Current Research Projects/Funding

SSHRC, Standard Research Grant, 2004-2007, Queer Women on the Net: Identity, Community, and Agency in the ³Landscapes of Computing²
- The project¹s main objectives are to: (a) Advance knowledge concerning women and the Internet; (b) Document the kinds of participation of QLGBT women in online environments and communities; (c) Identify the specific knowledge and resource needs and related Internet search strategies identified by QLGBT women, with a particular focus on the areas of health, legal issues and human rights, identity formation and community participation; (d) Elucidate the significance of the Internet as consisting in a set of tools, locations, relations and cultures that may enhance the agency of QLGBT women in the face of marginalization, heterosexism and homophobia; (e) Assess the impact of geographical location, race, age, and other significant axes of identification on Internet usage and participation in online locations and groups.

SSHRC - ITST. 2004-2005, Technology, Culture, Aesthetics: Hypermedia and the changing nature of knowledge (with Teresa Dobson, LLED - PI, and John Willinsky, LLED)

Hampton Grant, UBC, 2004-2005, e-Motion and New Media (with Steve Petrina, CUST - PI, Lynn Fels, CCFI, and Teresa Dobson, LLED)