Leslie Regan Shade

Leslie Regan Shade’s research focus since the mid-1990’s is concerned with the social and policy aspects of information and communication technologies (ICTs), with a focus on gender, youth and political economy. Professor Shade’s research promotes the notion of the public interest in ICT policy; publications, community outreach, student supervision and teaching have as their goal the promotion of a wider popular discourse on information and communication policy issues in Canada and internationally for a diverse public and policy audience. Shade primarily teaches in the Critical Information Policy Studies (CIPS) concentration.