Marika Jeziorek is a PhD Candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, where her research focuses on temporary protection mechanisms (TPMs) and the institutionalization of precarity in global migration governance. Her dissertation examines how TPMs — such as Canada’s CUAET and the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive — normalize temporary, selective responses to displacement, reinforcing social and legal precariousness for migrants.

She is the Coordinator of the BSIA Migration + Technology Hub and is currently working on coordinating a forthcoming Migration and Development Special Issue on migration, technology, and digital governance. Marika also contributes to several interdisciplinary research projects, including those on migrant narratives, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and digital birth control regulation, AI governance, and humanitarian tech platforms.

Marika previously taught International Business and Communications at Lambton College, worked in economic development in Northern Ontario, and operated an international trade business for nearly a decade. She holds an MA in Global Governance from the University of Waterloo and a BA in Global Development from Huron University College.

Conference Presentations

• Conditional Protection: Gendered Vulnerabilities in Temporary Protection Mechanisms in Poland and Canada — 10th Congress of the Polish Association for Canadian Studies Conference, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland — September 19, 2025
• The Remote Work Mirage: How Digital Labour Markets Reinforce Inequality for Racialized Immigrant Women — Canada at the Crossroads: Racialized Immigrant Women and Labour, University of Waterloo – March 28, 2025
• Institutionalizing Precarity: Temporary Protection Mechanisms in Global Migration Governance — Migration in Increasing Uncertainty and Insecure Times, Migration and Ethnic Relations Graduate Conference, Western University – March 22, 2025
• Digital Humanitarianism and Migrant Precarity: Gendered Responsibilization in Martynka and The Newcomer App — Digital Regulation in the Public Interest: 2nd Annual Symposium, Brock University – March 20, 2025
• Digital Platforms for Crisis Response: Martynka & Gendered Vulnerabilities — Migration and Technology: Governance Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions, Balsillie School of International Affairs – October 8, 2024
• Navigating Temporary Protection: The CUAET Program & Its Implications for Ukrainian Refugees — 7th Migration, Adaptation & Memory International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, Poland – June 13, 2024