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MLIS/MPA Alumnus Defends PhD
Posted by SIM on
March 10, 2017
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Ryan Deschamps聽(MLIS/MPA 鈥�05) has successfully defended his聽Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) thesis at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (University of Saskatchewan), in the field of social media and policy agenda setting.
The thesis title is: 鈥�Policy Agenda Setting and Twitter: Three Cases from Canada.鈥� Former SIM Professor, Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd (now of Ryerson University) was the External Examiner. Ryan was the first graduate of the combined聽MLIS/MPA聽(Master of Library & Information Studies/Master of Public Administration) program.
Congrats Ryan, from everyone at SIM!
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