Education

PhD in Law (2017 - present)
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Master of Laws with a Specialization in Law and Technology (2016 - 2017)
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Juris Doctor with a Specialization in Law and Technology (2012- 2015)
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Graduated Cum Laude
Bachelor of Arts (2009)
Graduated with Distinction
Vancouver Island University, Global Studies
Associates of Arts (2009)
Capilano University, Global Stewardship Program

Academic Experience

Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law, Assistant Professor

Contracts Law and Judicial Decision Making LAWS1010 (Professor, 2021-2022)
Law and Technology, LAWS2019 (Professor, 2021-2022)
Intellectual Property II, LAWS2203 (Professor, 2021-2022)
The Harold G Fox (Moot Coach, 2021-2022)

New York Law School

Visiting scholar, 2019

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law

Contracts Law, CML1102, (Professor, Fall Semester, 2018-2019, Winter Semester, 2019-2020, 2020-2021)
Law of Images, Intensive Study of a Selected Legal Issue, CML 4114J (Professor, January Semester, 2021)
“Privacy Torts in Canada”, Privacy Law, CML3305, Professor Szilagyi, (Guest lecture, 2020)
“Deepfakes and Technology Facilitated Harms”, Law Technology and the Future, CML4112A, Professor Szilagyi (Guest lecture, 2020)
Directed Research Paper, CML3351 (Professor, Winter Semester, 2020)
“Violence in Digital Contexts”, Technoprudence, DCL 7300, (Guest lecture, 2019)
“Digital Connectivity in Canada’s North”, Technoprudence, DCL 7300, Professor Jane Bailey (Guest lecture, 2019)
“Cyber-Attacks and Impersonation”, Cyber Feminism, CML 1105, Professor Jane Bailey (Guest Lecture, 2017)
“Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Advocating at the United Nations”, Théorie et Pratique en Droit et Justice Sociale, CML 3513/DCL 5738, Professor Anne Levesque (Guest Lecture, 2017)
University of Ottawa, Department of Criminology, “Equality, Due Process and Sexual Assault”, CRM 2300B, Criminal Justice and Penal Norms, Professor Valerie Steeves (Guest Lecture, 2017)
University of Puerto Rico, Faculty of Law, “Automated Weapons”, CML 4137, Law of Robotics, Professor Ian Kerr, (Guest Lecture, 2017)

Publications

Peer Reviewed

Suzie Dunn & Moira Aikenhead, “On the Internet, Nobody Knows You are a Dog: Contested Authorship of Digital Evidence in Cases of Gender-based Violence” (Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, Forthcoming)

Suzie Dunn, “Is it Actually Violence? Framing Technology Facilitated Harms as Violence”, in eds Jane Bailey, Asher Flynn, & Nicola Henry, The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse (Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing, 2021).

Kristen Thomasen & Suzie Dunn, “Reasonable Expectations of Privacy in the Era of Drones and Deepfakes: Examining the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in R v Jarvis” in eds Jane Bailey, Asher Flynn, & Nicola Henry, The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse (Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing, 2021).

Magdalena Brewcznska, Suzanne Dunn, and Avihai Elijahu, “Ransomware, Privacy, and Data Protection: A Multi-Jurisdictional Analysis”, in ed Simone van der Hof  Springer Information Technology and Law Series (Netherlands: Springer, 2019).

Suzanne Dunn, Jane Bailey, and Yamikani Msosa, “Stand by Me: Viewing Bystander Intervention Programming Through an Intersectional Lens” in eds Diane Crocker, Joanne Minaker, Amanda Neuland Conversations about Sexual Violence on University Campuses: New Challenges, Novel Solutions (Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2019, Forthcoming).

Suzanne Dunn, Julie Lalonde and Jane Bailey, “Terms of Silence:  Weaknesses in Corporate and Law Enforcement Responses to Cyberviolence against Girls” (2017), 10:2 Girlhood Studies 80.

Select Publications

Suzanne Dunn and Alessia Petricone-Westwood, “More Than ‘Revenge Porn’: Civil Remedies for the Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images” (2018) CCLA 38th Civil Litigation Conference publication. Presented at the 38th Civil Litigation Conference. Montebello, Quebec.

Erin Lepine and Suzanne Dunn “Carrying a surrogacy agreement to term: Best practices”, Presented at the 25th Annual Institute of Family Law Conference, 2016.

Jessica Fullerton, and Suzanne Dunn, “Hryniak: Two years later: The multiple applications of ‘that summary judgment case’ from the Supreme Court of Canada” Presented at the 35th Civil Litigation Conference, County of Carleton Law, 2015.

Policy

Policy advisor, 2018, Digital Inclusion Lab at Global Affairs Canada, re: G7’s “Charlevoix Commitment to End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Abuse and Harassment in Digital Contexts”.

Policy advisor, 2018, Digital Inclusion Lab at Global Affairs Canada, re: United Nations Human Rights Committee’s resolution titled “Accelerating Efforts to Eliminate Violence against Women and Girls: Preventing and Responding to Violence against Women and Girls in Digital Contexts”.

Reports and Presentations

Select Reports

Jane Bailey, Valerie Steeves and Suzanne Dunn, Submission to The Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Re: Regulating Online Violence and Harassment Against Women, Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, 2017.

