Dr. David Murakami Wood's new book: Surveillance Studies
Dr. David Murakami Wood's new book: Surveillance Studies: A Reader from Oxford University Press (co-edited with Torin Monahan of UNC Chapel Hill, USA) is available.
PhD Candidate, Karina Rider (first author) and Dr. David Murakami Wood on their recent publication
Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Karina Rider (first author) and Dr. David Murakami Wood on their recent publication, Condemned to connection? Network communitarianism in Mark Zuckerberg’s “Facebook Manifesto” in New Media and Society.
Becoming Your Own Device: Self-Tracking Challenges In The Workplace
The Canadian Journal of Sociology recently published an article by PhD Candidates, Steve Richardson and Debra Mackinnon. Congratulations!
Dr. Norma Möllers invited to become Fellow at The Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society
The Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society ("The German Internet Institute") invited Dr. Möllers to become a Fellow for 2018-2019. The Berlin-based institute one of the largest research centers world-wide dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of digitization and social change. While there, she will work on her current SSHRC-funded research on how information infrastructure shapes state sovereignty.
Drs. David Lyon, David Murakami Wood and PhD Candidate, Midori Ogasawara on CFRC Podcast Network
The scholars discuss the changing nature of surveillance studies. Dr. Lyon explains his concept of “social sorting” as dividing a population into groups so that they can be seen and treated differently. Ogasawara explores the colonial roots of the Japanese biometric ID system, arguing that it was grounded in perceptions of Chinese labour and internal resistance. While Dr.
Dr. Cynthia Levine-Rasky published opinion piece in The Star
With Nigel Barriffe, President of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Dr. Cynthia Levine-Rasky published an opinion piece in The Star about the Munk Debate featuring Steve Bannon and David Frum. She was also interviewed for a story about Bannon for the Christian Science Monitor
Dr. David Murakami Wood started the Toronto Open Smart Cities Forum
Dr. David Murakami Wood and Bianca Wylia, of Tech Reset Canada, started the Toronto Open Smart Cities Forum (TOSCF). The Forum assists the public in responding to proposed and existing networked forms of urbanism like Sidewalk Toronto
Dr. Sytsma article in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Dr. Sytsma's article titled, Exploring Barriers to Researching the Economics of Municipal Policing is now available in advance online format in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. This article was co-authored with University of Toronto Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD student, Erick Laming.
Dr. Rob Beamish and Postdoctoral Fellow, Lisa Carver recent publication
Congratulations to Dr. Rob Beamish and Postdoctoral Fellow, Lisa Carver on their recent publication: A Scoping Review: Social Participation as a Cornerstone of Successful Aging in Place among Rural Older Adults in the journal, Geriatrics.
Dr. Thomas Abrams Talk on “Living with Death in Rehabilitation”
“Living with Death in Rehabilitation” builds on Dr. Thomas Abrams ongoing work with young people with muscular dystrophies, their parents, and practitioners in the rehabilitation clinic. Working with health psychologist Dr. Jenny Setchell (University of Queensland/University of Toronto), Dr. Abrams applied an existential sociological lens to discussions of death and dying in the clinical space.