A Novel Approach to Communication Theory

Dr. Takack received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Institutional Grant for a research project that introduces communication theory from a new innovative approach.

This research-creation project responds to a need for an innovative, contemporary and cosmopolitan introduction to communication theory. My proposed print/online learning resource takes a critical, inclusive, Canadian approach, focusing on communication to encourage social, economic and environmental justice, from local to global. It also takes an arts-based/practice-led approach in synthesizing, analyzing and presenting practical applications of communication theory as a novella, addressing the current public discourse positioning environmental protection and Indigenous reconciliation as opposed—and subordinate—to economic development. This application seeks funding for student research support and training, and honoraria for student focus-group participants.