Sharon Ferguson, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Curbing the Craft: AI, Officer Discretion, and the Sociotechnical Transformation of Policing
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$73,657
Technologies for Shared Understanding in Hybrid Startup Teams
CFI · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

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Curbing the Craft: AI, Officer Discretion, and the Sociotechnical Transformation of Policing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Campeau, Holly

$73,657

Technologies for Shared Understanding in Hybrid Startup Teams

Principal investigatorCFI2025John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Ferguson, Sharon

Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Shared Understanding, Hybrid Work, Flexible Work, Application Development, Workplaces, Startup portable observation, audio/video recording, location trackers, eye trackers

$100,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Ferguson, 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 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 CFI-funded project "Technologies for Shared Understanding in Hybrid Startup Teams" (2025), 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]