Smart phone map app. Initiative for Indigenous Futures.
Concordia in the news
Posted on January 28, 2016
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Smart 2.0 picks up a release about the latest work of Zachary Patterson, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, who used smart phones to map the public transit system in Ghana's capital, Accra. Patterson used the DataMobile app, which he developed at Concordia.
- The Youth Empowerment Daily posts a link to a Concordia news article describing the work of Jason Edward Lewis, a professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, on the Initiative for Indigenous Futures (IIF) project. The Concordia-led research partnership, funded through a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant, focuses on providing Aboriginal youth with critical cultural and digital media tools, helping them into a digital future.