The Infoscape Research Lab is Canada’s first research institute to study the impact of social media and other new media platforms on the political process.

The lab has hosted over 12 funded research projects and sixty graduate and postgraduate researchers, in addition to faculty collaborators and visiting researchers. The lab has received numerous awards and accolades for our public research, media collaborations, scholarly reports, and documentary films. TMU Professor and Bell Media Research Chair Greg Elmer is the lab’s Director.

Former lab members, Postdocs & Visiting Scholars

Fenwick McKelvey, (Concordia U), Alessandra Renzi (Concordia U.), Joanna Redden (Western U.), Peter Ryan (Mount Royal University), Ken Werbin (Wilfrid Laurier U.), Taina Bucher (U. of Oslo), Sabrina Ward-Kimola (Concordia U.), Anthony Burton (U. of Amsterdam), Sean Phelan (Massey U.), Erica Capecchi (U. of Bristol), Brady Curlew, Zach Devereaux, Beisan Zubi, Sky Croeser (Curtin U.), Ahsan Moghul, Seungwoo Baek (U. of Toronto), Ahn Phan (York-TMU), Jacob Sammon, Rob King, Robert Latham (Professor, York U), Sara Garcia Santamaria (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Margaret Reid (Trent U.), Steven James May (Humber College), Melody Devries (Allegheny College), Matthew Tiessen (TMU), Samuel Shaftoe.

Current Collaborators

Stephen Neville (PhD ABD, Research Associate), Alexandra Borkowski (PhD ABD, Research Associate), Dr. Ganaele Langlois (Associate Professor, York U.), IRDL (York University), Dr. Jeremy Snyder (Professor, Simon Fraser University), Dr. Doug Tewksbury (Niagara University).

Former collaborators

Digital Methods Initiative (Amsterdam), Global Media Center (Goldsmiths College), Jussi Parikka, Joss Hands, David Skinner, Derwatt, Andy Opel, Digital Democracies Institute (SFU), Maurice Vergeer, Janine Marchessault, Han Woo Park, PEN Canada, U. of Manchester, CBC News, Mike Gasher, Signal Leadership Communications, Randy Martin, Gary Genosko, Patricio Davilla, Andres Zelman, Marc Tuters, Sandbox Productions, Isabel Pederson, Charles Davis, John McCullough, OpenSourceCinema.