My belief in collaboration extends to my activities within and beyond the university. I like to work with others towards a common goal. The challenge is picking the projects and initiatives that fit well with my research. I am actively engaged in service to my school and university, the local and national community, and my professional community.

Service to the school, university, and community

School

I am, at present, a member of the Graduate Studies Committee, and have been for two years. I have also been a member of the Undergraduate Committee (3 years), the Departmental Tenure Committee (three times), and a departmental search committee on International Political Economy. I was the Director, Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology from 1998 to 2005, and was the acting Director and Associate Director before that. I was on the academic advisory committee to the new Wosk Centre for Dialogue for one year. At the invitation of the SFU president, I was SFU's representative on the University Task Force, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ad Hoc Committee on Technology Mediated Communication.

Centre for policy research on science and technology

CPROST is a twelve-year old research centre based at the Harbour Centre campus, and directly associated with the School of Communication. There are currently three visiting scholars, two adjunct professors, and 6 active members of the Centre. During my term as Director, CPROST has grown and become more financially robust. We have extended our influence to many corners of the globe, providing policy analysis and advice to government departments of science and technology in Brazil, China, Indonesia, Chile, Columbia, Armenia, Mexico, and Korea. We provide a base of operations for the local office of a federal government program, Student Connections. We also employ many graduate students in the execution of research contracts and grants.

Service to the geographic community

My service to the local community includes three years as a member of the board of directors of the Vancouver Community Network (a "freenet" providing free internet access to people in the Vancouver area). I also served in an advisory and review role with several committees and programs of the BC Advanced Systems Institute. I am a frequent contributor to long and short media stories relating to new technologies and society. Over the past few years, these have included national television interviews (CTV, The Internet and the war in Kosovo), national radio interviews (CBC1, Privacy and Surveillance), and numerous newspaper and magazine stories as well as several appearances on local radio programs, typically on Internet-related topics. A list of some of these is included in my "cv".

Service to the professional community

I am a committee member of the Provincially Initiated Curriculum Project, Enhancing Lifelong Learning and Work Transitions in the Fine Arts - (Technology in Art Education). I have been an external referee for FCAR (Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide a la Recherche) and SSHRC. I am a member of the International Board of Advisors, Centre for Innovation and Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

I am a reviewer for the Asia Pacific Journal of Management. I am Editor, IAMOT Newsletter, International Association for Management of Technology. I am also the manager of the IAMOT web site http://www.iamot.org. I have helped organize the last few IAMOT conferences, in Miami, Gothenberg, Orlando, Miami, and (next year) Lausanne. I was also a member of the organizing committee for the Scholarly Communication in the Next Millennium conference, held in Vancouver in 1997 and the Women, Work, and Computerization conference, held in Vancouver in March, 2000.

I am Publisher of the Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC) and a member of the board of directors of the CJC. I was a Visiting Professor at the Universidad del Mayab, Merida, Mexico, in the fall of 1999 and a contributor to the Node Learning Technologies Network, Learning Technologies Report that same year. From 1996 to 1997, I was the chair of the Newsletter Committee, Academy of Management, Technology and Innovation Management Division. In 1995/96 I was a member of Design Now: BC Design Foundation Capabilities Advisory Group.