A collaborative space for emerging scholars and innovative thinkers to share and develop research on the evolution and governance of transformative technologies.
Gabrielle Lim is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Kyle Hiebert is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow and a researcher and independent political risk analyst focused on globalization, conflict and emerging technologies.
Affiliation: Researcher and Independent Political Risk Analyst
Ryan Westman is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Discipline: Threat Intelligence
Affiliation: eSentire
Andrew Heffernan is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: International Relations and Comparative Politics
Affiliation: University of Ottawa, and International Studies Association (ISA Canada)
Ori Freiman is a former post-doctoral fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Science, Technology and Society
Affiliation: McMaster University
Matthew da Mota is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Comparative Literature
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Laila Mourad is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: York University
Maral Niazi is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Balsillie School of International Affairs
Ambika Opal is a former visiting fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Nunavut Data Strategy
Affiliation: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), National Inuit Data Management Committee (NIDMC), and Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
Frederick (Fred) Okello is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Balsillie School of International Affairs
Mahatab Uddin is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Environmental Design and Rural Development
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Daria Bielik is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Naod Abraham is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Mathematical Physics
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Paula Martins is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: McGill University
Harnoorvir (Harnoor) Singh Josan is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Computer Science
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Ozan Ayata is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: International Affairs
Affiliation: Carleton University, and Department of National Defence
Dana Cramer is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Communication and Culture
Affiliation: Toronto Metropolitan University
Ivan Nuñez Gamez is a former undergraduate fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Shuna Ho is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Affiliation: Dalhousie University
Madison Lee is a former doctoral fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Wilfrid Laurier University, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Emanuel Lukawiecki is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Public Administration
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Michael P. A. Murphy is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: Queen’s University
Elia Rasky is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: York University
Shirley Anne Scharf is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Public Administration
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Javier Ruiz-Soler is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Discipline: Political and Social Sciences
Affiliation: International Data Corporation (IDC Canada), and Digital Democracies Institute
Tyler Stevenson is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: International Economics and Data Science
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Christelle Tessono is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Information Studies
Affiliation: University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, and Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy
Badriyya Yusuf is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: Queen’s University
Kristen Csenkey is a former CIGI Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Wilfrid Laurier University
Nathalie DiBerardino is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: Western University
Jamie Duncan is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Ashley is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Xiao Han is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Religious Studies
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Wim Howson Creutzberg is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Arts & Science
Affiliation: McMaster University
Amelia Hui is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: International Relations
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Clare Kim is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy and Global Affairs
Affiliation: Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Sophie Liu is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Sociology
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Melissa MacKay is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Public Health
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Laine McCrory is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Communication and culture
Affiliation: Toronto Metropolitan University
Ola Mirzoeva is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Rafael Morales-Guzman is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Halyna Padalko is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Global governance
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Maya is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Management, International Business, and Economics
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Joseph Scarfone is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Political and Legal Thought
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Caleigh Wong is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: McGill University
Anna Romandash is a former visiting fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Affiliation: Independent Journalist
Fabrice Blais-Savoie is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: International Public Policy
Affiliation: Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
Alexander Martin is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Science and Technology Studies
Affiliation: York University
Daniel Dela Cruz is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Public and International Affairs
Affiliation: Glendon College, York University
Mehrsa Ehsani is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow specializing in entrepreneurship and innovation, with a Ph.D. from the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.
Discipline: Business Administration
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Jeffrey Klinck is former undergraduate fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Engineering Science
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Julianna L. Kowlessar is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Communication and Culture
Affiliation: York University
Clarence Lakpini is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Julian Lam is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Anna Legault is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Digital Humanities
Affiliation: McGill University
Alonso Muñoz Sanchez is a Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy and International Relations
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Karmvir K. Padda is a fomer Digital Policy Hub postdoctoral fellow.
Discipline: Sociology and Legal Studies
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Mark Robbins is a former visiting fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Affiliation: Department of National Defence
Nathaniel Sukhdeo is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Law
Institution: University of Victoria
Dylan J. White is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Affiliation: University of Guelph, and Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Amal Hussein is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Systems Science and Engineering
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
'Damola Adediji is a researcher at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa. During his Digital Policy Hub fellowship, his work examines how Canadian digital sovereignty can be safeguarded through competition law amid global trade uncertainties.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Ephraim Ajijola is a Ph.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. As part of his Digital Policy Hub fellowship, he investigates regulatory fragmentation in Canadian non-bank payments.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: York University
Lauren Avis is studying political science and international development at McGill University. AS a Digital Policy Hub Fellow, she will be examining mechanisms and policy frameworks to address information manipulation while assessing polarization impact and narrative resonance.
