sasha skaidra

sasha skaidra (she/her) holds a PhD in International Relations from McMaster University and is now a Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta. sasha investigates cartographic aesthetics and the power they wield to represent and constitute local, regional, state, and transnational borders. Her doctoral work employs Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to conduct a counter-mapping of Ontario’s inland immigration enforcement infrastructure. Her current postdoctoral research maps the Canada Border Services Agency’s Alternatives to Detention program that subcontracts immigration detention to private charities. She is also developing a legal geographic GIS method to map the role of transnational transgender civil society in shaping the international law surrrounding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. sasha's research draws on her activist experience on refugee and migrant issues, 2SLGBTQI+ advocacy, civil liberties, and student rights. Her publications appear in the journals Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, Public Integrity: Journal of the American Society of Public Administration, and Contexto Internacional: A Journal of Global Connections.