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Rob Shields

Robert MacArthur Shields (born 9 June 1961 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sociologist and cultural theorist. He is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Endowed Research Chair at University of Alberta. Shields directs the [https://crsc.ualberta.ca City Region Studies Centre] in the Faculty of [https://www.ualberta.ca/Extension Extension]. From 1991 to 2004 he rose to Professor of Sociology and Directed the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa Canada, with an interlude in 1995-97 as a lecturer in Culture and Communications at Lancaster University, Lancaster UK.

Education: Architecture (B.A. Directed Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada), Sociology (M.A. Carleton University) and Urban and Regional Studies (D.Phil., University of Sussex). Provided by Wikipedia