Surveillance Studies Centre

Report "Beyond Big Data Surveillance: Freedom and Fairness" sheds light on big data surveillance in Canada

To read the report in English, go here

To read the report in French, go here

Report released by the Surveillance Studies Centre at Queen’s finds that thoughtful, decisive action is needed to confront the... Read more about @title...

See the latest SSC Annual Newsletter, Issue 9, March 2022

Stories Inside:

• A Day in the Life of Metadata, by Tommy Cooke
• A Neurotech Future: Virtual Conference 2021, by Susan Boehnke
• SSC Virtual Seminars: Fall 2020 to Spring 2021, by Delano Aragão Vaz
• Welcome Dr. Alana Saulnier to the
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See David Lyon's latest book publication, Pandemic Surveillance , Polity Press, January 2022.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life as we knew it. Lockdowns, self-isolation and quarantine have become a normal part of everyday life. Pandemic surveillance allows governments and corporations to monitor and surveil the spread of the virus and to make sure citizens follow the measures they... Read more about @title...

sava saheli singh, Lesley Marshall, Hingman Leung, Tim Maughan and Ann Tunkara in conversation with Valerie Steeves Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 11:30 ET Register here

Presentation Join us for a virtual screening of #tresdancing and a conversation with the team behind this new film on surveillance and... Read more about @title...

We were shocked to hear of Art’s sudden death on January 9 2022. Art has been a trusted friend of the Surveillance Studies Centre for many years, serving on the Executive Board, as a co-investigator in several large-scale SSHRC-funded research projects, as a liaison with the Faculty of Law and as a facilitator of joint events between the SSC and... Read more about @title...

The Surveillance Studies Centre wishes to announce that David Lyon retired from Queen’s University on June 30 2021. Lyon was appointed at Queen’s University in 1991 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, and later promoted to Full Professor in 1994. He is cross-appointed to the Faculty of Law, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,... Read more about @title...

The Surveillance Studies Centre is delighted to announce that from July 1, Alana Saulnier (re)joins the SSC, as an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department. She will work alongside Dr. David Murakami Wood.

Alana Saulnier completed her PhD in sociology from Queen's University in 2016, and both David Lyon and David Murakami Wood are pleased to welcome her back... Read more about @title...

By David Eliot and David Murakami Wood, Centre for International Governance Innovataion (CIGI) , 20 May 2021 This piece examines Google's transition to being a primarily AI-centred company, and what it means for people and governments, particularly in Canada.

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By Tommy Cooke and Benjamin Muller, The Conversation , May 19, 2021 Vaccine passports may soon be required for travelling amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Like biometrics, they’ll likely become a permanent part of our daily lives — and there’s barely been any debate about them.

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