Talks

Hito Steyerl’s Mixed Methods: Kate Robertson

Criminal Lawyer and speaker Kate Robertson in a grey plaid outfit in front of a grey background
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Talks

Hito Steyerl’s Mixed Methods: Kate Robertson

Saturday January 25, 2 pm
Level 5, Vivian & David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art, AGO

Join criminal lawyer Kate Robertson for a talk that explores cyber security, stalkerware, and  how law adapts to technological change.

Mixed Methods invites artists and thinkers from a range of disciplines to explore a topic inspired by Hito Steyerl’s work in an informal, in-gallery conversation. This is the third in a series of talks.  Join us for the full Mixed Methods series, with Katarina Veljovic on Saturday January 11 and Bianca Wylie on Saturday January 18.  Presented as part of Hito Steyerl: This is the future .

 

Kate Robertson practices criminal and regulatory litigation representing both individual and Corporate Clients at Markson Law, where she retains a particular interest in computer-based investigations and crime. As a Fellow at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, she consults on constitutional law and policy issues relating to cybersecurity, law enforcement, surveillance, and national security. Prior to her call to the bar, Robertson served as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada. She has worked with the United Nations in Cambodia at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. She regularly provides pro bono services to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. Robertson is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law with honours.

 

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