The researchers, students, and staff at the Centre.
Associate Director, Research; Director of Media Ecosystem Observatory; Assistant Professor (Research), Max Bell School of Public Policy
Aengus Bridgman is the Director of the Media Ecosystem Observatory and an Assistant Professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. His research focuses on how digital media shapes political attitudes, the spread of misinformation, and the structure of Canada's information ecosystem.
Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications; Director; Associate Professor, Max Bell School of Public Policy
DPhil from Oxford; Senior Fellow at Center for International Governance Innovation; Fellow at Public Policy Forum; SSHRC Governing Council member. Previously Assistant Professor at UBC and Research Director at Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia. Author of 'Disruptive Power' and editor of works on journalism and surveillance.
Director; Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
Peter Loewen is a Co-Principal Investigator of the Media Ecosystem Observatory and a Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
Executive Director; Associate Professor (Research), Max Bell School of Public Policy
University of Ottawa Master's degree holder. Previously Senior Director of Public Policy at Mila (AI research institute); launched Mila AI Policy Fellowship; directed Indigenous Pathfinders in AI program. Former Executive Director of Action Canada Fellowship Program at Public Policy Forum.
Associate Director, Policy; Director of Strategic Development; Senior Fellow
Doctoral Candidate in Communication Studies at McGill. BA from University of Toronto Victoria College (2018); Master's in Communication Studies from McGill (2020). Published in Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. Co-author of 'Voting Online' and co-editor of 'Regulating Digital.'
Deputy Director; Assistant Professor (Research), Max Bell School of Public Policy
Specializes in platform governance, climate justice, and AI environmental implications. 2022-2024 Fellow at Center for Democracy & Technology. Research Affiliate at Data & Society Institute. Canadian representative for Forum on Information & Democracy's Observatory. Co-founded Coalition for Critical Technology.
Associate Director, Public Engagement
Administrative Supervisor
Strategic Operations Lead
Social Media Manager
Senior Fellow
Youth Fellow
Director, Digital Justice Lab
Distinguished Professor; Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania Annenberg / USC Annenberg
PhD candidate, McGill University
Artist, writer, and publisher
Senior Researcher, Data & Society
Associate Professor; Research Chair, University of Ottawa
Lawyer; Fellow, Trudel Johnston & Lesperance / Citizen Lab
Multimedia journalist; media scholar
Director of Equity in Civic Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology
Researcher; Doctoral Fellow, Shorenstein Center / Citizen Lab
PhD Candidate; computer programmer; research and policy consultant, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
Program Director, Data & Society
Professor of Psychological Science; Co-Director, University of California Irvine / CIFAR / CERES Network
Researcher, BOP Consulting
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
James McGill Full Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
Former researcher, London School of Economics
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western University
Full Professor; Co-Leader, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa
Policy Lead; research fellow; research affiliate, Toronto Metropolitan University / University of Ottawa / Data & Society
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, University of British Columbia
Canada Research Chair; Associate Professor; Director, University of British Columbia
Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism, USC Annenberg
Director, Tow Center for Digital Journalism & Professor, Columbia Journalism School
Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, Simon Fraser University
Assistant Professor of Law, McGill University
Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, McGill University
Director, Ada Lovelace Institute
Executive Vice President, Berggruen Institute
Fellow, Digital Civil Society Lab, Stanford University
Journalist, Executive Editor & CEO, Rappler
Associate Professor of Computer Science, McGill University
Director, Technology, Media, and Communication Specialization, Columbia University SIPA
Executive Director, Reset & Advocacy Adviser, Luminate
Reporter & Media Editor, BuzzFeed News
James McGill Chair in Culture and Technology, McGill University