Catherine Middleton

Catherine Middleton holds the Canada Research Chair in Communication Technologies in the Information Society at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on the development and use of new communication technologies, with specific interests in mobile devices and fixed and wireless broadband networks. She is also interested in how individuals use (or don't use) communication technologies in their daily lives. Her research projects have investigated the use of smartphones in organizations, the development of next generation broadband networks in Australia and Canada, competition in the Canadian broadband market, and Canadians' internet use. She was the Principal Investigator for the Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project and is now working on an Australian Research Council funded project investigating the value of public Wi-Fi networks. She holds a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) grant to study the Canadians’ infrastructure and literacy requirements in a digital society, is Co-Investigator on the Canadian Spectrum Policy Research Project and a collaborator on the Ageing, Communication, Technologies – Experiencing a Digital World in Later Life research partnership, and the Canadian Partnership on Public Policy-oriented Consumer Interest Research. Catherine is a long time IFIP WG 8.2 member, and was the Organizing Chair for the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference in Toronto in 2008, and the OASIS Conference in Montreal in 2007. She was the Secretary of the Association of Internet Researchers from 2009-2013 and is Chair of the Board of Directors of CANARIE (Canada's national research and education network).