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听from the is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. AoIR 2020 will听gather听international, trans-disciplinary scholars听interested in networked technologies and听social processes. This year's conference will be held virtually.

Several members of IMPACTS will be presenting at AoIR 2020. Project Director and James 不良研究所 Professor, Dr. Shaheen Shariff, is presenting with Dr.听Pauline Sameshima听补苍诲 research assistants Rebecca Katz and Christopher Dietzel.听In their panel, the four of them are presenting an overview of IMPACTS听补苍诲 the significant milestones from the first four years of the Project, highlighting research specifically related to internet technologies. This presentation canvases the legal obligations incumbent on institutions to address and prevent sexual violence, both on- and off-line. As they draw听from multi-perspectives, they听will address image-based sexual abuse and copyright in Canada, and share excerpts from an in-progress epistolary novel.

Additionally, PhD candidate and research assistant Christopher Dietzel will present research from听his Mitacs Globalink Fellowship.听In the first presentation, Chris will participate in a panel with Australian colleagues. The panel will听address听the issue of digital health听participation and digital cultures of care among those at the margins (e.g., transgender, non-binary, and female users).听In the second presentation, a听roundtable session, Chris and international colleagues听will examine strategies and methods diverse users employ to promote safety, health, and wellbeing with the apps they use, as well as the ethical and methodological challenges faced by app researchers.

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