William Buxton, Concordia University

Research

Harold Innis history of communicatiions media ecology possibilism media studies Marshall Mcluhan Toronto School of Communication medium theory

Latest funding

Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and the Toronto School of Communication: towards a decoupling and reconciliation
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$68,729
Civilizing Canada, enacting space, binding time: the possibilist practice of Harold Adams Innis, 1920-1952
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$47,409
Harold Innis and the North
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$18,000

All 5 grants and awards

Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and the Toronto School of Communication: towards a decoupling and reconciliation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Buxton, William J.

Keywords: Harold Innis; history of communicatiions; media ecology; possibilism; media studies; Marshall Mcluhan; Toronto School of Communication; medium theory

$68,729

Civilizing Canada, enacting space, binding time: the possibilist practice of Harold Adams Innis, 1920-1952

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Buxton, William J.

Keywords: Harold Innis; communications; possibilism; spatio-temporality; Canadian regionality; political economy; cultural geography; intellectual history; knowledge systems

$47,409

Harold Innis and the North

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Buxton, William J.

Keywords: Harold Innits; Northern Canada; circumpolar north; early explorers; staples; natural resources

$18,000

Harold Innis in context: intellectual engagement and the geopolitics of knowledge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Buxton, William J.

Keywords: intellectual biography of Harold Innis; Canadian cultural history; cultural geography; political economy and communications

$72,994

Studies on the intellectual practice of Harold Innis: the context of his activities, his engagement with modernity, his role as an academic entrepreneur

Principal investigatorSSHRC1999Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Buxton, William

Keywords: Harold Innis as public intellectual; Innis's academic and professional activities

$26,638

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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