Dr. Jeremy Shtern

Dr. Shtern joined the TMU faculty from the University of Ottawa in 2013, as the first full time faculty member hired in the School of Creative Industries. Among other contributions, he is co-author of two books: Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate in Canada (external link, opens in new window)  (external link) , and Digital Solidarities: Communication Policy and Multi-stakeholder Global Governance The Legacy of the World Summit on the Information Society (external link, opens in new window)  (external link) . He is also author or co-author on a dozen journal articles and book chapters and has made more than 30 paper presentations at scholarly conferences. Dr. Shtern's list of invited guest lectures includes visits to the Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, and a Keynote at a 2014 International Conference hosted by the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, at JMI in New Delhi, India.  Professor Shtern is an innovative and entrepreneurial researcher whose research adds value to TMU and provides opportunities for its students. Since completing his SSHRC (external link, opens in new window)  (external link)  and FRQSC (external link, opens in new window)  (external link)  funded PhD and post-docs, Dr. Shtern’s research program has been supported with more than $250,000 in external research funding.

Dr. Shtern founded and directs the Global Communication Governance Research Lab at TMU. Among other academic leadership service appointments, he is vice-chair of the Communication Policy and Technology section of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Communications Association (CCA) (external link, opens in new window)  (external link) . Jeremy has served on review juries for SSHRC, FRQSC, the Open Society Foundation and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and has peer-reviewed for leading journals and publishers. He teaches undergraduate courses in the Ryerson School of Creative Industries and regularly teaches and supervises in the York/TMU Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture (opens in new window) .

Founded in 2014, the Ryerson Global Communication Governance Lab (GCGL) is affiliated with Toronto Metropolitan University's School of Creative Industries and The Creative School. Housed in the Rogers Communications Centre, the GCGL is a hub of research, learning, and outreach that supports the work of Ryerson students and faculty.

The GCGL’s current headquarters are located inside The Catalyst, an inter-program research space in the Rogers Communications Centre.