Brent Berry, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Networked individualism: a comparative study of social networks, digital media, international ties, and privacy
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$153,358
Interactions across boundaries: social segregation in multiethnic urban neighbourhoods
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$99,847
Neighbourhood contexts, the individual and mental health: a multilevel study
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$141,021

All 3 grants and awards

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Networked individualism: a comparative study of social networks, digital media, international ties, and privacy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Berry, Brent M.

Keywords: social networks; digital media; sociotechnical change; international ties; privacy; community; information and communication; comparative

$153,358

Interactions across boundaries: social segregation in multiethnic urban neighbourhoods

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Berry, Brent M.

Keywords: segregation; contact; multiethnic communities; racial and ethnic minorities; boundaries; interaction; integration

$99,847

Neighbourhood contexts, the individual and mental health: a multilevel study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wheaton, Blair BW.

Keywords: neighbourhood; health; mental health

$141,021

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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