Rob Shields

Canadian sociologist

PersonAge 65humanQ52818219

Born: June 9, 1961
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-05-25
2.Stated in Library of Congress AuthoritiesRetrieved 2025-06-08
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Birthplace: Toronto
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: sociologist
, geographer
Education: Carleton University
, University of Sussex
Employer: University of Alberta

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Robert MacArthur Shields is a Canadian sociologist and cultural theorist. He is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Endowed Research Chair at University of Alberta. Shields directs the City Region Studies Centre in the Faculty of 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.

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Family name: Shields
Given name: Rob
Sex or gender: male
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