We are pleased to share the second issue of the CMS Borders Research Group Zine, The Poetics and Politics of Borders: An Archive.
In this second issue on the theme of ‘refuge,’ Borders Research Group Member and Graduate Student (Anthropology) Alix Mintha’s essay prompts us to question how Canada’s asylum system becomes a stage for the performance of sexual and gendered identities. The essay offers a critical perspective on Canada as a site of refuge for those who must prove sexual persecution in ways that do not neatly map onto legal frameworks. The zine also introduces readers to the Borders Research Group’s mission and recaps events in Term 2.