Discipline: Political Science, Development Studies
Affiliation: McGill University
Natalie Chu is a Ph.D. student in Criminology at Simon Fraser University and a research assistant at the International CyberCrime Research Institute. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will be exploring effective and fair uses of artificial intelligence (AI) within financial systems while evaluating criminal exploitation and abuse of AI that results in financial fraud and cybercrime.
Discipline: Criminology
Affiliation: Simon Fraser University
Ashiya Dewan is pursuing a double major through the Peace, Conflict and Justice and the Ethics, Society and Law Programs at the University of Toronto. Her research explores the risks and benefits that artificial intelligence (AI) poses for socio-economically disadvantaged K–12 schoolchildren.
Discipline: Peace, Conflict & Justice and Ethics, Society & Law
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Morgan Flom is pursuing an M.A. in philosophy at the University of Guelph, where he studies the impacts of artificial intelligence in military and national security arenas. As a Digital Policy Hub fellow, his research explores the faults and dangers of these critical workflows from a more policy-focused perspective and aims to offer rigorous and actionable risk-reduction recommendations to relevant decision makers.
Discipline: Philosophy
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Gagneet Kaur is studying criminology at the University of Windsor, focusing on security policy and foreign interference issues. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will examine whether Canada’s Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC), designed to protect research from foreign interference, achieves its stated principles after its first year.
Discipline: Criminology
Affiliation: University of Windsor
Kirthana Singh Khurana is pursuing her Ph.D. at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will examine how corporate governance and securities regulation should evolve to address accountability gaps created by corporations’ growing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) and concentrated digital infrastructure, with a focus on disclosure obligations, board oversight and AI-induced climate emissions.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Kem-Laurin Lubin is a critical artificial intelligence (AI) scholar and computational rhetorician affiliated with the University of Waterloo, where she completed her Ph.D. Her research examines how AI systems characterize human beings within an emerging mode of digital citizenship management, asking who encodes algorithmic power, who is harmed by it and whose knowledge systems are erased in its design.
Discipline: English (Rhetoric & Experimental Digital Media Studies)
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Mostafa Majidi is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Calgary. His research examines digital authoritarianism, protest movements and the political consequences of digital technologies.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Alina Mambo is studying global affairs at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will be examining how states across regime types use legal, technical and regulatory tools to assert control over digital infrastructure.
Discipline: Global Affairs
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Aiden McIlvaney is pursuing an M.A. in political science at McGill University. During his Digital Policy Hub fellowship, he will be examining the regulation of artificial intelligence in Canadian elections and how public attitudes toward such uses can inform meaningful policy outcomes.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: McGill University
Bruna Shinohara de Mendonça is a staff scientist in quantum technologies at CMC Microsystems, Canada. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will be examining policy mechanisms to bridge the quantum divide between the Global North and the Global South.
Affiliation: CMC Microsystems
Panagiotis Michalopoulos is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow studying computer engineering at the University of Toronto. During his Digital Policy Hub fellowship, he will be examining digital asset tokenization with an emphasis on equities and bonds.
Discipline: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Linxi Mytkolli is director of patient engagement at Diabetes Action Canada. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will examine how patients and the public can have a stronger role in decisions about how artificial intelligence (AI) is purchased, governed and used in Canadian health care.
Discipline: Diabetes Action Canada
Affiliation: University Health Network
Eliz Shimshek is studying cognitive psychology and neuroscience, specializing in visual perception, at the University of Toronto. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will be examining the governance implications of eye-tracking data and why Canadian privacy frameworks are not equipped to regulate what that data can reveal.
Discipline: Psychology,
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Patrick Spencer is a Ph.D. candidate in public policy at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. As a Digital Policy Hub fellow, he is developing a policy-facing diagnostic framework to assess how governance, sourcing, architecture and workforce arrangements drive delivery risk in major digital and AI initiatives.
Discipline: Public Policy
Affiliation: Carleton University
Jillian Stringer is a post-doctoral public health researcher at the University of Guelph, where she completed her master’s of public health and her Ph.D. in population medicine. Her Digital Policy Hub fellowship examines participatory governance for artificial intelligence social media algorithms and their implications for youth mental health.
Discipline: Public Health
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Daria Synelnykova is studying international relations and peace, conflict and justice at the University of Toronto. As a Digital Policy Hub fellow, her research explores how Canada can retain intellectual property and scale digital technology firms domestically to strengthen the country’s economic and digital sovereignty.
Discipline: International Relations and Peace, Conflict and Justice
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Alexandra Volokhova is pursuing her Ph.D. studies in artificial intelligence (AI) at Université de Montréal and Mila — Québec AI Institute. During her Digital Policy Hub fellowship, she will be examining frameworks for cooperative ownership and democratic governance of AI and related digital technologies.
