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Shaheen Shariff
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Latest papers
Powerful yet Disempowered: A Thematic Literature Review Exploring the Challenges of Media Reporting on Sexual Violence.
The Journal of communication inquiry · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $439,231
Advancing interdisciplinary research in childhood ethics: an ethnographic examination of best interests and moral agency
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
- $55,440
Just Having Fun: Youth perceptions and evaluations of on-line behaviour and cyberbullying
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
- $1,249,930
Networks for change and well-being: girl-led from the ground up policy-making - addressing sexual violence
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
1 publications.
Powerful yet Disempowered: A Thematic Literature Review Exploring the Challenges of Media Reporting on Sexual Violence.
Andrews K, Jaffer S, Shariff S
Advancing interdisciplinary research in childhood ethics: an ethnographic examination of best interests and moral agency
Principal investigators: Carnevale, Franco A.
Keywords: aboriginal; best interests; childhood; children; child welfare; disabled; education; ethics; ethnography; homeless; interdisciplinary; law; moral agency; psychology; working poor
Just Having Fun: Youth perceptions and evaluations of on-line behaviour and cyberbullying
Principal investigators: Talwar, Victoria
Networks for change and well-being: girl-led from the ground up policy-making - addressing sexual violence
Keywords: youth; girls; participatory methodologies; Aboriginal people; international development; sexual violence
Defining the lines on cyberbullying: keeping kids out of court by comparing legal responses with motivation, moral development and legal literacy of digital natives
Principal investigators: Shariff, Shaheen
Keywords: cyberbullying; digital natives; youth; defining the line; legal risks; privacy; protection; safety; on-line free expression; harassment; threats; joking; teasing; moral development; motivation; judicial decisions; discretion; emerging law; website
Developing an interactive virtual forum to study children's on-line interactions and stakeholder responsibilities to promote cyber-safety for Canada's youngest technology users
Principal investigators: Shariff, Shaheen
Keywords: online social networking; cellular phones; children; parents; technology corporations; teachers; librarians; information systems; law; free expression; safety; supervision; legal obligations; cyber-bullying; cyber-safety; responsible use of technologies
Impact of cyber-bullying
Principal investigators: Beran, Tanya N.
Keywords: cyber harassment; peer harassment; school bullying; cyber bullying
Cyber-bullying: a project to address the policy vacuum and develop international guidelines for schools
Principal investigators: Shariff, Shaheen
Keywords: cyber-bullying; libel; defamation; internet harassment; freedom of expression; student protection; privacy; psychological harm; international legal issues; tort law; human rights; criminal justice; courts; parents; technology corporations; networks
Cyberbullying: are schools obliged to prevent bullying in a virtual school environment
Principal investigators: Shariff, Shaheen
Keywords: bullying; cyberbullying; criminal harassment; racism; homophobia; gender discrimination; zero-tolerance; psychological harm; adolescents; freedom of expression; antibullying policy; social responsibility; human rights; internet; administrative attitudes
Investigating inclusion: from educational policies to practices
Principal investigators: Shariff, Shaheen
Keywords: school policies; multiculturalism; human rights; mother-tongue maintenance; language acquisition; Arabic speaking pupils; Bengali speaking pupils; legal obligations; student identity; educator perceptions; cultural norms
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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