media, health literacy and public policy
SSHRC · 2000 · Co-investigator
$87,350

No publications available.

Climate justice paths to an equitable and sustainable BC economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008

Keywords: climate change; inequality; urban planning; carbon pricing; environmental justice; mitigation; adaptation; labour market

$1,000,000

Democratic media reform as a social movement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hackett, Robert

Keywords: Communication and democracy; mass media; critical social movements; journalism; political communication

$75,914

Telling stories: news media, health literacy and public policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Society, Culture and the Health of Canadians II

Principal investigators: Hayes, Michael

Keywords: news media; health literacy; population health; public policy

$87,350

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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