Discipline: Computer Science
Affiliation: Université de Montréal & Mila – Quebec AI Institute
Fabrice Blais-Savoie is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: International Public Policy
Affiliation: Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
Daniel Dela Cruz is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Public and International Affairs
Affiliation: Glendon College, York University
Mehrsa Ehsani is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow specializing in entrepreneurship and innovation, with a Ph.D. from the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.
Discipline: Business Administration
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Kyle Hiebert is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow and a researcher and independent political risk analyst focused on globalization, conflict and emerging technologies.
Affiliation: Researcher and Independent Political Risk Analyst
Amal Hussein is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Systems Science and Engineering
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Jeffrey Klinck is former undergraduate fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Engineering Science
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Julianna L. Kowlessar is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Communication and Culture
Affiliation: York University
Clarence Lakpini is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Julian Lam is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Anna Legault is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Digital Humanities
Affiliation: McGill University
Gabrielle Lim is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Alexander Martin is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Science and Technology Studies
Affiliation: York University
Karmvir K. Padda is a fomer Digital Policy Hub postdoctoral fellow.
Discipline: Sociology and Legal Studies
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Mark Robbins is a former visiting fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Affiliation: Department of National Defence
Anna Romandash is a former visiting fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Affiliation: Independent Journalist
Alonso Muñoz Sanchez is a Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy and International Relations
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Nathaniel Sukhdeo is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Law
Institution: University of Victoria
Dylan J. White is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Affiliation: University of Guelph, and Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Wim Howson Creutzberg is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Arts & Science
Affiliation: McMaster University
Kristen Csenkey is a former CIGI Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Wilfrid Laurier University
Nathalie DiBerardino is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: Western University
Jamie Duncan is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Ashley is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Physics and Astronomy
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Xiao Han is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Religious Studies
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Amelia Hui is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: International Relations
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Clare Kim is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy and Global Affairs
Affiliation: Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Sophie Liu is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Sociology
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Melissa MacKay is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Public Health
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Laine McCrory is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Communication and culture
Affiliation: Toronto Metropolitan University
Ola Mirzoeva is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Rafael Morales-Guzman is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Halyna Padalko is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Global governance
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Maya is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Management, International Business, and Economics
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Joseph Scarfone is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Political and Legal Thought
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Caleigh Wong is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: McGill University
Daniel Dela Cruz is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Public and International Affairs
Affiliation: Glendon College, York University
Ozan Ayata is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: International Affairs
Affiliation: Carleton University, and Department of National Defence
Dana Cramer is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Communication and Culture
Affiliation: Toronto Metropolitan University
Ivan Nuñez Gamez is a former undergraduate fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Shuna Ho is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Affiliation: Dalhousie University
Madison Lee is a former doctoral fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Wilfrid Laurier University, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Emanuel Lukawiecki is a former Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow.
Discipline: Public Administration
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Michael P. A. Murphy is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: Queen’s University
Elia Rasky is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: York University
Javier Ruiz-Soler is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Discipline: Political and Social Sciences
Affiliation: International Data Corporation (IDC Canada), and Digital Democracies Institute
Shirley Anne Scharf is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Public Administration
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Tyler Stevenson is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: International Economics and Data Science
Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Christelle Tessono is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Information Studies
Affiliation: University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, and Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy
Ryan Westman is a former Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.
Discipline: Threat Intelligence
Affiliation: eSentire
Badriyya Yusuf is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: Queen’s University
Naod Abraham is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Mathematical Physics
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Daria Bielik is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Public Policy
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Matthew da Mota is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Comparative Literature
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Ori Freiman is a former post-doctoral fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Science, Technology and Society
Affiliation: McMaster University
Andrew Heffernan is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: International Relations and Comparative Politics
Affiliation: University of Ottawa, and International Studies Association (ISA Canada)
Harnoorvir (Harnoor) Singh Josan is a former Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow.
Discipline: Computer Science
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Paula Martins is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Law
Affiliation: McGill University
Laila Mourad is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Political Science
Affiliation: York University
Maral Niazi is a former Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Balsillie School of International Affairs
Frederick (Fred) Okello is a former Digital Policy Hub master's fellow.
Discipline: Global Governance
Affiliation: Balsillie School of International Affairs
Ambika Opal is a former visiting fellow at the Digital Policy Hub.
Discipline: Nunavut Data Strategy
Affiliation: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), National Inuit Data Management Committee (NIDMC), and Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
Mahatab Uddin is a former Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.
Discipline: Environmental Design and Rural Development
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Visiting fellows receive full financial support from the organization or workplace they are affiliated with during their tenure at the Digital Policy Hub.