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SSC Seminar Series: Özgün Topak, Department of Sociology

Özgün Topak, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Queen's University

Surveillance, Resistance and Subjectivity at the Greece-Turkey Border

Mac-Corry Hall, Room D411 (Sociology Lounge)

12:30 - 2:00 pm

The Greece-Turkey border has become the main point of irregular entry into the EU. While surveillance at many levels has expanded over the years, the humanitarian crisis has also escalated. This presentation discusses the ways in which...

SSC Seminar Series: Sharry Aiken

“Surveillance and ‘Social Sorting’ at the Canadian Border”

Wednesday, February 2nd
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D411
** Please note the day change to Wednesday**

Sharry Aiken
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law
Queen’s University

While Canada has deployed interdiction measures aimed to deter "spontaneous arrivals" at the Canadian border for decades, the government's recent response to the arrival...