Shaheen Shariff

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