Digital Policy Hub

Dana Cramer is pursuing her Ph.D. at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University’s Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture. As a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow, she is researching policy and governance approaches for emerging technologies.

Kristen Csenkey is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow and Ph.D. candidate in global governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research focuses on cybersecurity governance, emerging technologies and socio-technical approaches to technology management.

Nathalie DiBerardino is a Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow and philosophy M.A. student at Western University, as well as an incoming Responsible AI Technology Consultant at EY Canada. At the Digital Policy Hub, Nathalie aims to examine the role of data and artificial intelligence in Canada’s housing crisis.

Jamie Duncan is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, and an affiliate of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. Jamie is an interdisciplinary social scientist studying information policy, technology governance and security.

Ashley is a Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow. As a student in the physics and astronomy program at the University of Waterloo, Ashley has been interested in artificial intelligence (AI) for the past few years, particularly using it as a tool to advance both science and data-driven policy.

Xiao Han is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at Université du Québec à Montréal. Her current research focuses on the interdisciplinary intersection of digital media, AI and religious studies, exploring how these technologies impact immigrant communities — particularly Chinese immigrants in Canada — across religious, socio-cultural and political dimensions.

Wim Howson Creutzberg is a Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow who recently completed a B.A. at McMaster University. He is interested in governance mechanisms for mitigating collective action problems and artificial intelligence (AI) policy, and will be researching how international AI policy proposals enforce coordination.

Amelia Hui is a second-year public policy and political science student at the University of Toronto. As an undergraduate fellow at the Digital Policy Hub, her research will focus on technological convergence in the development of Chinese and American lethal autonomous weapons and its regulatory implications.

Clare Kim is a visiting fellow at the Digital Policy Hub and currently serves as a Policy Advisor at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, focusing on multilateral relations, notably the G20 Digital Economy track.

Madison Lee is a doctoral fellow at the Digital Policy Hub and a Ph.D. student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario, specializing in the field of international political economy.

Melissa MacKay (she/her), MPH, Ph.D., is a Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow who specializes in health, risk and crisis communication, as well as health promotion.

Laine McCrory is a Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow and second-year master’s student in the joint program in communication and culture at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University. She works at the intersections of feminist technology, artificial intelligence (AI) policy, smart cities, data capture and community governance in order to create socio-political critiques of AI.

Rafael Morales-Guzman is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow and Ph.D. candidate in public policy at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan.

Michael P. A. Murphy is a post-doctoral fellow both at the Digital Policy Hub and at Queen’s University’s Department of Political Studies and Centre for International and Defence Policy.

Halyna Padalko is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow and a multidisciplinary researcher focused on strategic communication, propaganda and disinformation, the use of AI tools in those domains, and their intersection in policy.

Maya is a Digital Policy Hub undergraduate fellow and a management, international business and economics student at the University of Toronto.

Elia Rasky holds a Ph.D. in political science from York University. He is a Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow with research interests including Canadian politics, global political economy, and science and innovation policy.

Joseph Scarfone is a Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow and MES Sustainability Management student at the University of Waterloo, as well as an adjunct professor at Conestoga College. At the Digital Policy Hub, Joseph is researching corporate digital responsibility reporting and governance practices from a normative and positive perspective.

Shirley Anne Scharf is a visiting researcher with the CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the University of Ottawa and a Digital Policy Hub post-doctoral fellow.

Caleigh Wong is a Digital Policy Hub master’s fellow and currently pursuing her master’s in political science at McGill University on a 2023 McCall MacBain scholarship. She is a graduate of an international development studies and civil engineering concurrent degrees program from Dalhousie University.

Sophie Liu is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow and Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of British Columbia, specializing in law and society, race and migration.

Badriyya Yusuf is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council doctoral candidate in international relations at Queen's University and a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow.