Research Connections

At Toronto Metropolitan University 

The following list highlights a number of research centres and institutes at TMU that undertake research within co-related areas of the consumer service sector. CSCA has worked on various projects and a range of research activities with a number of these centres.

• Centre for Studies in Food Security
• Centre for Urban Research and Land Development
• City Building Institute

• Digital Media Zone
• Diversity Institute 
• Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Laboratory for GeoComputation
• Privacy and Big Data Institute
• Privacy & Cyber Crime Institute
• Ryerson Centre for Immigration Settlement
• Social Media Lab
• Ted Rogers Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Research

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Local and National 

The following list highlights organizations, both locally and nationally, that the CSCA has worked with on various research projects and a range of research activities. This list demonstrates the applied focus of the CSCA's research capacity within and beyond the consumer service sector.

• Alberta Ministry of Culture
• Artscape
• Brookfield RPS

• Canadian Bankers Association
• Canadian Urban Institute
• City of Calgary
• City of Lethbridge
• City of Toronto (City Planning)
• City of Toronto (Health)
• City of Toronto (Parks)
• City of Toronto (Recreation)
• City of Peterborough
• City of Vancouver
• Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area
• Geomatics for Informed Decisions (GEOIDE)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
• Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO)
• Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
• Natural Resources Canada - Atlas of Canada 
• Neptis Foundation
• Ontario Information Privacy Commission
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Farm and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
• Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH)
• Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
• Ontario Growth Secretariat 
• St Michael's Hospital (Neurosurgery/Injury Prevention)
• Statistics Canada
• Sport Canada
• Toronto Sports Council
• Vital Signs Toronto

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Global Research Connections

The list below provides links to a number of centres from around the globe that undertake research (and in many cases, teaching) in the retail and service sector-related industries. The CSCA is unique in its research partnership model that is centred on creating and maintaining  high quality location-based data, information and insight to support private and public sector decision-making activities.

• Arthur Ryan Retail Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• Australian Centre for Retail Studies, Monash University, Australia
• Baker Retailing Center, Wharton University of Pennsylvania, USA

• Center for Education and Research in Retailing, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA
• Center for Retailing, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• The Center for Retailing Excellence, The Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, USA
• Center for Retailing Studies, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, USA
• Centre for Advanced Retail Studies, Massey Business School, Massey University, New Zealand
• Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Centre for Retail Research, Lund University, Sweden
• Customer Engagement (Retail and Services) Research Group, Nottingham Trent University, UK
• David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research, University of Florida, USA
• David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing and Services, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Canada
• Department of Marketing and Retail Management, Surrey Business School, University of Surrey
• École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC Montréal),  Université de Montréal, Canada
• Innovation Center for Consumer Insights, University of North Texas, USA
• Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling, UK
• Management Sciences and Marketing, Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK
• Oxford Institute of Retail Management, University of Oxford, UK
• The Retail Institute, Leeds Beckett University, UK
• Retail Management Institute, Santa Clara University, USA
• School of Retailing and Applied Research, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Canada
• The Service and Retailing Research Group, University of Boras, Sweden
• Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing, University of Arizona, USA

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