Welcome to the STREET Lab
STREET (Socio-Technical ResistancE and Ethical Technologies) Lab is an interdisciplinary research collective at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, and housed at the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI). The lab is focused on understanding and supporting the sociotechnical practices of marginalized communities around the world, with an emphasis on resistance, informality, and social justice. (see Research)
Our research is influenced by Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Information and Communication Technologies & Development (ICTD), Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Social Computing, Development Studies, Political Science, Feminist and Queer theories, Postcolonial Studies, and Critical Theory.
Our work is funded by NSERC, SSHRC, UofT’s School of Cities, SDGs@UofT, among others.
We currently do not have any research assistant positions at the Lab but are open to Masters Thesis or incoming/current PhD students (more info)
News
February 09, 2026
Paper: '“Studying Up” through Digital Ethnography: The Politics of Reactionary Caste Enclaves' accepted to CHI 2026
February 09, 2026
Paper: 'Resilience to Disruption: Accessible Navigation for People with Visual Impairment' accepted to CHI 2026
February 09, 2026
Paper: 'Prism of Labour: Unsettling Knowledge, Skill, and Technology in Work Infrastructures' accepted to CHI 2026
February 09, 2026
Paper: 'Infrastructuring as Collective Resistance: How Disabled Students Negotiate Access Through Technology in Universities' accepted to CHI 2026
February 09, 2026
Paper: 'Tooling Justice: Articulating Equity Work Through Design Toolkits' accepted to CHI 2026