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Alister Cumming
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Latest funding
- $151,396
Adolescent literacy in three urban regions: Toronto
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
- $140,000
Goals and activities for ESL writing: learning and instruction in the pre-university/university interface
SSHRC · 2001 · Principal investigator
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Adolescent literacy in three urban regions: Toronto
Principal investigators: Cumming, Alister H.
Keywords: literacy; secondary schools; cultural diversity; adolescents; urban contexts; reading and writing; curriculum innovations
Goals and activities for ESL writing: learning and instruction in the pre-university/university interface
Principal investigators: Cumming, Alister
Keywords: english as a second language; writing; instruction; goals; activity theory
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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