Alexandra Bal, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

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Latest funding

The Arts Impact Partnership (TAIP): Understanding the Arts' Civic Impact in the Data-Driven Economy
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Voices from digital natives: informal learning and sociable media in child and youth cultures
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$143,040
EDGE: Experiential Design and Gaming Environment
CFI · 2009 · Co-investigator
$424,538

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The Arts Impact Partnership (TAIP): Understanding the Arts' Civic Impact in the Data-Driven Economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: fine arts; arts impact; artistic research; metadata; nonprofit arts organizations; arts data taxonomies; data justice; epistemic justice; EDIA; open access; post-secondary institutions; research metrics reform; library and information science

$20,000

Voices from digital natives: informal learning and sociable media in child and youth cultures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Nolan, Jason

Keywords: social technology; internet; children; youth; new media; gaming; informal learning

$143,040

EDGE: Experiential Design and Gaming Environment

Co-investigatorCFI2009Innovation Fund: New Initiatives Fund 2009

Principal investigators: Androutsos, Dimitrios

Keywords: Gaming Design; Serious gaming; Hybrid Networks; Mixed reality Applications; New Media; Physical Computing; Virtual worlds; Simulations; Synthetic Media

$424,538

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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