Kate Milberry

Kate Milberry is an activist academic and postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.

Kate's research examines the democratization of technology as a tool and technique for progressive social change. Her current work focuses on the anti-surveillance technologies and social practices of tech activists in the global justice movement. In particular, she examines the relationship between free software development and activist web applications, considering how democratic values and unmet user needs are designed into technology. Kate has a PhD in Communication from Simon Fraser University and MA in Communication and Social Justice from University of Windsor. She is a founding editor of the peer-reviewed online journal, Stream: Culture/Politics/Technology. She is @KateMilberry on Twitter.