Shane Gunster, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Latest funding

Decoding Wildfires: A Study on Media Coverage, Conspiracy Theories, and Public Engagement
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$51,626
Mapping the power of the carbon-extractive corporate resource sector
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$2,496,543
Cultural politics of climate change
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$455,710

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Decoding Wildfires: A Study on Media Coverage, Conspiracy Theories, and Public Engagement

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chen, Sibo

Keywords: environmental communication; apocalyptic framing; public mobilization; extreme weather events; content and discourse analysis; media framing; social media

$51,626

Mapping the power of the carbon-extractive corporate resource sector

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: political economy; political ecology; public sociology; corporate power and influence; extractivism and staples; carboniferous capitalism; civic participation

$2,496,543

Cultural politics of climate change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dalby, Simon

Keywords: climate change; culture; politics; subjectivity

$455,710

Engaging youth in climate justice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Public Outreach Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Lee, Marc L.

Keywords: climate change; public policy; economics; youth engagement

$69,965

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

Rhizomatic right: the philosophy and public discourse of the right in North America

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Saurette, Paul E.

Keywords: ideology; political philosophy; the right; conservativism; public discourse; news and public affairs; political communication; populism; discourse analysis

$69,953

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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