Tamara Banbury is a PhD student in Communication Studies in The School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University where her research centres on the people she has termed voluntary cyborgs – people who implant technology inside their bodies for enhancement or augmentation purposes. Tamara completed her master’s degree at Carleton in Legal Studies where her thesis, Where’s My Jet Pack? Online Communication Practices and Media Frames of the Emergent Voluntary Cyborg Subculture was awarded a Carleton Senate medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Tamara will pursue her cyborg studies research for her dissertation while continuing to advocate for public awareness of voluntary cyborg practices.