The New Transparency is associated with The Surveillance Studies Centre.
STUDENTS
Krista Boa, University of Toronto
Philip Boyle, University of Alberta
Diane Dechief, University of Toronto
Patrick Derby, Queen’s University
Joseph Farenbok, University of Toronto
Martin French, Queen’s University (completed Feb 2009)
Brenda McPhail, University of Toronto
Adam Molnar, University of Victoria
Christopher Parsons, University of Victoria
Stephanie Perrin, University of Toronto
Sandra Robinson, Queen’s University
Karen Louise Smith, University of Toronto
Erica Spink D'Souza, Queen’s University
Daniel Trottier, Queen’s University
Jonathan Floyd, University of Toronto
Pablo Ouziel, University of Victoria
University of Alberta
Philip Boyle is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Haggerty. His interests are in the areas of policing, security and surveillance studies and urban studies, and particularly in processes of urban securitization in the post-9/11 period. His in-progress dissertation examines security dynamics and legacies of the Olympic Games and other major sporting and political events.
Email: pboyle@ualberta.ca
Web: http://www.ualberta.ca/~pboyle/
My primary research interests include experiences of immigration and settlement for people who migrate to Canada, particularly interactions with state-led programs and institutions, and uses of the technological systems employed by the state. With the support of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship (2007-2010) I am currently examining the causes and implications of immigration-influenced personal name changes in Canada. My MA thesis,"Recent Immigrants as an 'Alternate Civic Core': Providing Internet Services, Gaining Canadian Experiences" (2006) examined volunteerism amongst recent immigrants as a means of integration.
Department of Sociology, Queen’s University
Patrick Derby is currently a doctoral student at Queen’s University, and a student member of the Surveillance Project. He is also a member of the Surveillance Camera Awareness Network (SCAN). Patrick received his BA in Criminology (Honours) and Sociology (Concentration), as well as his MA in Criminology from the University of Ottawa. His MA thesis was entitled: “Interrogating the Selective Gaze of Canadian CCTV Operators: Perspectives From Behind the Camera’s Lens”. Patrick is currently interested in bringing the theoretical resources of Science and Technology Studies to bear on criminological understandings of contemporary crime control practices. He is currently monitoring the proliferation of video surveillance in taxis across Canada, as well as the use of licence plate recognition technologies in Canadian police cruisers.
Adam Molnar is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. His dissertation research focuses on surveillance, security and 'mega-events’, using the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games as an empirical case. His research examines, in particular, the
intersection between semiotic and political economic aspects of security and technology organizations. Other research interests include contemporary theories of social and political justice, media, politics & technology, and philosophy of science.
University of Victoria
I am interested in how privacy (particularly informational privacy, expressive privacy and accessibility privacy) is affected by digitally mediated surveillance, and the normative implications this has in contemporary Western political systems. My research currently focuses on the technologies that enable digitally mediated surveillance, such as deep packet inspection, behavioral advertising, and radio frequency identification, and how these technologies influence citizens in their decision to openly express themselves or engage in self-censoring behavior. My current thoughts and thinking can be found at my website, where I regularly write about current and developing technologies and practices as they relate to surveillance and privacy. This fall I will be starting my coursework and duties as a research assistant for IRSP 2.
I am arriving at Queen's from Carleton University where I completed a MA in Legal Studies. Prior to returning to university, I worked in the private sector as a producer and analyst on projects involving imaging devices and specialized IT systems, the open source software model,
embedded systems, digital media, and web development. My MBA in digital technologies focused on IT, innovation and strategic partnerships. My current research interests are interdisciplinary and include privacy, surveillance, media, communications and information technology, and the interconnection between technology, culture and space. I'm particularly inspired by the work of Mark Poster, Gilles Deleuze, Alexander Galloway, and Manuel Castells among others.
Karen Louise Smith
is a PhD student in the Faculty of Information and Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto. Karen is broadly interested in information communication technologies (ICTs), citizenship, social inclusion and policy. Karen has worked in roles ranging from a web design intern with a human rights organization in the Philippines to a research assistant on initiatives concerning technology in Canadian policy contexts.
Pablo Ouziel comes to the University of Victoria from Spain, in order to focus his studies on The Rise of Global Popular Movements. He is a political activist who contributes articles regularly to leading online progressive news publications, and is co-founder of Can Poeti SL, a small branding communications company which supports projects around the globe in the areas of human rights, sustainability, ecology and health. Pablo sits on the Board of Directors of Mas Claperol, the oldest organic dairy farm in Catalunya, Spain. In the past, he worked in London and New York developing investor relations strategies for various Fortune 500 companies.
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