Wednesday\, February 16< /p>
12:00 pm - 1 pm
Online via Zoom
[ Abstract ]
As individuals move through the immigration and settlement process in Canada\, numerous po ints of data are generated. Governments\, organizations\, and researchers a re interested in collecting and analyzing newcomers’ data to study and supp ort immigration. At the same time\, there are signs of changes in the ways that immigration and settlement data are being used\, which include analyse s of larger and linked data sets\, and experimentation with algorithmic and automated systems (Achiume\, 2020\; Benjamin\, 2016\; Walia\, 2021).
Within the context of these shifts\, my research explores the practices of groups engaged in caring for newcomers and their data to better understand their concerns\, interests\, and ethical perspectives. In this talk\, I s hare stories of care for newcomers’ data\, as told by settlement service pr oviders\, migrant justice activists\, immigration researchers\, government staff\, and designers of digital systems oriented towards newcomers.
[ Bio ]
Saguna Shankar is a doctoral candidate in Li brary\, Archival\, and Information Studies at UBC’s School of Information. She participates in the Public Scholars Initiative and works as Community L iaison Assistant at the Centre for Migration Studies. Her research brings t ogether theories of practice and feminist care ethics to examine the use of data\, information\, and digital systems in the coordination of collective processes\, focusing on the process of immigration in Canada. She is compl eting her dissertation and co-designing a narrative and visual resource to carry project findings forward into future dialogues on collecting and usin g newcomer communities’ data.
Saguna is an uninvited guest on the unc eded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples (V ancouver\, BC)\, and the lands cared for by the Seneca Nation as part of th e Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Buffalo\, NY).
[ About the Migra
tion Grad Student Power Hour ]
The Centre for Migration Studi
es Grad Student Power Hour provides opportunities for UBC graduate students
to share their research on migration beyond their home departments and net
work with faculty and students from across the university and in the broade
r community sector. The Power Hour will begin with 10 minutes of networking
opportunities\, followed by a 30 minute talk and 20 minutes for discussion
. Anyone is welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!
P lease RSVP for this virtual event below.
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