Connecting Canadians: Investigations in Community Informatics
Author(s): Andrew Clement (Editor), Michael Gurstein (Editor), Graham Longford (Editor), Marita Moll (Editor), Leslie Regan Shade (Editor)
Publisher: AU Press
Publication Date: 1 Jun. 2012
Edition: Illustrated
Language: English
Print length: 520 pages
ISBN-10: 1926836049
ISBN-13: 9781926836041
Book Description
The outcome of a major research initiative, ConnectingCanadians examines the role of community informatics, orcommunity-based ICT initiatives, in this process of transition. TheCommunity Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking(CRACIN) set out to study how civil society groups―in locationsranging from Vancouver to Labrador and from remote Northern communitiesto Toronto and Montréal―sought to enable local communities todevelop on their own terms within the broader context of federal andprovincial policies and programs. Drawing on diverse theoreticalperspectives, from sociology to library and information sciences towomen’s studies, the essays not only document specific localinitiatives but analyze the overall trajectory of thegovernment’s vision of a digitally inclusive Canada. The lessonslearned in the course of this comprehensive research offer valuableguidance to community groups, NGOs, and others in the private sector,but they are also of critical importance to those who presently shapepublic policy.
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From the Inside Flap
Connecting Canadians represents the work of the Community Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN), the largest national and international research effort to examine the burgeoning field of community informatics, a cross-disciplinary approach to the mobilization of information and communications technologies (ICT) for community change.
From the Back Cover
Connecting Canadians represents the work of the Community Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN), the largest national and international research effort to examine the burgeoning field of community informatics, a cross-disciplinary approach to the mobilization of information and communications technologies (ICT) for community change.
About the Author
Andrew Clement is a professor in the Faculty ofInformation at the University of Toronto, with a status appointment inthe Department of Computer Science. Michael Gursteinis the director of the Center for Community Informatics Research,Training, and Development in Vancouver. GrahamLongford has been a research fellow and coinvestigator forCRACIN and the Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project.Marita Moll is a lecturer at Carleton University and aresearch associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.Leslie Regan Shade is an associate professor in theDepartment of Communication Studies at Concordia University.
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