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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About 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 City Region Studies Centre in the Faculty of Extension.
- From 1991-2004 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).
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