Sheldon Ungar, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Icons and gumpism: studies on the production of ignorance in the information society
SSHRC · 2001 · Principal investigator
$33,586
Technological change and the information revolution
SSHRC · 1998 · Principal investigator
$2,852

All 2 grants and awards

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Icons and gumpism: studies on the production of ignorance in the information society

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ungar, Sheldon

Keywords: knowledge society; ignorance; popular culture; sociology of education; communication technology

$33,586

Technological change and the information revolution

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Project on Trends

Principal investigators: Ungar, Sheldon

$2,852

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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