Debra Mackinnon, Lakehead University

Research

Community Safety Security Surveillance Public Libraries Public Space Mixed-Methods

Latest papers

Moving through Toronto's PATH: Assembling private urban governance.
Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2024 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Matérialité et territorialité des infrastructures du numérique
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$51,736
Securitizing the last public bastion: Safety in public libraries in mid-sized Ontario municipalities
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$37,685
Disability Data Justice from the Ground Up: A Co-Design Approach to Building AI Search Engines and Data Repositories for Local, National, and Transnational Disabled People's Organizations
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$23,663

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Moving through Toronto's PATH: Assembling private urban governance.

Mackinnon D, Treffers S, Lippert RK

Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland)2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/00420980241235371 PMID: 39494384

Matérialité et territorialité des infrastructures du numérique

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mouton, Morgan

Keywords: Numérique ; infrastructures ; centres de données ; économie politique ; énergie ; sécurité ; politiques urbaines ; mouvements sociaux ; Partenariats public-privé

$51,736

Securitizing the last public bastion: Safety in public libraries in mid-sized Ontario municipalities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mackinnon, Debra M.

Keywords: Community Safety; Security; Surveillance; Public Libraries; Public Space; Mixed-Methods

$37,685

Disability Data Justice from the Ground Up: A Co-Design Approach to Building AI Search Engines and Data Repositories for Local, National, and Transnational Disabled People's Organizations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: da Silveira Gorman, Rachel

Keywords: Disability data justice; co-design; disability advocacy; community development; digital literacy; artificial intelligence; disabled people's organizations; accessible data repositories; local; national; and transnational social movements

$23,663

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community Safety Dear Professor Mackinnon, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Moving through Toronto's PATH: Assembling private urban governance." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Securitizing the last public bastion: Safety in public libraries in mid-sized Ontario municipalities" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]