Caitlyn Yates is a PhD candidate in socio-cultural anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on human security, transit migration, extracontinental migration, migrant smuggling, and borders in Latin America. Yates’ doctoral project focuses on extracontinental migration – or the experiences of migrants originating in African, Asian, and Caribbean countries – as they travel in and through Latin America. Yates is also a fellow in the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

Yates, C. (2023). Inclusive counting: an essential but insufficient approach to account for missing migrants in Panama and Colombia’s shared Darien Gap. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-18.

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship;

Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant;

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship