Sherry Yu, University of Toronto

Research

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation cultural literacy social integration textual analysis contextual analysis audience research focus group discussion

Latest funding

Ethnic Media in Canada at a Crossroads: Challenges, Opportunities and Contributions to Canadian Society
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$115,370
Forensic Psychiatry and the Female Subject: A Lacanian Analysis of Gender and Sanity in the Event of Violence
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$50,468
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Cultural Literacy and Social Integration of Canadians
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$58,991

All 3 grants and awards

Ethnic Media in Canada at a Crossroads: Challenges, Opportunities and Contributions to Canadian Society

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Aguiar, Luis L.M.

Keywords: ethnic media; digital media; digital divide; youth; challenges; future; Canada

$115,370

Forensic Psychiatry and the Female Subject: A Lacanian Analysis of Gender and Sanity in the Event of Violence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Dupre, Juliette K.

Keywords: psychoanalysis; violence; women; forensic psychiatry; Lacan

$50,468

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Cultural Literacy and Social Integration of Canadians

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Yu, Sherry

Keywords: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; cultural literacy; social integration; textual analysis; contextual analysis; audience research; focus group discussion

$58,991

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: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Dear Professor Yu, 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 canadian broadcasting corporation 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 "Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Cultural Literacy and Social Integration of Canadians" (2020), 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]