Dr. Sharry Aiken

Biography

Sharry Aiken is a law professor at Queen's University and the Academic Director of the Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law. Her scholarship addresses the complexities of immigration and border security measures and their impacts on migrants and communities in Canada. Aiken has co-edited a special issue of Citizenship Studies on detention abolition and co-authored significant academic articles, including 'Narratives of Harm: A Case for Detention Abolition.' She has been awarded external funding for numerous research initiatives and is a frequent commentator in national media, engaging in pro bono counsel for precedent-setting test case litigation. Aiken has served as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and has been deeply involved in community service, holding positions such as past president of the Canadian Council for Refugees and co-chair of its legal affairs committee. She is now the president of the FCJ Refugee Centre. Aiken teaches courses including Administrative Law, Poverty, Immigration Law, International Refugee Law, Public International Law, and International Human Rights Law. She is also involved in supervising graduate students in Law and Cultural Studies.

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