sasha skaidra

University of Alberta

EducationPhD, McMaster University

Areas of ExpertiseCitizenship, borders, counter-mapping, sociolegal geography

sasha skaidra is a postdoctoral researcher with the Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides program in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. sasha's interdisciplinary scholarship intersects political science with urban sociology, migration studies, border criminology, and legal geography. Using Geographic Information Systems, she conducts counter-mappings of Ontario’s inland immigration enforcement infrastructure and the international law surrounding sexual and gender minorities. Her artistic background informs her research on cartographic aesthetics and their power to constitute local, regional, state, and transnational borders. For inspiration, sasha draws on her activist experience on refugee and migrant issues, 2SLGBTQI+ advocacy, civil liberties, and student rights. She has published in the journals Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space (external link) , Public Integrity: Journal of the American Society of Public Administration (external link) , and Contexto Internacional: A Journal of Global Connections (external link) .