Suzanne Dunn et al, Violence Against Women: Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Occasion of the Committee's Eighth and Ninth Periodic Review of Canada, 2016.

Angela Cameron, Lara Koerner Yeo, Suzanne Dunn, and Shelagh Day, Women’s Civil and Political Rights Report to the Human Rights Committee on the Occasion of the Committee's consideration of the Sixth Periodic Report of Canada, Submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, 2015.

Jennifer Cunningham, Elaine Cairns, and Suzanne Dunn, “Human Rights in Action” (Elizabeth Fry Society Yukon, 2015).

Select Presentations

Suzie Dunn, Hadiya Roderique, and Rebecca Pacheco. Moderated by Rosel Kim. “Cybermisogyny in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond”. LEAF and YWCA, 2020, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn, “Identity manipulation: Responding to Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”. University of Ottawa Centre of Law, Technology, and Society/AI + Society Institute. CLTS Virtual Talks 2020, Featured Speaker.

Suzie Dunn, “Vulnerability and Control: Deepfakes, Image-Based Abuse and Online Harm”. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice 2019 Annual Conference, 2019, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn, “The Privacy Implications of Deep Fakes” . Truth Decay: Deep Fakes and the Implications for Privacy, National Security and Democracy. University of Maryland, 2019, Moderator.

Suzie Dunn, “Non-consensual pornography: Deepfakes and digital manipulations of women’s sexual representations”. Association for the Study of Law, Culture & the Humanities, 2019, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn and Alessia Petricone-Westwood, “More Than ‘Revenge Porn’: Civil Remedies for the Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images” CCLA 38th Civil Litigation Conference publication. 2018. Presented at the 38th Civil Litigation Conference. Montebello, Quebec, Paper Presentation.

Suzie Dunn, “Online Spaces: Facilitation of Sexual Violence and Spaces for the Prevention of Violence” UN Women Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Initiative Global Leaders’ Forum (Global Forum), 2018, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn, Dillon Black, Anastasia Berwald, “Feminist Responses to Tech Facilitated, Gender-Based Violence” The Shirley E Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession, and the Centre for Law, Technology and Society Joint Speaker Series, 2018, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn, “Non-Consensual Pornography: Where do Deepfakes Fit in the Law?” UBC Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Student Conference, 2018, Paper Presentation.

Suzie Dunn, “Technology Facilitated Violence” Ottawa Law and Technology Legal Hackers, BLG, 2018, Invited Speaker.

Suzie Dunn, “What’s Your Justice? Technology Facilitated Violence” Law Needs Feminism Because: Annual Conference, 2018, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn, "Digital Access in the North: Rights, Risks, and Opportunities for Young People" Artic Circle: A World Without Ice – Geopolitical Imagination or a Vision for the Future?, 2017, Paper Presentation.

Suzie Dunn, “Women’s Rights and the Inter-American System of Human of Human Rights” Confederation in the Americas: Canada's Role Regarding the Protection of Human Rights, 2017, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn, “Poverty and Human Rights in Canada: Conclusions from the UN Treaty Bodies”, Canadian Association for Social Work, National Congress Conference 2017, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn, “The Role of Advocacy for Non-Profits Focusing on Policies Affecting Vulnerable Communities”, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network Ottawa in partnership with Uottawa Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, 2017, Panelist.

Suzie Dunn and Lara Keorner Yeo, “Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Webinar Series”, Canadian Women’s Foundation, 2017, webinar host.

Suzie Dunn, “Now it’s my rights versus yours: Equality in tension with other fundamental rights and freedoms”, University of Ottawa’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, 2014, poster presentation.

Grants, Conferences, Special Editions

Connections Gran from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2020, Collaborator)
Advancing and Sharing Knowledge on Technology-Facilitated Violence: Academics, Practitioners, Policymakers, and Civil Society ($25,000)

Partnership Engage Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2018, Collaborator)
A Feminist and Indigenous Examination of the National Inquiry: Lessons and Next Steps ($25,000)

Symposium on the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Recommendations and Next Steps (2018, Organizer)
The Feminist Alliance for International Action
Special edition of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (Forthcoming)

Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights (2019, forthcoming, Organized peer-review for papers on technology and human rights)
University of Ottawa's Human Rights Research and Education Centre

Symposium on Murdered and Disappearances of Indigenous Women and Girls: Planning for Change: Towards a National Inquiry and an Effective National Action Plan (2016, Organizer)
The Feminist Alliance for International Action, the Native Women’s Alliance of Canada, and the Canadian Journal of Women in the Law
Produced 22 recommendations for the Federal Government
Special edition of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law

Awards

The Greenberg Prize for Feminist Research (2021)
The Part-Time Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021)
École Polytechnique Commemorative Award, Canadian Federation of University Women (2020-2021)
Michael Smith Foreign Study Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2019)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2019-2022)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2019-2020)
University of Ottawa, Excellence Scholarship (2019-2021)
Soroptimist Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Women (2018-2019)
University of Ottawa – University of Haifa Exchange Scholarship (2017)
University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship (2016-2019)
Shirley Greenberg Graduate Scholarship (2016-2017)