Suzie Dunn is an Associate member of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society and an Assistant Professor of Law at Dalhousie University. She is also a PhD in Law candidate at the Centre, under the supervision of Prof. Jane Bailey.
Suzie Dunn was awarded the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship for her PhD research. Her research centers on the intersections of gender, equality, technology and the law, focusing on the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, deepfakes, and impersonation in digital spaces.
She is currently the Interim Director of the Law and Technology Institute at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law where she teaches contracts, law and technology, privacy, and legal ethics. Her research centers on the intersections of equality, technology and the law, with a specific focus on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and social media. She is a research partner on a four-year SSHRC funded research project on young people’s experiences with sexual violence online, DIY Digital Safety.
She is also a Senior Fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and a member of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund technology-facilitated violence committee.