Civic hacknight #334 - Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada

• Topic:
• In this talk, we will discuss how digital transnational repression impacts refugee and immigrant communities in Canada. This talk is inspired by the Citizen Lab's recent report on the issue.
• Speakers:
  Siena Anstis is Senior Legal Advisor at the Citizen Lab. Previously, she clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and worked as a litigation attorney in New York and a refugee lawyer in Toronto.
• Noura Aljizawi is a research Officer at the Citizen Lab at Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. Her work takes an in-depth look at digital transnational repression, digital authoritarianism and human rights and digital surveillance more broadly. She holds a Master's degree in Global Affairs from the University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
• Check-in details:

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