The researchers, students, and staff at the Centre.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
Associate Director, Public Engagement
Master's degree in Communications from University of Ottawa; diploma in journalism and documentary production. Background includes corporate communications strategy, work at CBC/Radio-Canada, and documentary reporting. Leads public engagement and media relations initiatives.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
Digital Trace Lead
Zeynep Pehlivan is the Digital Research Lead at MEO, responsible for the observatory's data infrastructure, digital trace data collection systems, and computational research methods.
Analytical Lead
Mathieu Lavigne is the Analytics Lead at MEO, specializing in Quebec's information ecosystem and French-language digital media analysis.
Research Lead
Data Engineer
Senior Data Analyst
Survey Lead
Tracking Survey Lead
Research Analyst
Survey Analyst
Administrative Supervisor
Junior Data Analyst
Doctoral Fellow
Research Assistant
Data Analyst
Deputy Director; Assistant Professor (Research), Max Bell School of Public Policy
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
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
