Tracey P. Lauriault

Tracey P. Lauriault

Associate Professor, Critical Media and Big Data, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)

March 16, 2026

Tracey P. Lauriault, PhD, is a critical data studies scholar who works on open data, big data, open smart cities, open government, data sovereignty, data preservation and data governance. Her ongoing research includes disaggregated equity data, digital twins, intersectional approaches to data governance, data invisibilities and the history of the census. As a publicly engaged scholar, she mobilizes her research into data and technology policy in all sectors. As a data and technological citizen, she examines large and small complex systems with the hope of making them more just, inclusive, equitable, and environmentally sustainable.


Role: Panel Member
Report: The State of Citizen Science in Canada
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