Bio
Kate's research focuses on issues of forced migration and carceral control. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto in Peace, Conflict, and Justice Studies. Her MA was in Geography at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her thesis, "Containment & COVID-19 in the Settler State", examined responses to the COVID-19 in carceral spaces across Canada and Australia. She is currently completing her PhD thesis "Assessing the Asylum Barge: Locating the Bibby Stockholm As A Site of Migrant Externalisation" at the University of Toronto.
Previously, she worked as the Toronto Chapter Lead for the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program, a pro-bono legal clinic, and as a Project Coordinator for the Toronto based non-profit Lifeline Syria. While serving with these organisations, she assisted with the file management and submission of over 400 private sponsorship refugee applications to the Canadian government.
Recent Publications
- Motluk, K. (2024). The imagined island: Colonialism and constructed remoteness on Diego Garcia. The Geographical Journal. https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geoj.12587
- Motluk, K. (2024). Abolition as a Tool of Decolonization: Undoing Contemporary Colonial Violence in Canadian Carceral Spaces. Canadian Settler Colonialism: Reliving the Past, Opening New Paths. https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/canadiansettlercolonialism/chapter/abolition-as-a-tool-of-decolonization-contemporary-colonialism-in-canadian-carceral-spaces/
- Motluk, K. (2023). Refugee Responsibility-Sharing Deals Are Eroding Access to Asylum. PKI Global Justice Journal, 7(6). https://globaljustice.queenslaw.ca/news/special-issue-on-refugee-responsibility-sharing-agreements-aug-2023