Norman Shaw, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

fringe financial institutions Indigenous peoples unbanked mobile financial services technology adoption nudge theory inclusion co-development

Latest funding

Improving financial inclusion for Indigenous Peoples in urban and rural Ontario
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$57,658
Accelerating digital technology adoption in Canadian companies
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$197,296

All 2 grants and awards

Improving financial inclusion for Indigenous Peoples in urban and rural Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shaw, Norman

Keywords: fringe financial institutions; Indigenous peoples; unbanked; mobile financial services; technology adoption; nudge theory; inclusion; co-development

$57,658

Accelerating digital technology adoption in Canadian companies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Ngwenyama, Ojelanki

Keywords: technology adoption; ICT; small and medium sized enterprises; digital economy; cloud and context aware computing; 3D printing; big data; mobile technology

$197,296

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: fringe financial institutions Dear Professor Shaw, 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 fringe financial institutions 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 "Improving financial inclusion for Indigenous Peoples in urban and rural Ontario" (2019), 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]