Marcus Sibley, Saint Mary's University

Research

surveillance public safety community policing online communications security neighbourhoods the urban suspicion

Latest funding

Building Bridges: Youth Education on Homelessness
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$62,530
Examining Community Safety and Surveillance Groups in Canadian Cities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$36,293

All 2 grants and awards

Building Bridges: Youth Education on Homelessness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Dej, Erin

Keywords: Homelessness; secondary education; curriculum development; french adaptation

$62,530

Examining Community Safety and Surveillance Groups in Canadian Cities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Sibley, Marcus

Keywords: surveillance; public safety; community policing; online communications; security; neighbourhoods; the urban; suspicion; public police; intellgience

$36,293

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: surveillance Dear Professor Sibley, 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 on surveillance 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 "Examining Community Safety and Surveillance Groups in Canadian Cities" (2022), 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]